Will LLM Adoption Demand More Stringent Data Security Measures?

The rise of large language models (LLMs) has significantly changed how we communicate, conduct research, and enhance our productivity, ultimately transforming society as we know it. LLMs are exceptionally skilled in natural language understanding and generating language that seems more accurate and human-like than their predecessor. However, they also pose new risks to data privacy…Read more Will LLM Adoption Demand More Stringent Data Security Measures?

Data Privacy And The Contested Extension Of FISA, Section 702

I published this April 2024 when the United States proved once again that it had no intention of heeding the privacy rights of its citizens. It’s official: the executive branch has signed into law the bill that reauthorizes the warrantless surveillance power of the government, gravely impacting the civil liberties of every American citizen. I watched the…Read more Data Privacy And The Contested Extension Of FISA, Section 702

Confronting Healthcare Equity: NADPH’s Crusade To Eliminate US Healthcare Disparities

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is propelling the next economic revolution but readying the entire workforce for this change will be an uphill battle. While the United States continues to lead globally in AI innovation, there is also a failure to adequately foster the development and equitable inclusion of talent in STEM from historically underrepresented communities. This…Read more Confronting Healthcare Equity: NADPH’s Crusade To Eliminate US Healthcare Disparities

Yuri Bezmenov’s Ideological Subversion 2.0: Can America Survive this Pervasive Attempt to Topple the Nation?

This was initially published June 2020 on GritDaily. My colleague, Roxana Nasoi introduced the term Ideological Subversion. At the time the divisiveness in the US was accelerating. The murder of George Floyd and the Coronavirus fueled a fury and surfaced the underpinnings of this anger. It opened a pandora's box to the deception and manipulation…Read more Yuri Bezmenov’s Ideological Subversion 2.0: Can America Survive this Pervasive Attempt to Topple the Nation?

Privacy Concerns and Ethical Implications of Automated Contact Tracing

I wrote this only three months into the COVID Pandemic - June 2020. While the world was in a panic, tech was trying to figure it out... but at the cost of privacy. I wrote this in collaboration with Roxana Nasoi. “It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.”…Read more Privacy Concerns and Ethical Implications of Automated Contact Tracing

The Case for Democratized AI Research: LAION’s Petition for Open-Source AI Research and Regulation

This post has been syndicated to my personal website. This was originally written May 2023, at a time when there was a call to pause AI research. Few outside of the AI Research Community have heard of LAION, a large-scale Artificial Intelligence Open Network, with an aim to democratize access to large-scale machine learning models, datasets…Read more The Case for Democratized AI Research: LAION’s Petition for Open-Source AI Research and Regulation

A Call For A Systemic Dismantling: These Women Refuse To Be Hidden Figures In The Development Of AI

Hidden Figures, written by Margot Lee Shetterly, tells the true story of African-American women mathematicians who worked at NASA in the early days of the U.S. space program. These women and their contributions were often overlooked, and they lived in a time when both racial and gender discrimination were visibly common. Despite this, these three women made…Read more A Call For A Systemic Dismantling: These Women Refuse To Be Hidden Figures In The Development Of AI

Mia Shah-Dand

Mia Shah-Dand’s Race To Bridge The AI Gender Gap For A Human-Centred World

I first met Mia Shah-Dand, Founder of Women in AI Ethics (WAIE), in 2018. I was delving deeper into data privacy and on Twitter (at the time) she was addressing the failings of big tech as this AI hype cycle became more pronounced. The race to move fast and break things was emblematic of AI and the…Read more Mia Shah-Dand’s Race To Bridge The AI Gender Gap For A Human-Centred World

Sam Altman’s Reinstatement as OpenAI CEO: Microsoft’s Unyielding Support

Within a tumultuous week of November 21 for OpenAI — a series of uncontrolled outcomes, each with its own significance — one would not have predicted the aftermath that was to be the reinstatement of Sam Altman as CEO of OpenAI, with a new board in tow — all in five days. While it’s still unclear the official grounds…Read more Sam Altman’s Reinstatement as OpenAI CEO: Microsoft’s Unyielding Support

FISA Section 702 Reauthorization: Impact on Civil Liberties and Privacy Rights

It’s official: the executive branch has signed into law the bill that reauthorizes the warrantless surveillance power of the government, gravely impacting the civil liberties of every American citizen. I watched the events unfold as the House ultimately rejected the amendment known as The Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (H.R. 7888)-which would have added provisions to include stricter rules…Read more FISA Section 702 Reauthorization: Impact on Civil Liberties and Privacy Rights