Trust in Tech
Trust in Tech is a podcast produced by Integrity Institute members, who are leading voices in the integrity field and bring years of technical expertise to tackling these problems. Each episode features members’ individual thoughts, analysis, and ideas about contemporary issues in the integrity space, either in conversation amongst themselves or with external interlocutors.
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The Future of AI Regulation with James Alexander
On today's episode, our host Talha Baig is joined by guest James Alexander to discuss all things AI liability. The episode begins with a discussion on liability legislation, as well as some of the unique situations that copyright law has created. Later in the episode, the conversation shifts to James's experience as the first member of Wikipedia's Trust and Safety team.
On today's episode, our host Talha Baig is joined by guest James Alexander to discuss all things AI liability. The episode begins with a discussion on liability legislation, as well as some of the unique situations that copyright law has created. Later in the episode, the conversation shifts to James's experience as the first member of Wikipedia's Trust and Safety team.
Questions We Answer:
Who is liable for AI-generated content?
How does section 230 affect AI?
Why does AI have no copyright?
How will negotiations play out between platforms and the companies building AI models?
Why do the Spiderman multiverse movies exist?
What did it look like to be the first trust and safety worker at Wikipedia?
What does fact-checking look like at Wikipedia?
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Credits:
Hosted and Produced by Talha Baig
With help from Jacob Morse
Music by Zhao Shen
Special Thanks to Rachel, Sean, Cass and Sahar for their continued support
Should We Have Open-Sourced Llama 2?
On today's episode, our host Talha Baig is joined by guest David Harris, who has been writing about Llama since the initial leak. The two of them begin by discussing all things Llama, from the leak to the open-sourcing of Llama 2. Later in the episode, they dive deeper into policy ideas seeking to improve AI safety and ethics.
On today's episode, our host Talha Baig is joined by guest David Harris, who has been writing about Llama since the initial leak. The two of them begin by discussing all things Llama, from the leak to the open-sourcing of Llama 2. Later in the episode, they dive deeper into policy ideas seeking to improve AI safety and ethics.
Questions We Answer:
What is Unique about Llama 2?
Is it inherently wrong to open-source AI models?
What does Llama 2 think of itself?
What are the underlying effects of companies moving away from having Trust and Safety teams?
How is generative AI used to undermine democracy?
What Policy Ideas can better social media, political campaigning and AI ethics?
Is there a difference between AI safety and AI Ethics?
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Credits:
Hosted and Produced by Talha Baig
With help from Jacob Morse
Music by Zhao Shen
Special Thanks to Rachel, Sean, Cass and Sahar for their continued support
Happy Pride! Let’s talk about protecting the LGBTQ+ community online
What can companies do to support the LGBTQ+ community during this pride season, beyond slapping a rainbow logo on everything? Integrity Institute members Alex Leavitt and Alice Hunsberger discuss the state of LGBTQ+ safety online and off, how the queer community is unique and faces disproportionate risks, and what are some concrete actions that platforms should be taking.
What can companies do to support the LGBTQ+ community during this pride season, beyond slapping a rainbow logo on everything? Integrity Institute members Alex Leavitt and Alice Hunsberger discuss the state of LGBTQ+ safety online and off, how the queer community is unique and faces disproportionate risks, and what are some concrete actions that platforms should be taking.
Show Links:
Human Rights Campaign declares LGBTQ state of emergency in the US
Digital Civility Index & Our Challenge | Microsoft Online Safety
Best Practices for Gender-Inclusive Content Moderation — Grindr Blog
Assessing and Mitigating Risk for the Global Grindr Community
Strengthening our policies to promote safety, security, and well-being on TikTok
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Credits:
Hosted by Alice Hunsberger
Produced and edited by Talha Baig and Jacob Morse
Music by Zhao Shen
Special Thanks to Rachel, Sean, Cass and Sahar for their continued support
Civic Integrity at Twitter Pre- and Post-Elon Musk: w/ Rebecca Thein and Theodora Skeadas
The acquisition of Twitter broke, well, Twitter. Around 90% of the workforce left the company, leaving shells of former teams to handle the same responsibility.
Today, we welcome two guests from Twitter’s civic integrity team. We welcome new guest Rebecca Thein. Rebecca, was a senior engineering technical program manager for Twitter’s Information Integrity team. She is also a Digital Sherlock for the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab).
Theodora Skeadas is a returning guest from our previous episode! She managed public policy at Twitter and was recently elected as an Elected Director of the Harvard Alumni Association.We answer the following questions on today’s episode:
How much was the civic integrity team hurt by the acquisition?
What are candidate labels?
How did Twitter prioritize its elections?
What did the org structure of Twitter look like pre and post acquisition?
And finally, what is this famous Halloween party that all the ex-Twitter folks are talking about?
The acquisition of Twitter broke, well, Twitter. Around 90% of the workforce left the company, leaving shells of former teams to handle the same responsibility.
Today, we welcome two guests from Twitter’s civic integrity team. We welcome new guest Rebecca Thein. Rebecca, was a senior engineering technical program manager for Twitter’s Information Integrity team. She is also a Digital Sherlock for the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab).
Theodora Skeadas is a returning guest from our previous episode! She managed public policy at Twitter and was recently elected as an Elected Director of the Harvard Alumni Association.
We answer the following questions on today’s episode:
How much was the civic integrity team hurt by the acquisition?
What are candidate labels?
How did Twitter prioritize its elections?
What did the org structure of Twitter look like pre and post acquisition?
And finally, what is this famous Halloween party that all the ex-Twitter folks are talking about?
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Credits:
Hosted by Theo Skeadas
Produced and edited by Talha Baig
Music by Zhao Shen
Special Thanks to Rachel, Sean, Cass and Sahar for their continued support
Tech Policy 101: “It’s complicated!” with Pearlé Nwaezeigwe, the Yoncé of Tech Policy
This episode is a bit different – instead of getting deep into the weeds with a guest, we’re starting from the beginning. Our guest today, Pearlé Nwaezeigwe, aka the Yoncé of Tech Policy, chats with me about Tech Policy 101.
I get a lot of questions from people who are fascinated by Trust & Safety and Integrity work in tech, and they want to know – what does it look like? How can I do it too? What kinds of jobs are out there? So, I thought we’d tackle some of those questions here on the podcast.
Today’s episode covers the exciting topics of nipples, Lizzo, weed, and much more. And as any of us who have worked in policy would tell you, “it’s complicated.”
This episode is a bit different – instead of getting deep into the weeds with a guest, we’re starting from the beginning. Our guest today, Pearlé Nwaezeigwe, aka the Yoncé of Tech Policy, chats with me about Tech Policy 101.
I get a lot of questions from people who are fascinated by Trust & Safety and Integrity work in tech, and they want to know – what does it look like? How can I do it too? What kinds of jobs are out there? So, I thought we’d tackle some of those questions here on the podcast.
Today’s episode covers the exciting topics of nipples, Lizzo, weed, and much more. And as any of us who have worked in policy would tell you, “it’s complicated.”
Let me know what you think (if you want to see more of these, or less) – this is an experiment. (You can reach me here on LinkedIn). — Alice Hunsberger
Links:
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Credits:
Hosted and edited by Alice Hunsberger
Produced by Talha Baig
Music by Zhao Shen
Special Thanks to Rachel, Sean, Cass and Sahar for their continued support
The Ultimate Guide to Election Integrity! with Katie Harbath and Glenn Ellingson
It might be May 2023, but it’s never too early to start worrying about elections! 2024 is slated to be the biggest year of elections in platform history. Listen to this episode of Trust in Tech to learn how to prepare for the upcoming elections.
It might be May 2023, but it’s never too early to start worrying about elections! 2024 is slated to be the biggest year of elections in platform history. In this episode Katie Harbath and Glenn Ellingson join the show to prepare you for the storm of elections coming in 2024.
You may recognize Katie as the inaugural guest of Trust in Tech. Katie is an Integrity Institute Fellow and global leader at the intersection of elections, democracy, and technology. She is Chief Executive of Anchor Change where she helps clients think through tech policy issues. Before that she worked at Meta for 10 years where she built and led a 30 person team managing elections.
Glenn is an Integrity Institute member who was previously an engineering manager for Meta’s civic integrity team and before that Head of Product Engineering for Hustle - a company which helped progressive political organizations and other nonprofit and for-profit groups forge personal relationships at scale.
Glenn and Katie led the development of the Elections Best Practices deck shared on the Integrity Institute website, which we discuss in the episode.
We also answer some of the following questions:
How to prioritize different elections across the world?
What principles to adhere to when working on election integrity?
What are the challenges of dealing with political harassment?
How to map out the landscape of election integrity work?
What was Cambridge Analytica, and did the scandal actually make platforms less transparent?
And how your company can learn best practices and responsibly deal with elections
Links:
Election integrity best practices guide
A Brief History of Tech and Elections: A 26-Year Journey
Demystifying the Cambridge Analytica Scandal Five Years Later
As a reminder: The views in this episode only represent the views of the people involved in the recording of the episode. They do not represent Meta’s or any other entity’s views.
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Credits:
Produced by Talha Baig
Music by Zhao Shen
Special Thanks to Rachel, Sean, Cass and Sahar for their continued support