Happy Friday readers!

Hope you enjoyed the long bank holiday weekend! Do you think we’re one step closer to joining Spain and their four-day working week?

Earlier this week I watched “Coded Bias” on Netflix and haven’t really been able to stop thinking about it since. 

The majority of the film’s central characters are women and people of colour. When equal representation across academia and the tech ecosystem still feels far from reality, the film shows what could be and made me hopeful for the future. It also matters because women and people of colour often suffer from the bias built into A.I systems. The film’s director, Shalini Kantayya talks more about this here. 

The A.I ethics debate is as vast as it is nuanced.  I’ve collected a few links to stories, interviews and opinion pieces on the topic for you to read and explore. Hope you  enjoy and as always - have a great weekend! 

Liv (Tech for Good Global Team)

#Coded Bias and more
 

⚖️  Vice talks about why “Coded” Bias” is so important and reports on racist algorithms used by Proctorio. 

🤖 The Man, The Machine, And The Black Box - the more complicated A.I gets the more difficult it is to design fairly.

😯  Check out this fascinating conversation about the limitations of A.I for detecting our emotions. 

🧐  Okay Google, tell me more about your AI ethics scandal. A story which has seen Google all over the news and led to Professor Luke Stark turning down $60,000 in solidarity. 

🎥  A.I gets meta when it tries to write a short film script.

💃  Does it really take two to tango? - Nick Clegg talks about our relationship with social media, and this Twitter thread assesses the main points. 

🤩  A.I, beauty filters and young girls - another element to the A.I ethics debate

News in tech for good:

✨ Can no code programmes help those who understand problems the most find a solution?

🧑‍💼 Forbes 30 under 30 is out and includes some exciting tech for good founders! 

💿  The recent-ish Facebook data leak has affected 500 million people - but what caused it?

👯‍♀️ What would a feminist internet look like and could it be better for everyone?

🏆 The Impact Summit has picked 4 finalists for their pitch event in May!

🦄 Dive into this long read from the MIT Technology Review on why VC’s don’t support the things we need.
 

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• You have a few days left to apply for one of the 10 award categories up for grabs at this year’s UKBAA Investment Awards celebrating early-stage investors and founders! Submit your nominations by 11th April.

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• Bethnal Green Ventures is hosting its first ever Impact and Learning Report launch. Join on 21st April to hear how BGV works with and supports a large portfolio of 80+ tech for good businesses contributing to a sustainable planet, a better society and healthy lives..

• Join Future Narratives Lab for “Escape from humanity: the narratives behind Big Tech” on 21st April.

• The Adventures of Women in Tech series was created to diversify the stories we hear of women navigating their careers in tech. Join their next session on 28th April.

• Impact Fire talks by FASE are running sessions from 13th-15th April - see the full agenda here.

   

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• Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies are hiring a Director of IT Philanthropy Systems. Find out more and apply by 29th June here.

• OpenAQ are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join their team. See the full details and apply by 30th May here.

• SocietyWorks are hiring a  Perl Developer. Check out the job description and apply by 7th May here.

• Sumdog are looking for an Edinburgh based (or remote) full stack developer. See the full description and apply by 7th May here. 

• CodeYourFuture are hiring a Director of Education. Find out more and apply by 19th June here.

• Citizen Lab is advertising for a number of roles across the US and Europe. Check out all the opportunities here.

• The Mozilla Foundation is looking for a Senior Research. Find out more and apply here. 

• The Early Career Fellowship is looking for early career professionals working in the Internet ecosystem in a technical, policy, economic, or social capacity who have initiated or are interested in projects designed to grow and/or strengthen the Internet. Applications opening soon until 11th April.

• Renewable energy consultancy, Scene Connect is looking for a Senior Web Developer & Lead Web Developer (up to 2 positions). Apply by 16th April.

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