By B’AI Global Forum, the Institute for AI and Beyond
B’AI Global Forum Activity Report (Published March 2026)
“B’AI Global Forum Activity Report: Key Init
We will hold a lecture by Dr. Jonnie Penn “Rise of the Intention Economy: How Generative AI Transforms the Attention Economy” (23 March 2026)
We are pleased to host a lecture by Dr. Jonnie Pen
Trauma Reporting Study Group Symposium Report:
“Toward Trauma‑Informed Journalism Practice”
On 14 February 2026, the Trauma Reporting Research
Report on the Trauma Reporting Study Group for 2025
The Trauma Reporting Study Group concluded its fiv
A Translation Project Undertaken by Members of the Trauma Reporting Study Group Has Now Reached Publication!
A Japanese translation of Trauma Reporting: A Jour
The Trauma Reporting Study Group Has Published a Japanese Translation of “Five Tips Protecting Yourself Against Technology‑Facilitated Gender‑Based Violence (TFGBV)”
The Trauma Reporting Study Group (Chair: Michiko K
Report on the 6th BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025
“Negotiating Masculinity in the Age of Algorithms”
On Monday, March 9th, 2026, 5:00–6:30 pm (Japan Ti
We will hold the 6th BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025 “Negotiating Masculinity in the Age of Algorithms” (9 March 2026)
For this research meeting on March 9, 2026, Amanda
The 6th BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025
“Negotiating Masculinity in the Age of Algorithms”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL is a study group by
We will hold the exhibition “Way Back Home” (from 1 to 7 March 2026)
B’AI Global Forum will hold the exhibition “Way Ba
Report on the 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025
“Working with AI or AI-assisted? An experience of Frame analysis”
The 4th BAIRAL research meeting for FY2025 was hel
Report on the 5th BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025
“How We Judge Ations Toward Robots: Testing the Ethical Asymmetry Hypothesis”
On January 8, 2026, the 5th BAIRAL Research Meetin
Concluding Symposium of the Trauma Reporting Study Group “Towards Practicing Trauma-Informed Journalism”(14 February 2026)
The B’AI Global Forum will hold the concluding sym
Concluding symposium of the Trauma Reporting Study Group
“Towards Practicing Trauma-Informed Journalism” (February 14, 2026)
The B’AI Global Forum will hold the concluding sym
We will hold the 5th BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025 “How We Judge Actions Toward Robots: Testing the Ethical Asymmetry Hypothesis” (8 January 2026)
For this research meeting on January 8, 2026, Miny
LCFI–B’AI Joint Workshop “Pro-Justice: Cross-Cultural Approaches to AI Ethics” (10–11 March 2026)
On March 10–11, 2026, the B’AI Global Forum and th
The 5th BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025
“How We Judge Actions Toward Robots: Testing the Ethical Asymmetry Hypothesis”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL is a study group by
We will hold the 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025 “Working with AI or Ai-assisted? An experience of Frame analysis” (4 December 2025)
For this research meeting on December 4, 2025, Dr.
The 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025
“Working with AI or Ai-assisted? An experience of Frame analysis”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL is a study group by
B’AI Book Club Activity Updates for Fiscal Year 2025
B’AI Book Club is a book review project in which m
Report on the 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025
“Reconsidering the Origin of AI in ‘Ethics by Design’”
On Tuesday, September 2, 2025, from 5:00–6:30 pm (
Publication of Student Presentation Slides from the 2025 Spring Semester “Intimacy in the Age of AI: The Future of Love Beyond the Human”
We are pleased to announce the publication of a co
Specialized Seminar
B’AI Global Forum offers a course for undergraduat
Report on the 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025
“AI Society Seen through Childhood Studies”
On July 30, 2025, the second BAIRAL Research Meeti
The 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025
“Reconsidering the Origin of AI in ‘Ethics by Design’”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL is a study group by
We will hold the 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025 “Reconsidering the Origin of AI in ‘Ethics by Design’” (2 September 2025)
For this research meeting on September 2, 2025, Dr
Report on the 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025
“Watching and Being Watched: When Environmental Design Meets Crime Prevention”
The 1st BAIRAL research meeting for 2025 was held
Report on the 36th B’AI Book Club
Anita Say Chan (2025) Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future
On March 25, 2025, the 36th meeting of the B’
Professor Yuko Itatsu will be participating in the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting Commemorative Symposium (5 August 2025)
Professor Yuko Itatsu, a member of the B’AI Global
We will hold the 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025 “AI Society Seen through Childhood Studies” (30 July 2025)
For this research meeting on July 30, 2025, Dr. Xi
The 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025
“AI Society Seen through Childhood Studies”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL is a study group by
Report on CulturIA & B’AI Symposium 2025 “AI and Art”
On June 18 and 19, 2025, CulturIA & B’AI Sympo
Research Paper Co-Authored by B’AI Global Forum Members Published on arXiv: “Intersectional Bias in Japanese Large Language Models from a Contextualized Perspective”
A preprint of the research paper “Intersectional B
Report on BAITEQ @ SoftBank – Headquarters Tour & Networking Event 2025
On May 20, 2025, B’AI Global Forum, in coope
Report on the 37th B’AI Book Club
Articles Exploring Promises, Risks and Human Value Complexity in AI
On May 27, 2025, the 37th meeting of the B’AI Book
We will hold the 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025 “Watching and Being Watched: When Environmental Design Meets Crime Prevention” (11 June 2025)
For this research meeting on June 11, 2025, Dr. Si
The 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025
“Watching and Being Watched: When Environmental Design Meets Crime Prevention”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL is a study group by
Report on the 35th B’AI Book Club (※Research Presentation)
“A Survey of Instagram Usage and the Impact of Algorithms Among Women in Their Early 20s”
On January 28, 2025, the 35th session of the ̶
Report on the 34th B’AI Book Club
Moritz Altenried (2022) The Digital Factory: The Human Labor of Automation
On December 17, 2024, the 34th session of the R
BAITEQ @ SoftBank –Headquarters Tour & Networking Event 2025 (20 May 2025)
On Tuesday, May 20, 2025, B’AI Global Forum
BAITEQ @ SoftBank –Headquarters Tour & Networking Event 2025
At the B’AI Global Forum of the Unive
Professor Yuko Itatsu will be speaking at the event organized by the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (11 May 2025)
A related event to the ongoing exhibition “M
Seminar Series “Cross-Cultural Approaches to Desirable AI” (October 9, 2024 – January 22, 2025) – Recordings Now Available
The B’AI Global Forum co-hosted a seminar series t
BAITEQ
At the B’AI Global Forum, we are working to
Research Group on “AI/Algorithms and Gender Inequality”
Group leader: Toko Tanaka (Professor, Interfaculty
International Comparative Studies on AI Perception
The B’AI Global Forum has been conducting an inter
Location Sharing Among Youth: A Comparative Study Across Cities
Over the past few decades, the rapid advancement o
A video recording of the B’AI Global Forum 5th Anniversary Symposium “AI and DEI: The Future of Digital Humanitarianism” (18 November 2024) is now available
A video recording of the B’AI Global Forum 5
Official LinkedIn Page and Instagram Account Launched
We are pleased to announce the launch of the offic
Report on Lecture by Chong-ae Lee
“How South Korean Journalists Began Speaking About Trauma”
On 25 January 2025, the study group on Trauma Repo
Professor Yuko Itatsu and Associate Professor Arisa Ema to Speak at “Algorithmic Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Global Summit on Open Problems for AI” (10 April 2025)
The global summit, “Algorithmic Innovation &
Report on the lecture by Steph Wright
“Why Trustworthy, Ethical, and Inclusive AI Matters”
On the evening of 21st November 2024, we were deli
Report on the Interactive Workshop by Steph Wright: “Ethics Challenge!”
The interactive workshop “Ethics Challenge!” by St
Report on the Trauma Reporting Study Group for 2024
In the 2024 academic year, the Trauma Reporting St
Report on the 5th BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2024
“Human-Robot Interaction from the Perspective of ‘Friendship’”
On March 10, 2025, the 5th meeting for FY2024 of B
Report on Lecture by Jo Healey
“Trauma Reporting: Exploring Sensitive Working Practices for Journalists when Interviewing Victims and Survivors”
On 11 February 2025, the study group on Tra
Professor Yuko Itatsu will be speaking at the EAA symposium organized under the auspices of DAIKIN-UTokyo Lab (26 March 2025)
Professor Yuko Itatsu, Director of the B’AI Global
Report on the 31st B’AI Book Club
Axelsson, Bodil, et al. (2022) Museum Digitisations and Emerging Curatorial Agencies Online: Vikings in the Digital Age
The 31st session of the B’AI Book Club took place
Report on the 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2024
“Development of Biomimetic Robots and Constitutive Understanding of Humans: Approaching Human Through Robotics”
On August 6, 2024, the 2nd meeting for FY2024 of B
Report on the 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2024
“Advancing Mental Health Monitoring: A Deep Learning Framework for Multimodal Emotion Recognition”
The 4th BAIRAL research meeting for 2024 was held
Report on the 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2024
“Global AI Dialogues: Exploring public perceptions on genAI across Japan, Nigeria, and Germany”
The 3rd BAIRAL research meeting for 2024 was held
Report on the 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2024
“Challenges Facing Racial and Cultural Minorities in Japan and Creating Opportunities for Intercultural Dialogue”
The 1st BAIRAL research meeting for 2024 was held
Dialogue Series UTokyo–Cambridge Voices “AI and Information Integrity: Uses and Misuses” (28 March 2025)
On Friday, 28 March 2025, the B’AI Global Forum, i
Report on the 33rd B’AI Book Club (※Research Presentation)
Discussion on “Selfhood in the era of AI”
On November 26, 2024, the 33rd meeting of the B
The 5th BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2024
“Human-Robot Interaction from the Perspective of ‘Friendship’”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL is a study group by
We will hold the 5th BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2024 “Human-Robot Interaction from the Perspective of ‘Friendship’” (10 March 2025)
For this research meeting on March 10th, 2025, Aik
Report on the 32nd B’AI Book Club (※Research Presentation)
“Location-Sharing and Privacy Attitudes Among Youth: A Comparative Study of Japan and the U.K.”
On October 22, 2024, the 32nd session of the “B’AI
The 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2024
“Advancing Mental Health Monitoring: A Deep Learning Framework for Multimodal Emotion Recognition”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL is a study group by
We will hold the 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2024 “Advancing Mental Health Monitoring: A Deep Learning Framework for Multimodal Emotion Recognition” (20 February 2025)
For this research meeting on February 20th, 2025,
We will hold a lecture by Jo Healey “Trauma Reporting: Exploring Sensitive Working Practices for Journalists when Interviewing Victims and Survivors” (11 February 2025)
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a lecture by Jo He
Report on the 29th B’AI Book Club
Wayne Holmes and Kaśka Porayska-Pomsta eds. (2023) The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Education: Practices, Challenges, and Debates
On May 28, 2024, the 29th meeting of the B’A
We will hold the 13th Women in Tech Lunch (11 December 2024)
On December 11, 2024, the B’AI Global Forum will h
Invitation to the 13th Women in Tech Lunch
One of the factors contributing to the underrepres
We will hold a lecture by Chong-ae LEE “How South Korean Journalists Began Speaking About Trauma” (25 January 2025)
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a lecture by Chong
A lecture by Steph Wright entitled “Why Trustworthy, Ethical, and Inclusive AI Matters” (21 November, 2024)
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a lecture by Steph
We will hold the 12th Women in Tech Lunch (12 November 2024)
On November 12, 2024, the B’AI Global Forum will h
Invitation to the 12th Women in Tech Lunch
One of the factors contributing to the underrepres
We will hold an interactive workshop by Steph Wright “Ethics Challenge!” (19 November 2024)
The B’AI Global Forum will hold an interactive wor
Interactive Workshop on AI Ethics “Ethics Challenge!” (Moderator: Steph Wright, Scottish AI Alliance)
The B’AI Global Forum will hold an interactive wor
The Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi) will be holding a symposium titled “How Is the Media Landscape Changing? — AI and the Freelance Act” (16 November 2024)
On November 16th, 2024, the Media and Diversity
The 3rd MeDi-B’AI Symposium
“How Is the Media Landscape Changing? — AI and the Freelance Act”
Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi), established in M
We will hold a lecture by Dr. Anthony Elliott “May AI Be With You: Agency and Automation in the Age of Algorithmic Modernity” (25 November 2024)
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a lecture by Dr. A
We will hold the 11th Women in Tech Lunch (16 October 2024)
On October 16, 2024, the B’AI Global Forum will ho
Invitation to the 11th Women in Tech Lunch
One of the factors contributing to the underrepres
Seminar Series “Cross-Cultural Approaches to Desirable AI” (9 October 2024 – 22 January 2025)
The B’AI Global Forum will co-host a biweekly semi
Lecture by Dr. Kathleen Mae Cumiskey
“From the Presence of Absent Others to the Absence of Presence: The impact of emerging technologies on identity and relationships”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a lecture b
Report on B’AI Women in Tech @ SoftBank –Headquarters Tour & Networking Event
On June 3, 2024, the B’AI Global Forum, in collabo
We will hold The 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2024 “Development of Biomimetic Robots and Constitutive Understanding of Humans: Approaching Human Through Robotics” (6 August 2024)
For this research meeting on August 6, 2024, Akihi
The 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2024
“Development of Biomimetic Robots and Constitutive Understanding of Humans: Approaching Human Through Robotics”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL is a study group by
We will hold the 10th Women in Tech Lunch online (16 July 2024)
On July 16, 2024, the B’AI Global Forum will hold
Invitation to the 10th Women in Tech Lunch (online)
One of the factors contributing to the underrepres
Report on Interactive Lecture by Dr. Paolo Granata “Playing with Marshall McLuhan’s ‘Laws of Media’”
Dr. Paolo Granata opened his talk with a lively in
We will hold the 9th Women in Tech Lunch (19 June 2024)
On June 19, 2024, the B’AI Global Forum will hold
Invitation to the 9th Women in Tech Lunch
One of the factors contributing to the underrepres
We will hold an interactive lecture by Dr. Paolo Granata “Playing with Marshall McLuhan’s “Laws of Media”” (7 June 2024)
The B’AI Global Forum will hold an interactive lec
Interactive Lecture by Dr. Paolo Granata
“Playing with Marshall McLuhan’s ‘Laws of Media’”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold an interactive lec
B’AI Women in Tech @ SoftBank –Headquarters Tour & Networking Event
The B’AI Global Forum has been hosting “Wome
B’AI Women in Tech @ SoftBank –Headquarters Tour & Networking Event (3 June 2024)
On Monday, June 3, 2024, B’AI Global Forum w
We will hold The 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2024 “Challenges Facing Racial and Cultural Minorities in Japan and Creating Opportunities for Intercultural Dialogue” (28 May 2024)
For this research meeting on May 28, 2024, Naomi I
The 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2024
“Challenges Facing Racial and Cultural Minorities in Japan and Creating Opportunities for Intercultural Dialogue”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL is a study group by
We will hold the 8th Women in Tech Lunch (14 May 2024)
On May 14, 2024, the B’AI Global Forum will hold t
Invitation to the 8th Women in Tech Lunch
One of the factors contributing to the underrepres
Report on the 28th B’AI Book Club:
Articles Exploring Creativity and AI though Artistic Use Cases of AI and Legal Discussion of Creative AI
On March 23, 2024, the 28th meeting of the B’AI Bo
B’AI Global Forum × CulturIA collaborative workshop: Cultural Imaginaries of AI: From technology to art (13 May 2024)
B’AI Global Forum is excited to announce an
B’AI Global Forum × CulturIA Collaborative Workshop: Cultural Imaginaries of AI: From technology to art (13 May 2024)
Cultural Imaginaries of AI From technology to art_
We will hold the 7th Women in Tech Lunch (17 April 2024)
On April 17, 2024, the B’AI Global Forum will hold
Invitation to the 7th Women in Tech Lunch
One of the factors contributing to the underrepres
Report on the 22nd B’AI Book Club
Susan L. Mizruchi eds. (2020) Libraries and Archives in the Digital Age. Switzerland: Springer Cham.
The 22nd session of the B’AI Book Club took
Report on the 6th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023
“asEars: Designing and Evaluating the User Experience of Wearable Assistive Devices for Single-Sided Deafness”
The 6th BAIRAL research meeting for 2023 was held
Report on the 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023
“Understanding and Generating Humor by Computers: Toward Smooth Communication between Human and AI”
The 3rd BAIRAL was held online on July 31, 2023. A
Report on the 9th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“Co-creation of Agency: Towards Ethical Design for Social Robots”
The 9th BAIRAL was held online on February 3, 2023
Report on Colloquium on Ethical Digital Archiving of LGBTQ+ Narratives
The Digital Archiving and Ethics of LGBTQ+
A video recording of the lecture by Dr. Jiré Emine Gözen “From “Data Made Flesh in the Mazes” to “A Vessel that Accepts Nature as It Is”: Media Environments as Infrastructures and Experimental Assemblages to Imagine and Re-imagining AI” (19/3/2024) is now available
The B’AI Global Forum held a talk by Dr. Ji
Report on the Trauma Reporting Study Group for 2023
In the 2023 academic year, the Trauma Reporting St
Report on the Participation in HISS (the Hunt-Simes Institute in Sexuality Studies) 2024
HISS (the Hunt-Simes Institute in Sexuality
Report on the 27th B’AI Book Club (※Research Presentation)
“Exploratory analysis of perceptions of artificial intelligence among high school students living in Japan”
On February 27th, 2024, a hybrid meeting was hoste
Report on Lecture by Dr. Cait McMahon
“Covering Trauma: Building Mental Fitness for Journalists”
On February 13, 2024, the Trauma Reporting
Report on the 5th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023
“Rethinking trust in AI: Imaginaries, Habits, Ecologies”
The 5th BAIRAL research meeting for 2023 wa
Report on Lecture by Dr. Karen Shimakawa “Bodies, Affects, and Algorithms: AI and the Challenge of Live Performance”
＜Speaker＞ Dr. Karen Shimakawa（Associate Professor,
Report on the 25th B’AI Book Club
Articles Exploring the Intersections of Performance, Culture, and Critical AI from a Multidisciplinary Perspective
On Dec 19, 2023, the 25th meeting of the B’AI Book
A video recording of the “B’AI-UTokyo NY Event: The Future of Higher Education in the AI Age” (December 14-15, 2023) is now available
A video recording of the “B’AI-UTokyo NY Ev
Report on the B’AI Global Forum Lecture “Language Education in the AI Era”
On January 15, 2024, the lecture titled 
Report on the 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“Stock and Flow of Cultural Resources to the Educational Field from the Perspective of ‘Relationship between Technology and Society’”
The 4th BAIRAL research meeting for 2022 was held
We will hold the 6th Women in Tech Lunch (27 March 2024)
On March 27, 2024, the B’AI Global Forum will hold
Invitation to the 6th Women in Tech Lunch
One of the factors contributing to the underrepres
The 6th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023
“asEars: Designing and Evaluating the User Experience of Wearable Assistive Devices for Single-Sided Deafness”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL is a study group by
Report on the 26th B’AI Book Club (※Research Presentation)
“Survey on the Awareness of AI/Algorithms and Gender Equality Among Teenage and Twenties Women”
On January 23, 2024, the 26th session of the “B
A video recording of the lecture by Dr. Andrew Lapworth “Rethinking trust in AI: Imaginaries, Habits, Ecologies” (18/1/2024) is now available
The B’AI Global Forum held a talk by Dr. An
Report on the 2nd MeDi-B’AI Symposium
“Media and Diversity: Have Women’s Voices Reached the Media?”
On November 25, 2023, the second MeDi-B’AI S
A video recording of B’AI Global Forum Lecture “Language Education in the AI Era” (15/1/2024) is now available
The B’AI Global Forum held a lecture entitl
We will hold a lecture by Dr. Cait McMahon “Covering Trauma: Building Mental Fitness for Journalists” (13 February 2024)
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk by D
Lecture by Dr. Cait McMahon
“Covering trauma: Building mental fitness for journalists”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk by D
Report on the 16th B’AI Book Club
Tula Giannini and Jonathan P. Bowen eds. (2019) Museums and Digital Culture: New Perspectives and Research.
On December 20, the 16th session of the B’AI Book
The article on the B’AI-UTokyo New York Event has been published on the Times Higher Education website
On December 14-15, 2023 (EST), the B’AI-UTo
The report on the B’AI-UTokyo New York Event, “The Future of Higher Education in the AI Age,” has been published on the University of Tokyo New York Office website
On December 14-15, 2023 (EST), the B’AI-UTo
We will hold a lecture by Dr. Karen Shimakawa “Bodies, Affects, and Algorithms: AI and the Challenge of Live Performance” (10 January 2024)
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk by Dr. Kare
Lecture by Dr. Karen Shimakawa
“Bodies, Affects, and Algorithms: AI and the Challenge of Live Performance”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk by D
Report on the B’AI-UTokyo NY Office Event “The Future of Higher Education in the AI Age”
★ A video recording of the event is now available
Professor Yuko Itatsu will be speaking at the Japan AI Alignment Symposium 2024 (20 January 2024)
Professor Yuko Itatsu, Director of the B’AI Global
We will host a lecture titled “Language Education in the AI Era” (15 January 2024)
On Monday, January 15, 2024, B’AI Global For
B’AI Global Forum Lecture “Language Education in the AI Era”
In this lecture, Professor Yujin Yaguchi, w
We will hold the 5th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023 “Rethinking trust in AI: Imaginaries, Habits, Ecologies” (18 January 2024)
For this research meeting on January 18, 2024, Dr.
The 5th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023
“Rethinking trust in AI: Imaginaries, Habits, Ecologies”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL is a study group by
The Graduate Student Members of B’AI Global Forum have launched the “Perceptions” website!
The Graduate Student Members of B’AI Global Forum
Report on the 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023
“A Shift of Hegemonic Masculinity in the Postmodern Military”
The 4th BAIRAL research meeting for 2023 was held
Associate Professor Ai Hisano will be speaking at the 4th Ecotic Workshop titled “Sensational Futures: Senses, Robots and AI” (11 January 2024)
Associate Professor Ai Hisano of the B’AI Global F
Professor Yuko Itatsu and Associate Professor Rie Yamaguchi will participate in the Social ICT Research Center Symposium titled “ICT Shaping the Future of Society” (21 December 2023)
On Thursday, December 21, 2023, the Symposium R
We will hold the 5th Women in Tech Lunch (21 December 2023)
On December 21, 2023, the B’AI Global Forum will h
Invitation to the 5th Women in Tech Lunch
One of the factors contributing to the underrepres
Report on the 24th B’AI Book Club
Articles on Queer Digital Archives
The 24th B’AI Book Club took place on November 28t
Report on Lecture by Jennifer Robertson ““SECURITAINMENT”: Triangulations of Embodied AI, Entertainment, and Surveillance”
On November 27, 2023, Tokyo College and the B̵
We will host the “B’AI-UTokyo NY Event: The Future of Higher Education in the AI Age” (14-15 December 2023 (EST) )
On December 14-15, 2023 (EST), the B’AI Global For
B’AI-UTokyo NY Event: “The Future of Higher Education in the AI Age”
This two-day event invites participants to
Report on the 23rd B’AI Book Club
Minna Ruckenstein (2023) The Feel of Algorithms.
On October 24, 2023, the 23rd meeting of the B’AI
We will hold the 4th Women in Tech Lunch (21 November 2023)
On November 21, 2023, the B’AI Global Forum will h
Invitation to the 4th Women in Tech Lunch
One of the factors contributing to the underrepres
Report on the 12th B’AI Book Club
Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis (2019) Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust.
On June 28, 2022, the 12th session of the B’AI Boo
We will hold a lecture by Professor Jennifer Robertson entitled “‘SECURITAINMENT’: Triangulations of Embodied AI, Entertainment, and Surveillance” (27 November 2023)
On Monday, November 27th, 2023, The B’AI Global Fo
Lecture by Prof. Jennifer ROBERTSON
“‘SECURITAINMENT’: Triangulations of Embodied AI, Entertainment, and Surveillance”
On Monday, November 27th, 2023, a webinar f
Report on the Lecture by Dr. Jeanette Hofmann Entitled “Imagining Democracy through the Lens of Learning Machines”
On October 20, 2023, the B’AI Global
The Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi) will be holding a symposium titled “Media and Diversity: Have Women’s Voices Reached the Media?” (25 November 2023)
On November 25th, 2023, the Media and Diversity
The 2nd MeDi-B’AI Symposium
“Media and Diversity: Have Women’s Voices Reached the Media?”
Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi), established in M
Report on Dr. Richard Carter-White’s Lecture Entitled “Collective Memory, Dis/connection and the Digital Transformation of Witness Testimony in Museum Settings”
The talk on “Collective Memory, Dis/connect
Report on B’AI Global Forum Lecture Entitled “Artificial Intelligence and Society” for Sapporo Daiichi High School Students
On September 30, 2023, the B’AI Global Foru
We will hold the 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023 “A Shift of Hegemonic Masculinity in the Postmodern Military” (22 November 2023)
For this research meeting on November 22, 2023, Re
The 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023
“A Shift of Hegemonic Masculinity in the Postmodern Military”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL is a study group by
Prof. Yuko Itatsu will be speaking at Data Summit 2023 (2-3 November 2023)
Professor Yuko Itatsu will be speaking at D
Report on Exhibition “PERCEPTIONS: Reconstructing AI Narratives”
The B’AI Global Forum Graduate Student Members at
Report on the 21st B’AI Book Club
Journalism in Collaboration with ChatGPT with a focus on the Global South
On July 25, 2023, the 21st meeting of the B’AI Boo
Professor Kaori Hayashi will participate as a panelist in the FY2023 1st International FPCJ Webinar, titled “The Role of Media and Reader Literacy in the Age of Generative AI: Thinking on the Future of Reporting with Foreign Media Correspondents” (30 October 2023)
On October 30, 2023, Professor Kaori Hayash
Alyssa Castillo YAP and Will Guzman will be presenting at the Tokyo-Oulu Joint Symposium on Human-AI Interaction (TOHAI) (24-25 October 2023)
On October 24-25, 2023, Alyssa Castillo YAP
We will hold the 3rd Women in Tech Lunch (26 October 2023)
On October 26, 2023, the B’AI Global Forum will ho
Invitation to the 3rd Women in Tech Lunch
One of the factors contributing to the underrepres
Prof. Yuko Itatsu participated in the Fall national conference for the Japan Society for Educational Technology as a keynote speaker and panelist (16 September 2023)
Prof. Yuko Itatsu gave a keynote speech on
Lecture by Dr. Richard Carter-White “Collective Memory, Dis/connection and the Digital Transformation of Witness Testimony in Museum Settings”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk by Dr. Rich
UPDATE〈Exhibition〉PERCEPTIONS: Reconstructing AI Narratives
Typhoon-Related Closure at 3 PM (Sept. 8th)
Due to the approaching typhoon, we have decided to
An exhibition by the B’AI Global Forum Graduate Student Members titled “PERCEPTIONS: Reconstructing AI Narratives” will be held (8-10 September 2023)
On September 8-10, 2023, an exhibition
Exhibition “PERCEPTIONS: Reconstructing AI Narratives” by the B’AI Global Forum Graduate Student Members
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Report on B’AI Global Forum Lecture Entitled “Artificial Intelligence and Society” for Fukuoka Prefectural Chikushigaoka High School Students
On August 4, 2023, the B’AI Global Forum we
A video recording of the book launch event for “Understanding AI in Society: How Technology Exerts Power” (2023) is now available
The B’AI Global Forum held an event to comm
Report on the 2nd GENEE symposium
“Social Challenges Brought by Generative AI: Data Bias, Fake News, and Shaken Legal Systems”
On August 3, 2023, a symposium, “Social Chal
Report on Women in AI APAC 2023 Summit “AI for Good”
B’AI Global Forum’s Director, Professor Yuko Itats
Report on the 20th B’AI Book Club
Mark Shepard (2022) There Are No Facts: Attentive Algorithms, Extractive Data Practices, and the Quantification of Everyday Life.
On June 27, 2023, the 20th meeting of the B’AI Boo
Job Announcement for Project Assistant Professor or Project Researcher
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The 2nd GENEE Symposium
“Social Challenges Brought by Generative AI: Data Bias, Fake News, and Shaken Legal Systems”
In education and workplaces, there is a growing tr
Report on the 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023 “Information Design to reduce Cognitive Bias: Visualization of User Generated Opinions”
On June 22, 2023, the 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting
We will hold the 2nd Women in Tech Lunch (27 July 2023)
On July 27, 2023, the B’AI Global Forum will hold
Invitation to the 2nd Women in Tech Lunch
One of the factors contributing to the underrepres
Prof. Yuko Itatsu delivered a keynote speech at the joint symposium on new technology and learning (24 June 2023)
Prof. Yuko Itatsu delivered a keynote speech ent
Prof. Yuko Itatsu participated in the Women in AI APAC Summit as a panelist (14 June 2023)
Prof. Yuko Itatsu participated in the panel disc
Report on the 19th B’AI Book Club
Neda Atanasoski and Kalindi Vora, Surrogate Humanity: Race, Robots, and the Politics of Technological Futures (2019)
On May 23, 2023, the 19th meeting of the B’AI Book
We will hold the 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023 “Understanding and Generating Humor by Computers: Toward Smooth Communication between Human and AI” (31 July 2023)
For this research meeting on July 31, 2023, Kohtar
The 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023
“Understanding and Generating Humor by Computers: Toward Smooth Communication between Human and AI”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL is a study group by
Report on Lecture by Drs. Richard Carter-White and Maartje Roelofsen “Embodiment, Deferral and (Dis)inhibition: Learning and Teaching Geography with VR”
On December 6, 2022, the B’AI Global Forum h
Report on Workshop by Dr. Arnaud Claes “Algorithmic Personas: Effects of the Anthropomophization of Automated Media on User Reflexivity”
On May 23, 2023, the B’AI Global Forum welcomed Dr
We will hold the 1st Women in Tech Lunch (22 June 2023)
On June 22, 2023, the B’AI Global Forum will hold
Invitation to the 1st Women in Tech Lunch
One of the factors contributing to the underrepres
Report on the 1th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023 “Experimenting with Speculative Interfaces: A Design-Based Approach to the Study of Algorithmic Practices”
On April 21, 2023, the first BAIRAL research meeti
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 Fo
B’AI Global Forum Annual Report 2022
The Annual Report 2022 of the B’AI Global Forum is
The Annual Report 2022 of the B’AI Global Forum has been published
The Annual Report 2022 of the B’AI Global Forum ha
We will hold the 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023 “Information Design to Reduce Cognitive Bias: Visualization of User Generated Opinions” (22 June 2023)
For this research meeting on June 22, 2023, Dr. Ma
The 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023
“Information Design to Reduce Cognitive Bias: Visualization of User Generated Opinions”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL is a study group by
Report on the Trauma Reporting Study Group for 2022
In FY2022, the Trauma Reporting Study Group held t
Prof. Yuko Itatsu appeared on NHK’s “Sunday Debate” discussing the topic of “Expanding Artificial Intelligence: How Should We Interact with It?” (16 April 2023)
Professor Yuko Itatsu appeared on NHK’s “Sunday De
Report on the 18th B’AI Book Club
B’AI Global Forum, Yuko Itatsu, Ai Hisano (ed.) “Understanding AI in Society: How Technology Exerts Power” (2023)
On March 22, 2023, the 18th meeting of the B’
We have published our first book “Understanding AI in Society: How Technology Exerts Power”
B’AI Global Forum has published its first bo
We will hold the 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023 “Experimenting with Speculative Interfaces: A Design-Based Approach to the Study of Algorithmic Practices” (21 April 2023)
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite you to
The 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023
“Experimenting with Speculative Interfaces: A Design-Based Approach to the Study of Algorithmic Practices”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
The 10th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 Report on “Talking about SF Prototyping or not”
On March 3, 2023, the 10th “BAIRAL” Re
“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)” (30 March 2023)
“Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi),” a sub-project
“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)”
“Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi),” a sub-project
Report on the 17th B’AI Book Club
James A. Banks, Cultural Diversity and Education: Foundations, Curriculum, and Teaching, 6th Edition (2016)
On February 28, 2023, the 17th edition of the B’AI
Dr. Atsuko Sano of the B’AI Global Forum will participate in the Side Event of the Commission on the Status of Women (8 March 2023 JST/7 March 2023 EST)
Dr. Atsuko Sano, project researcher of the B’AI Gl
“Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi)” will hold the first 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)” (1 March 2023)
“Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi),” a sub-project
Report on Lecture by Dr. Aynne Kokas “Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty”
On August 8, 2022, B‘AI Global Forum invited Dr. A
We will hold the 10th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 “Talking about SF prototyping or not” (3 March 2023)
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite you to
The 10th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“Talking about SF prototyping or not”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
Prof. Yuko Itatsu will participate in the 3rd International Symposium of the Institute for AI and Beyond (17 February 2023)
Prof. Yuko Itatsu will participate in the panel di
“Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi)” has published its second book!
“Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi)” has published i
The 8th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 Report on “Digital Humanities and AI: Particularity, Commonality and Bias”
On December 16, 2022, the 8th BAIRAL research meet
Report on the Lecture by Dr. Justin Gest “Majority Minority: How Do Societies Respond to Demographic Change?”
On September 28, 2022, the B’AI Global Forum held
Report on the 13th B’AI Book Club
Paul Roquet, The Immersive Enclosure: Virtual Reality in Japan (2022)
On July 26th, 2022, B’AI Book Club, a book review
Report on a Visit to SoftBank HQ at Tokyo Portcity Takeshiba
“As the products we sell change, the company
The 9th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“Co-creation of Agency: Towards Ethical Design for Social Robots”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
We will hold the 9th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 “Co-creation of Agency: Towards Ethical Design for Social Robots” (3 February 2023)
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite you to
A video recording of the lecture by Drs. Richard Carter-White and Maartje Roelofsen “Embodiment, Deferral and (Dis)inhibition: Learning and Teaching Geography with VR” is now available
The B’AI Global Forum held a lecture by Drs. Richa
A video recording of the lecture by Dr. Lulu Shi “The Future(s) of Unpaid Work: How Susceptible Do Experts from Different Backgrounds Think the Domestic Sphere Is to Automation?” is now available
The B’AI Global Forum held a lecture by Dr. Lulu S
The 7th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 Report on “Possibilities and Challenges of Metaverse – Metaverse School of Engineering”
On November 16, 2022, “BAIRAL” (a stud
The 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 Report on “The Application of Social Science Research for Business”
On June 29th, 2022, “BAIRAL” (a study
Report on the 15th B‘AI Book Club
Enid Mumford “The story of socio-technical design: reflections on its successes, failures and potential” (2006)
On November 11, 2022, the 15th meeting of the B
Report on the Lecture by Dr. Lulu Shi “The Future(s) of Unpaid Work: How Susceptible Do Experts from Different Backgrounds Think the Domestic Sphere Is to Automation?”
The B’AI Global Forum held a lecture by Dr. Lulu S
Report on the 14th B’AI Book Club
Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values (2020)
On September 27, 2022, the 14th meeting of the B’A
We will hold the 8th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 “Digital Humanities and AI: Particularity, Commonality and Bias” (16 December 2022)
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite you to
The 8th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“Digital Humanities and AI: Particularity, Commonality and Bias”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
A graduate Student member, Hanako Lowry’s AI artwork will be exhibited at Emulsion, an art exhibit.
Hanako Lowry’s AI artwork “ema NEW FAC
A video recording of the lecture by Dr. Justin Gest “Majority Minority: How Do Societies Respond to Demographic Change?” is now available
The B’AI Global Forum held a lecture by Dr.
Report on the 10th B’AI Book Club
Erik J. Larson, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do (2021)
On April 26, 2022, B’AI Book Club, a book review s
The 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 Report on “International Politics and AI: From Cybersecurity to Killer Robots”
On May 26, 2022, BAIRAL (a study group organized b
The 7th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“Possibilities and Challenges of Metaverse – Metaverse School of Engineering”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
We will hold the 7th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022“Possibilities and Challenges of Metaverse – Metaverse School of Engineering” (16 November 2022)
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite you to
Lecture by Drs. Richard Carter-White and Maartje Roelofsen “Embodiment, Deferral and (Dis)inhibition: Learning and Teaching Geography with VR”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk by Drs. Ric
We will hold a lecture “Embodiment, Deferral and (Dis)inhibition: Learning and Teaching Geography with VR”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a lecture by Drs.
Report on the 4th Science Cafe “Social Imaginary of AI in East Asia”
On Monday, January 17, 2022, Associate Professor A
Report on the 7th B’AI Book Club
Jennifer Robertson, Robo Sapiens Japanicus: Robots, Gender, Family, and the Japanese Nation (2017)
On December 21, 2021, the seventh meeting of the B
The 5th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 Report on “Information Visualization Technology and Its Application to Web and AI”
On Tuesday, November 9, 2021, the fifth meeting fo
The 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 Report on “From When Are Algorithmic Decisions Assumed as Discriminatory?: A Philosophical Criticism Using Normative Theory”
On Saturday, October 9, 2021, we held the “B
Report on the 3rd B’AI Book Club
Kai-fu Lee, AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order (2018)
On July 16th, 2021, the B’AI Book Club, a book rev
The 5th Installment Report on Talk Series on “Inequity, Stereotypes, and Stigma in Leisure”
On August 4, 2022, the B’AI Global Forum held the
Graduate Student Member, Hanako Lowry, has written the introduction to Sputniko!’s new work
Graduate Student Member of B’AI Global Forum, Hana
Profs. Kaori Hayashi and Yuko Itatsu will participate in the panel discussion in the Northwestern Univ. on October 28
On October 28, the Northwestern Roberta Buffett In
A video recording of the lecture by Dr. Aynne Kokas “Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty” is now available
The B’AI Global Forum held a lecture by Dr.
A report and video recording of the 10th AI Center Symposium, in which Professor Yuko Itatsu of the B’AI Global Forum participated as a speaker, are now available
On July 27, 2022, Professor Yuko Itatsu of
Report on the Visit to the Special Exhibition “You and Robots: What is it to be Human?” at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Tokyo
On May 21, 2022, some members of the B’AI Gl
Prof. Yuko Itatsu of the B’AI Global Forum will present in the AY2022 Research Results Presentation organized by the Institute for AI and Beyond (13 October 2022)
On October 13, 2022, the Institute for AI a
The 6th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“Who is Ema?: Examining Representations of Race and Gender through Virtual Bodies Generated by AI”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
Prof. Yuko Itatsu of the B’AI Global Forum presented a talk at the Digital Media Research Center at the Queensland University of Technology
On September 20, 2022, Yuko Itatsu, who is
Report on the MeDi Workshop “Considering Media Coverage of Sexual Violence”
On Sunday, May 8, 2022, Media and Diversity Forum
Lecture by Dr. Lulu Shi
“The Future(s) of Unpaid Work: How Susceptible Do Experts from Different Backgrounds Think the Domestic Sphere Is to Automation?”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk by Dr. Lulu
Report on the 11th B’AI Book Club
Ricardo Baeza-Yates “Bias on the Web” (2018)
On March 31, 2022, the 11th meeting of the B’
Dr. Atsuko Sano of the B’AI Global Forum will participate as a lecturer at the study group series for CSW67 on September 20, 2022
The priority theme of CSW67 (the sixty-seve
The B’AI Global Forum and ITASIA Program at the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo will hold a talk by Dr. Justin Gest entitled “Majority Minority: How Do Societies Respond to Demographic Change?” (28 September 2022)
The B’AI Global Forum and ITASIA Program at
Lecture by Dr. Justin Gest
“Majority Minority: How Do Societies Respond to Demographic Change?”
The B’AI Global Forum and ITASIA Program at the Gr
Job Announcement for Project Assistant Professor
We invite applications for one position as
We invite applications for one position as “Project Assistant Professor” for the B’AI Global Forum
We invite applications for one position as
A video recording of the 5th Installment of Talk Series on “Inequity, Stereotypes, and Stigma in Leisure” is now available
The B’AI Global Forum held a talk by Ayukaw
The 5th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“From the Visibility of Work to the Invisibility of Identity: Regarding the Transformation of Journalistic Activity in Japan in the Digital Age”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
B’AI Global Forum Annual Report 2021
The Annual Report 2021 of the B’AI Global Forum is
An interview with Professor Yuko Itatsu of the B’AI Global Forum was published in the electronic edition of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun
An article titled “Innovations through Gend
Report on the 9th B’AI Book Club
Karen Lumsden, Emily Harmer, Online Othering: Exploring Digital Violence and Discrimination on the Web (2019)
On March 22, 2022, the ninth meeting of the B̵
We will hold a lecture by Dr. Aynne Kokas “Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty”
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
Lecture by Dr. Aynne Kokas
“Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty”
Please join us in a conversation with Dr. Aynne Ko
The 8th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 Report on “Thinking about the Potential and Challenges of Data Journalism from the Perspective of the Frontline”
On March 15th, 2022, BAIRAL (a study group organiz
We will hold a talk “Against the ‘New Exploitation’ Caused by Technology: Issues on Virtual YouTuber and the ‘Objectification of the Body’”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk by A
The 5th Installment of Talk Series on “Inequity, Stereotypes, and Stigma in Leisure”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk by Ayukawa
The 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 Report on “How far Can VR Make People Empathize?: Its Limitations and How to Use It”
On March 27th, 2022, BAIRAL (a study group organiz
The 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“Stock and Flow of Cultural Resources to the Educational Field from the Perspective of ‘Relationship between Technology and Society’”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
Professor Yuko Itatsu of the B’AI Global Forum gave a keynote speech at the inaugural event of “Osaka Seidanren”
Yuko Itatsu, Professor in the Interfaculty
We will hold the 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 “The Application of Social Science Research for Business”
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
The 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“The Application of Social Science Research for Business”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
Report on a Visit to the Dialogue Diversity Museum “Dialogue Forest (Taiwa no Mori)”
On March 30, 2022, several members of the B’
A report on the Trauma Reporting Study Group for 2021 has been published
A report on the Trauma Reporting Study Grou
Report on the Trauma Reporting Study Group for 2021
The Trauma Reporting Study Group held eight readin
Report on the 8th B’AI Book Club
Kate Crawford, Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence (2021)
On February 22nd, 2022, B’AI Book Club, a book rev
“High Teen Conference” Report featuring Prof. Yuko Itatsu of B’AI Global Forum is now on the Nakano-Ku’s website
The “High Teen Conference,” in
Report on the 4th B’AI Book Club
Francesco Marconi, Newsmakers: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Journalism (2020)
On September 21, 2021, the B’AI Global Forum held
The 4th Installment Report on Talk Series on “Inequality, Stereotypes, and Stigma in Leisure”
On July 2, 2021, the B’AI Global Forum held the f
We will hold the 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 “International Politics and AI: From Cybersecurity to Killer Robots”
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
The 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“International Politics and AI: From Cybersecurity to Killer Robots”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
Ms. Nozomi Ohtsuki, Research Assistant of the B’AI Global Forum, wins the Encouragement Award from the Humanities and Computing Division of IPSJ!
Ms. Nozomi Ohtsuki, who is a PhD student of
An Interview with Associate Professor Ai Hisano of the B’AI Global Forum is featured on the website of the University of Tokyo III/GSII
Interfaculty Initiative in Information Stud
Report on the Online-Event “How Can VR Promote Awareness of Unconscious Bias?: About a Workshop Project Considering the Work Environment Surrounding Child-Rearing”
On Thursday, March 3, 2022, the event entitled “Ho
We will hold the 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 “How far Can VR Make People Empathize?: Its Limitations and How to Use It”
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
The 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“How far Can VR Make People Empathize?: Its Limitations and How to Use It”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
The 7th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 Report on “Considering the Ethics of AI Characters: Looking at the Case of ‘AI Rinna’”
On January 14, 2022, BAIRAL, a study group by rese
Report on the MeDi Workshop “Considering the House of Representatives Election Coverage and Its Gender Representation”
On Sunday, December 5, 2021, Media and Diversity F
We will hold the 8th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 “Thinking about the Potential and Challenges of Data Journalism from the Perspective of the Frontline”
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
The 8th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021
“Thinking about the Potential and Challenges of Data Journalism from the Perspective of the Frontline”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
Report on a Visit to the 2nd Artificial Intelligence Exhibition & Conference (Autumn)
The BʼAI Global Forum is a research group dedicate
B’AI Global Forum was featured in the 2022 annual report of the University of Tokyo III/GSII
B’AI Global Forum was featured in the 2022
Report on the Workshop “The History of Medialization and Empowerment: The Intersection of Women’s Rights Activism and the Media” (German Historical Institute London)
On January 20-21, 2022, Project Researcher Atsuko
The 6th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 Report on “Science and the Internet”
On December 9th, 2021, BAIRAL (a study group organ
Report on the 5th B’AI Book Club
Meredith Broussard, Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World (2018)
On October 26, 2021, B’AI Book Club, a book review
Report on the 6th B’AI Book Club
Safiya Umoja Noble, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (2018)
On November 30th, 2021, B’AI Book Club, a book rev
We will hold the 7th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 “Considering the Ethics of AI Characters: Looking at the Case of ‘AI Rinna’”
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
The 7th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021
“Considering the Ethics of AI Characters: Looking at the Case of ‘AI Rinna’”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
Professor Yuko Itatsu, Associate Director of the B’AI Global Forum, wins the best paper award!
Yuko Itatsu, Professor in the Interfaculty
Report on the MeDi Workshop “Considering Olympic and Paralympic Games Coverage and Its Gender Representation”
On Saturday, August 28, 2021, Media and Diversity
Report on the 2nd B’AI Book Club
Rana El Kaliouby and Carol Colman, Girl Decoded: A Scientist’s Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology (2020)
On June 22nd, 2021, B’AI Book Club, a book review
We will hold the 6th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 “Science and the Internet”
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
The 6th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021
“Science and the Internet”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
Report on the Lecture by Dr. Ai Hisano “Taste and Vision in History: The Transformation of “Aesthetics” and the Rise of Consumer Society”
On Friday, May 28, 2021, B’AI Global Forum h
Report on the 2021 Academic Exchange Session of the China-Japan Young Elite Program of Shanghai Jiao Tong University: “Proposal to Utilize Digital Transformation to Promote Gender Equality”
From August 23 (Mon.) to 29 (Sun.), 2021, the 2nd
The 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 Report on “The Development of the Dictionary Enabling Deaf Children to Look up Basic Japanese Verbs from Japanese Sign Language”
On April 24, 2021, BAIRAL invited members of a res
Our office “BAIROOM” is now ready!
“BAIROOM” is the office of the
We will hold the 5th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
The 5th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021
“Information Visualization Technology and its Application to Web and AI”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
The 3rd Installment Report on Talk Series on “Inequity, Stereotypes, and Stigma in Leisure”
The third installment of the talk series on “Inequ
The 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 Report on “Crowdsourcing GIS and Diversity”
On June 28th, 2021, BAIRAL (a study group organize
The essay collection “Artificial Intelligence and Society” has been published
B’AI Global Forum has organized a cla
A report on the lecture by Phebe Vayanos has been published
The report on the lecture by Phebe Vayanos
Report on the lecture by Phebe Vayanos “Towards Robust, Interpretable, and Fair Social and Public Health Interventions”
On the 27th of August, Dr. Phebe Vayanos joined B’
The 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021
“From when are algorithmic decisions assumed as discriminatory?: A philosophical criticism using normative theory”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
We will hold the 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
A report on the lecture by Ivana Bartoletti has been published
The report on the lecture by Ivana Bartolet
Report on the lecture by Ivana Bartoletti “Power, Politics, & AI: Building a Better Future”
On the 30th of August, Ivana Bartoletti joined B’A
A report on the lecture by Dr. Ana Beduschi has been published
A report on the lecture by Dr. Ana Beduschi
A video recording of the lecture by Ivana Bartoletti is on YouTube now
A video recording of the lecture by Ivana B
A video recording of the lecture by Dr. Ana Beduschi is on YouTube now
A video recording of the lecture by Dr. Ana
Report on the lecture by Dr. Ana Beduschi “Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies at the Border: Migration and Human Rights Considerations”
On the 25th of August, Dr. Ana Beduschi joined B’A
We will hold a lecture by Dr. Phebe Vayanos “Towards Robust, Interpretable, and Fair Social and Public Health Interventions”
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
The 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 Report on “Ethical Issues in the Use of AI”
On Thursday, June 3, 2021, the second BAIRAL resea
Report on the 1st B’AI Book Club
Yarden Katz, Artificial Whiteness: Politics and Ideology in Artificial Intelligence (2020)
On May 12th, 2021, B’AI Book Club held its first m
We will hold a lecture by Ivana Bartoletti “Power, Politics, & AI: Building a Better Future”
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
Lecture by Ivana Bartoletti
“Power, Politics, & AI: Building a Better Future”
Please join us in a conversation with Ivana Bartol
Lecture by Dr. Phebe Vayanos
“Towards Robust, Interpretable, and Fair Social and Public Health Interventions”
Please join us in a conversation with Dr. Phebe Va
We will hold a lecture by Dr. Ana Beduschi “Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies at the Border”
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
Lecture by Dr. Ana Beduschi
“Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies at the Border: Migration and Human Rights Considerations”
Please join us in a conversation with Dr. Ana Bedu
Workshop Report on “Introduction to Data Analysis with R”
In April 2021, the B’AI Global Forum, in col
BAIRAL is featured on the website of the University of Tokyo III/GSII
BAIRAL（B’AI RA League) , which is a study group by
A video recording of the online seminar “AI and Society: New Media Literacy and Politics” is available now
The online seminar “AI and Society: New Med
We will hold the 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 “Crowdsourcing GIS and Diversity”
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
The 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021
“Crowdsourcing GIS and Diversity”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
We will hold a talk “Idols and the Structure of Oppression：Norms and Distortions in Leisure Spaces”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk “Idols and
B’AI Global Forum was featured in the 2021 annual report of the University of Tokyo III/GSII
B’AI Global Forum was featured in the 2021 annual
A video recording of the lecture by Dr. Ai Hisano is on YouTube
A video recording of the lecture by Dr. Ai
B’AI Global Forum Annual Report 2020
The Annual Report 2020 of the B’AI Global Forum is
B’AI Book Club
B’AI Book Club is a book review project in w
Online Seminar “AI and Society: New Media Literacy and Politics”
Dr. Hayashi and Dr. Mizukoshi, the members of B
We will hold the 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 “Ethical Issues in the Use of AI”
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite you to
Online Seminar
“AI and Society: New Media Literacy and Politics”
About this seminar Artificial intelligence is incr
The 4th Installment of Talk Series on “Inequity, Stereotypes, and Stigma in Leisure”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk by Mana Kam
The 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021
“Ethical Issues in the Use of AI”
◇「BAIRAL」（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League)
The 3rd Installment of Talk Series on “Inequity, Stereotypes, and Stigma in Leisure”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk by Hiroko K
Trauma Reporting Study Group
Chair: Michiko Kawahara It is very important to ma
A video recording with Japanese subtitles from the March 17 B’AI Global Forum Launch Event is on YouTube now
A video recording with Japanese subtitles from the
Lecture by Dr. Ai Hisano
“Taste and Vision in History: The Transformation of “Aesthetics” and the Rise of Consumer Society”
The B’AI Global Forum is delighted to welcome Dr.
We will hold a lecture by Dr. Ai Hisano, “Taste and Vision in History: The Transformation of “Aesthetics” and the Rise of Consumer Society”
The B’AI Global Forum is delighted to welcome Dr.
The 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021
“The Development of the Dictionary Enabling Deaf Children to Look up Basic Japanese Verbs from Japanese Sign Language”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
Workshop
“Introduction to Data Analysis with R”
The B’AI Global Forum is a new research team withi
B’AI Global Forum Launch Event Report on “Gender Justice in the AI Era: A dialogue on engagement and activism”
On Wednesday, March 17, 2021, the B’AI Globa
The 2nd Installment Report on Talk Series on “Inequity, Stereotypes, and Stigma in Leisure”
The second installment of the talk series “Inequit
Workshop Report on “AI x Gender Online Workshop with Design Thinking”
On March 3 (Wed.) and 5 (Fri.), 2021, B’AI Global
A video recording of the B’AI Global Forum Launch Event on March 17 is on YouTube now
A video recording of the B’AI Global
We now have an English version of our website
We now have an English version of our website. You
The 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2020 Report on “Differences between a web news company and a newspaper and fact-checking in news production processes”
On March 24th, 2021, BAIRAL (a study group organiz
The 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2020
“Differences between a Web News Company and a Newspaper and Fact-checking in News Production Processes”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
AI x gender online workshop with Design Thinking
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Gender
–have you ever thought about these two in pairs?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Gender–have
The 2nd Installment of Talk Series on “Inequity, Stereotypes, and Stigma in Leisure”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk of “Hobbyiz
The 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2020 Report on “Detection of Luring and Cyberbullying Using Network Analysis”
BAIRAL, a study group by B’AI’s resear
The 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2020
“Detection of Luring and Cyberbullying Using Network Analysis”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
The 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2020 Report on “Clarifying Gender Bias in Newsrooms: A collaborative project ‘AIJO’ with eight companies around the world”
On January 27, 2021, “BAIRAL,” which is a study se
The 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2020
“Clarifying Gender Bias in Newsrooms: A Collaborative Project ‘AIJO’ with Eight Companies around the World”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
The 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2020
“Media Theories on Search Engine Rankings”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
Report on the MeDi Symposium “Closing the Gender Gap: Challenges for the Future of Media in the Digital Information Society”
On Saturday, December 12, 2020, MeDi (group workin
MeDi Symposium
“Closing the Gender Gap: Challenges for the Future of Media in the Digital Information Society”
MeDi is a group that was launched by a group of re
The 1st Installment Report on Talk Series on “Inequity, Stereotypes, and Stigma in Leisure”
The first meeting of the research series, “I
The 1st Installment of Talk Series on “Inequity, Stereotypes, and Stigma in Leisure”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk by Takato O
National Museum of Japanese History
“Gender in Japanese History” Tour Report
On Monday, November 23, 2020, B’AI held a bus tour