A Pluriversal Approach against AI Mythologies and Internet Governance Hegemonies: Notes From a Global Digital Cultures Soirée

This post was written by Veronica Fanzio One query on ChatGPT needs almost 10 times as much electricity as a Google […] search, according to a study by Goldman Sachs’ […]. In April, Ami Badani, chief marketing officer of British chip designer Arm […], said data centers powering AI chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT account…

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The Fall of Local News and Rise of Social Media Platforms: Information Disorders in the European Union and the Western Balkans

This post was written by Stela Veta In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, disinformation has reached unprecedented proportions, posing a number of challenges to societies worldwide. Many nation-states have taken measures to combat disinformation; however, the strategies and policies adopted to address this issue differ in each region of the world. Encountering disinformation myself…

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Platform Empires: Navigating the Terrain of Data Colonialism and the Movement Towards Digital Decolonization

This post was written by Anton Hansen Introduction Following narratives of the Silicon Valley, platforms have emerged as the harbingers of unity and waves of democratic movements. The umbrella movement or the Black Lives Matter protests, as an example, have often been quoted as showing how digital platforms play crucial roles in democratic movements (Agur…

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Bothered (or not bothered) to care? Affects, Affordances and Algorithms of Digital Caring

This post was written by Peter Safronov Affective valences of AI-assisted communication  When dealing with algorithms, users frequently imbue them with affective valences (Bucher, 2017). People, for example, become emotionally invested while interacting with chatbots, much as they would with a human (Araujo, 2018). AI-powered technologies provide personalized experiences suited to the user’s specific wants…

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