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aviya.bsky.social
Head of Policy at EleutherAI. They/them. Working at the intersection of open source and AI policy. Former philosophlete.
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Reminder that attacking Jews around the world because of the actions of the state of Israel is definitionally antisemitic.

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

About Copyright Office AI report: many things to say about it (108p!) but let's start with: memorization in machine learning studies IS NOT the same thing as a copy in IP law. It *may* be an IP-law copy, but it does not have to be, and that distinction somehow got lost in the heated discourse

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Our statement on the "firing" of the Register of Copyrights and the termination of Dr Carla Hayden.

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

extremely relatable, no one has ever seen anything like it

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

New Ed Martin letter—this time to Wikipedia about its tax-exempt status. In it, he asks about topics including its editorial practices, editor anonymity, "hateful content and conduct by editors," and content used to train LLMs. www.thefp.com/p/trump-pros... Letter: drive.google.com/file/d/1ocNy...

submitted 41 days ago • 102 comments

gonna watch White House OSTP Director Kratsios give the Trump administration’s inaugural technology policy address and live skeet it here :)

submitted 52 days ago • 2 comments

To believe in right-wing gender politics you have to believe that gender is simultaneously something so completely innate and synonymous with biological sex that it could never possibly be otherwise, and also so tenuous and anxious that even a life of material comfort can threaten that identity.

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

Cory Booker is on the senate floor explaining the AI Act’s Code of Practice

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

Are you tired of context-switching between coding models in @pytorch.org and paper writing on @overleaf.com? Well, I’ve got the fix for you, Neuralatex! An ML library written in pure Latex! neuralatex.com To appear in Sigbovik (subject to rigorous review process)

submitted 65 days ago • 2 comments

ope-sec in the midwest

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

OOPSEC

submitted 72 days ago • 16 comments

so the air strikes in Yemen were actually about making Europe say thank you

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

Signal's a great app to keep your communications secure, but make sure you know the identities of the users in your group chats. Our SSD guide on how to use Signal includes guidance on managing your group chat preferences.

submitted 73 days ago • 31 comments

I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired. It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵

submitted 76 days ago • 205 comments

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is back again this week: The TAKE IT DOWN Takedown. @benwhitelaw.bsky.social is back this week and we discuss the TAKE IT DOWN Act and why it's a weapon, not a law (thanks @thedextriarchy.bsky.social). Also the new book about Meta... podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com/2315966/epis...

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

TODAY at 2:30 PM: @eleutherai.bsky.social is at #SXSW! What is open source AI and how are policymakers thinking about it in 2025? I'm on a panel joined by great lawyers from @databricks.bsky.social, Meta, and @mofollp.bsky.social 2:30-3:30 pm Hilton Austin Downtown, 4th Floor, Salon C

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

It was great to speak to @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social about AI research and how it's challenging yet necessary for non-profits to work in the LLM space. Many think we should leave the field to companies, but non-profits have different values and goals and those are important. shorturl.at/8IlmF

submitted 112 days ago • 1 comment

Proud to be at the AI Action Summit representing @eleutherai.bsky.social and the open source community. The focus on AI for the public good is exciting! DM me or @aviya.bsky.social to talk about centering openness, transparency, and public good in the AI ecosystem.

submitted 115 days ago • 0 comments

update on the trip to Paris

submitted 120 days ago • 0 comments

Excited to share I’ll be in Paris Feb 5-13. Feb 6-7 I’m presenting a poster at the inaugural conference of the International Association for Safe and Ethical AI. Get in touch if you’d like to discuss open source & AI, or meet up at Rue Saint-Éleuthère (yes this is a real street).

submitted 139 days ago • 0 comments

i feel like Elon Musk endorsing AfD two months before the German elections should have been a bigger story

submitted 149 days ago • 1 comment

the actually surprising part of this screenshot is openAI's paper defining "clear superhuman performance" as "> 95th percentile" like come on that's not what the word SUPERhuman means

submitted 161 days ago • 2 comments

blessed to discover the "Things People Blame the Jews For" series owing to its very strong 72nd installment

submitted 161 days ago • 1 comment

I made a starter pack for @eleutherai.bsky.social and friends of open source, tell me who else I should add go.bsky.app/UMAyU65

submitted 196 days ago • 7 comments