BʼAI is a research group dedicated to the development of Artificial Intelligence and other digital technologies to achieve a gender equal society that guarantees minority rights.

Mission &
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People

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Essay Collection “Artificial Intelligence and Society”

B'AI Global Forum has organized a class "Artificial Intelligence and Society" in the University of Tokyo's 2021 summer semester. This essay collection contains essays written by nine first- and second-year students of the College of Arts and Sciences who took this class.

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B’AI Book Club

B'AI Book Club is a book review project in which members of B’AI Global Forum read foreign literature that examines information technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithms from a critical perspective.

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Trauma Reporting Study Group

The Trauma Reporting Study Group explores ways in which journalism can play a role while respecting those who have suffered physical and mental damage, including victims of accidents, disasters, sexual violence, and survivors of war and conflict.

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BAIRAL Project

BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) examines relationships between artificial intelligence (AI) and society from both theoretical and practical aspects.

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Talk series on inequity, stereotypes and stigma in leisure

This is a talk series about understanding inequality, discrimination, and stigma in daily life.

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Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi)

“Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi)” is a discussion forum for researchers and journalists as well as a network that engages both activism and research.

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EVENTS

The 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023
“Information Design to Reduce Cognitive Bias: Visualization of User Generated Opinions”

For this research meeting on June 22, 2023, Dr. Makiko Harada (RPD, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; Project Researcher, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo) will give a presentation entitled “Information Design to reduce Cognitive Bias: Visualization of User Generated Opinions”.

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EVENTS

The 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023
“Experimenting with Speculative Interfaces: A Design-Based Approach to the Study of Algorithmic Practices”

For this research meeting on April 21, 2023, Dr. Claes Arnaud (JSPS Postdoctoral Researcher, Kansai University; Visiting Researcher of the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, University of Tokyo) will give a presentation entitled “Experimenting with Speculative Interfaces: A Design-Based Approach to the Study of Algorithmic Practices.”

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EVENTS

“To Prevent Traditional Media from Being Swallowed Up by the Internet”

The Second Event for the Publication of “Iine! botan o osu mae ni: jendā kara miru netto kūkan to media (Before Clicking the Like Button: Internet Space and Media from the Gender Perspective)”

On March 30, 2023, “Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi)” will hold the second event to celebrate the publication of the book “Iine! botan o osu mae ni: jendā kara miru netto kūkan to media (Before Clicking the Like Button: Internet Space and Media from the Gender Perspective).” (Akishobo, January 2023)

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REPORTS

Report on the Second Event for the Publication of “Iine! botan o osu mae ni: jendā kara miru netto kūkan to media (Before Clicking the Like Button: Internet Space and Media from the Gender Perspective)” entitled “To Prevent Traditional Media from Being Swallowed Up by the Internet”

On March 30, 2023, "Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi)” held its second event to celebrate the publication of its second book titled “Iine! botan o osu mae ni: jendā kara miru netto kūkan to media (Before Clicking the Like Button: Internet Space and Media from the Gender Perspective).” The event focused on the topic of “To Prevent Traditional Media from Being Swallowed Up by the Internet.”

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REPORTS

B’AI Global Forum Annual Report 2022

The Annual Report 2022 of the B’AI Global Forum is now available.

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REPORTS

Report on the Trauma Reporting Study Group for 2022

The Trauma Reporting Study Group held ten sessions from the 9th to the 18th in FY2022. Two of the sessions featured guest speakers who shared their experiences as interviewees and interviewers. For the other eight sessions, the group continued reading a British book Trauma Reporting: A Journalist's Guide to Covering Sensitive Stories (2019) by Jo Healey.

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Centers working on AI ethics

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Reports on AI ethics

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