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?? Federal Workers! Our federal workers resource page with free upskilling training and more is now update with new resources from states, municipalities, and organizations that are supporting federal workers who have been impact by layoffs. ?? Help us share! https://lnkd.in/e4xav4S7 Created in partnership with InnovateUS, Power At Work, and The Burnes Center for Social Change

Losing a job involuntarily is shocking and disturbing. In these challenging times, InnovateUS, Power At Work, and The Governance Lab can help you build new skills and knowledge to prepare for re-entering the job market. In addition to our free trainings in digital, innovation, and AI skills, our website now includes resources from organizations such as Former Gov and Work for America, as well as job opportunities in state and local government. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/e4xav4S7 The Burnes Center for Social Change Beth Simone Noveck Seth Harris

Starting now! Join us for a discussion on the fight against misinformation with AI with Ed Bice of Meedan and Beth Simone Noveck. The Burnes Center for Social Change Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University Livestream: https://lnkd.in/eKRwYbtJ

??? AI News That Caught Our Eye #50! ??? This week's Reboot Democracy AI News includes a report from the Center for Democracy & Technology that finds civic tech organizations in Mexico and Taiwan effectively used AI tools to combat AI-driven information in last year’s elections while Cornell University’s Frank Pasquale argues that AI poses a threat to democratic processes. ??? Read this week's full edition: https://lnkd.in/eBdPyd5j More: ?? Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models - WIRED by Will Knight ??AI Industry’s Wish List for Trump?- The Hill, by Julia Shapero and Miranda Narazzo ?? The Civil Rights Act in the Age of Generative AI, an Interim Report?- North Carolina Central University School of Law via SSRN by Kevin P. Lee ?? An Overview of South Korea’s Basic Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and Creation of a Trust Base (Basic AI Act)?- Securiti byAnas Baig and Syeda Eimaan Gardezi ?? Singapore Public Officers to Use Meta LLM to Build AI Applications?- GovInsider by Amit Roy Choudhury ?? AI Poised to Reshape State Transportation Departments, Staff?- Government Technology by Skip Descant ?? Govt. Considerations for Adding AI Into Human Services?- Government Technology by Julia Edinger ?? Usage of Artificial Intelligence in Legislative Drafting: Dos and Don’ts?- Bússola Tech by Wade Ballou, Donalene Roberts, Grant Vergottini, Miguel Landeros Perkic ?? AI Will Completely Transform Local Government in the Next 10 Years— If We Embrace It Effectively?- ICMA - International City/County Management Association, Neil Kleiman ?? Bringing Citizens into the Courtroom: How Digital Technologies Can Democratize Constitutional Justice?- Reboot Democracy, Alejandro Cortés Arbeláez ?? Artificial Intelligence for Digital Citizen Participation: Design Principles For a Collective?Intelligence Architecture?- Government Information Quarterly, Nicolás Bono Rosselló, Anthony Simonofski, Annick Castiaux, PhD, ?? The Peacemaking Machine: Can AI Improve Democratic Deliberation??- Reboot Democracy, Giorgia Christiansen ?? Cutting Through the Noise: Early Insights from the Frontier of Nonprofit AI Use?- Center for Global Development, Han Sheng Chia ?? Adaptation and Innovation: The Civic Space Response to AI-Infused Elections?- Center for Democracy & Technology, Isabel Linzer ?? TikTok's recommendations skewed towards Republican content during the 2024 U.S. presidential race?- via arXiv, Hazem Ibrahim (New York University) et al ?? Stanford, Harvard Grads Seek China AI Startup Jobs, Founder Says?- Bloomberg, Saritha Rai, Annabelle Droulers, and Lauren Faith Lau Beth Simone Noveck, The Burnes Center for Social Change

Join us today at 5 p.m. ET for "Artificial Intelligence in the Fight Against Misinformation: A Conversation with Ed Bice," CEO of Meedan and 2024 Skoll Award winner and Beth Simone Noveck. This discussion will explore how AI-powered tools like Meedan's "Check" platform and SynDy framework are combating misinformation across 65 countries, particularly as major platforms scale back fact-checking efforts. Hosted by the Burnes Center for Social Change and The Governance Lab, in partnership with the Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University. Don't miss it - register now! https://lnkd.in/esx8XJhi

?? Seeking Inspiring Examples on How Social Data Transforms Health & Wellbeing Research The GovLab with the support of the Wellcome Trust Discovery Research team is conducting a new initiative called Social Data 4 Health. The initiative explores how new forms of social data (or non-traditional data) ?? ?? ?? ?? ??? can transform innovative health-related research in the humanities, social sciences, and public health domains. ?? To begin this work, we developed a topic map to understand the topics related to using new forms of social data for research that we should explore. ?? As we enter the next phase of this work, we are looking for examples of organizations and initiatives that are using or increasing access to new forms of social data for health and wellbeing research. This includes organizations supplying data ??, providing infrastructure to support experimentation ??, or supplying services to unlock data re-use ?. ?? Are you a social data researcher, data holder, or service provider? Or do you know someone who is? We would appreciate your input! Please submit examples ?? using the following Google Form or by emailing us at [email protected] https://lnkd.in/gNSFbYhG ?? Interested in learning more about this work? Read our full blog: https://lnkd.in/gfWNAFH5

El próximo martes tendré el honor de presentar el primer taller sobre inteligencia artificial en espa?ol con InnovateUS en los talleres Inovamos. Es crítico expandir esta plataforma para poder llegar a los servidores públicos hispanohablantes en Estados Unidos y en todo el mundo - para que podamos construir comunidad y compartir conocimiento. Esperamos que otras personas contribuyan contenido a esta serie. Estaré compartiendo nuestro viaje desde la necesidad de crear experiencias digitales enfocadas en nuestros residentes hasta el uso de inteligencia artificial generativa para poder crear mayor valor y mejor experiencias para todos. Nos vemos el martes!

???? Bringing Citizens into the Courtroom: How Digital Technologies Can Democratize Constitutional Justice ?? Constitutional courts remain disconnected from the citizens they ultimately serve, but #AI could transform this relationship, writes Alejandro Cortés Arbeláez of Universitat Pompeu Fabra on Reboot Democracy. By using technology to translate complex legal language into accessible information, create thoughtful digital forums for diverse public input, and develop collaborative mechanisms that allow citizens and experts to contribute directly to judicial decisions, courts can evolve from isolated institutions into centers of meaningful democratic engagement. Read the full piece: https://lnkd.in/eX-32zNZ

??? Making Open Data Conversational ?? On Friday, 4 April, The Open Data Policy Lab (a collaboration between The GovLab and @Microsoft) will be hosting a discussion on what we call the Fourth Wave of Open Data, the intersection between open data and artificial intelligence. ?? Key questions: -How can AI make open data more accessible?? -How can we democratize data access through conversational interfaces? ?? Learn from our diverse panel of international experts that includes Stefaan Verhulst, PhD (The GovLab), Anastasia Stasenko (pleias) and Amra Dorjbayar (Wobby.AI) https://lnkd.in/ey3K-r2X

?? ?únete a nuestro primer taller de Innovamos! Nos complace anunciar el lanzamiento de Innovamos—una nueva serie de talleres creada por InnovateUS y The Governance Lab que ofrece experiencias de aprendizaje virtuales gratuitas para profesionales del sector público. ??? 26 de marzo ?? Tema: Del Big Data a la IA: Liderazgo para una transición digital responsable en el sector público ?? Presentador: Santiago G., CIO, Ciudad de Boston (City of Boston) Cada dos semanas, ofreceremos talleres sobre análisis de datos, transformación digital, inteligencia artificial y habilidades de innovación—todos dise?ados específicamente para y por profesionales del sector público. ?No pierdas esta oportunidad de mejorar tus habilidades y conectarte con colegas en la comunidad de innovación del sector público!? https://lnkd.in/edcM6pRA