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Earlier this month Mozilla Foundation Executive Director Nabiha Syed joined Computer Says Maybe's live show during the closing night of the #AIActionSummit in Paris 🎉 The panel covered: ✅ the mixed feelings civil society has about the Summit—optimism and cynicism alike ✅ the challenges of advocating against concentration of power ✅ lessons from countries embracing digital 'sovereignty' and how tech nationalism actually fuels corporate consolidation A big thanks to Alix Dunn, Abeba Birhane, Astha Kapoor, and Amba Kak for an insightful conversation! Tune in to the full conversation here: https://lnkd.in/gCDKMTKF Want to watch the show instead? Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/grtCSEyz

The future of tech appears more precarious than ever, but if there's have any chance of shifting it towards something better, we first have to imagine it💚 Please welcome people and predictions fuelling our 2025 #MozillaFellow cohort🎉 We’re investing in future-forward people and projects offering a nuanced outlook of defiance and optimism for the future of tech. Learn more about the cohort and their predictions for 2025 and beyond here⤵️ https://mzl.la/3WYvNVc

Big news from the Paris AI Summit: today, ROOST (Robust Open Online Safety Tools) launched as a nonprofit dedicated to making AI safety tools open, accessible, and widely available. Right now, most AI safety tools are locked away—either too expensive, too complex, or too controlled by a handful of big players. ROOST changes that. It’s building open-source, modular safety tools that anyone—startups, nonprofits, researchers—can use to make AI more accountable and responsible. Mozilla helped seed this work, supporting early research at Columbia University that laid the groundwork for ROOST. Now, backed by tech leaders and philanthropies, it’s taking off as an independent effort to build the public infrastructure AI desperately needs—just like what Mozilla, Linux, and Apache did for the internet. This launch comes at the perfect moment. As AI governance takes shape globally, openness isn’t just a nice-to-have—it’s essential. ROOST proves that we don’t have to accept a world where AI safety is controlled by a few. We can build tools that make AI safer, fairer, and open to everyone. Excited to see what’s next. More here: https://lnkd.in/gj_mpQiA

Exciting news—Peter Rojas has joined Mozilla as SVP of New Products! Peter’s track record speaks for itself: co-founder of Engadget, investor at Betaworks Ventures, and former new product leader at Meta and AOL. Now, he’s bringing that expertise to Mozilla to build products that put users first. We’re thrilled to have him on board. Welcome, Peter! 🚀 https://lnkd.in/gzCFkZSg

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Meet Katya Lainé! 👋 She’s the founder and CEO of TALKR.ai on a mission to make AI more inclusive and accessible. This morning in Paris, she added her voice to our French dataset on Spontaneous Speech, because AI should reflect the people who use it, in every language. And where better to do that than at ✨ AI Action Summit ✨? We’re in Paris celebrating a huge milestone. Common Voice just landed a top 50 spot at the AI Action Summit, proving that AI doesn’t have to be built in silos. It should be built with people, for communities, and by those it impacts the most. This is the future of #AI, and it wouldn’t be possible without you. BIG thanks to the incredible community supporting this work. Learn more about how Common Voice is leading the way → commonvoice.mozilla.org

Dear ChatGPT, how far do we need publicly financed and/or participatory organized artificial intelligence infrastructures? 🚀👾 – Exploring an Innovation Policy for Public AI 🚀 – Our latest policy brief is out now: Carsten Schwäbe, Andreas Hummler, PhD and Knut Blind highlight the potential role of Public AI and the required scientific and public debate on an innovation policy mix for Public AI.   As AI continues to evolve, it is crucial to discuss its governance and infrastructure to ensure equitable access, open source and societal benefits. Public AI emphasizes collective involvement and aims to make AI a common good. A coherent policy mix is essential to support it.   📑 Read the full policy brief directly here 👇   Supported by the Mozilla Foundation, we are inviting input from AI practitioners and policy experts to advance a Public AI concept towards trustworthy and innovative AI. ➡ Join us in this discussion about the future of AI and its role in society and feel free to share your insights and experiences in the comments or contact our authors!   #PublicAI #OpenSource #InnovationPolicy #AI

What needs to happen to ensure that #AI ultimately serves the public interest and the common good? Join Mozilla Foundation's Executive Director, Nabiha Syed for Project Syndicate's #AIActionSummit event on February 10 to hear her thoughts. #PSEvents https://bit.ly/4hp0mM2

AI is moving fast, but implementation? Not so much. In the latest edition of the Internet Exchange, we feature Sayash Kapoor on why the gap between AI breakthroughs and real-world adoption is wider than we think. PLUS: How to catch my upcoming fireside chat at WOW Festival Pakistan with Hera Hussain and Ramma Cheema on "Humanising AI for Gender Equity in South Asia". https://lnkd.in/d_ubqiXz