Report on Exhibition “PERCEPTIONS: Reconstructing AI Narratives”
2023.Oct.10
On September 8-10, 2023, an exhibition by the B'AI Global Forum Graduate Student Members titled "PERCEPTIONS: Reconstructing AI Narratives" was held.
Report on the 21st B’AI Book Club
Journalism in Collaboration with ChatGPT with a focus on the Global South
2023.Oct.10
The 21st meeting of the B’AI Book Club was held on July 25, 2023. Graduate Student Member Priya Mu reviewed Bridging the AI Gap: Why Some Leaders Create Immense Value Through AI While Others Don't (2022) by Fluid AI Artificial Intelligence, Abhinav Aggarwal, and Raghav Aggarwal.
Report on “How to live with AI? “AI kara yomitoku shakai: kenryokuka suru saishin gijutsu (Understanding AI in Society: How Technology Exerts Power)” (2023) Book Launch Event”
2023.Sep.22
On July 28, 2023, "How to live with AI? “AI kara yomitoku shakai: kenryokuka suru saishin gijutsu (Understanding AI in Society: How Technology Exerts Power)” (2023) Book Launch Event," organized by B’AI Global Forum, and supported by the Institute for AI and Beyond, The University of Tokyo, was held.
Report on B’AI Global Forum Lecture Entitled “Artificial Intelligence and Society” for Fukuoka Prefectural Chikushigaoka High School Students
2023.Aug.23
On August 4, 2023, a total of 180 second-year students from Fukuoka Prefectural Chikushigaoka High School visited the University of Tokyo for a training program. Welcoming 30 of them, the B’AI Global Forum hosted a lecture on the theme of “Artificial Intelligence and Society.”
Report on the 2nd GENEE symposium
“Social Challenges Brought by Generative AI: Data Bias, Fake News, and Shaken Legal Systems”
2023.Aug.07
On August 3, 2023, a symposium, "Social Challenges Brought by Generative AI: Data Bias, Fake News, and Disordered Legal Systems," organized by the GENerative AI and Educational Environment Research Project (GENEE), Collaborative Research Organization of Educational Technology at the University of Tokyo, and co-hosted by the B'AI Global Forum, was held. Prof. Kaori Hayashi gave the opening remarks, Prof. Tohko Tanaka presented a lecture, and Prof. Yuko Itatsu moderated a panel discussion.
Report on Women in AI APAC 2023 Summit “AI for Good”
2023.Aug.01
B’AI Global Forum’s Director, Professor Yuko Itatsu, participated in Women in AI APAC summit held in Sydney, Australia on 14 and 15 June 2023.
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.
2023.Jul.25
The 20th meeting of the B’AI Book Club was held on June 27, 2023. Project Researcher Kayoung Kim reviewed There Are No Facts: Attentive Algorithms, Extractive Data Practices, and the Quantification of Everyday Life (2022) by Mark Shepard.
Report on the 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023 “Information Design to reduce Cognitive Bias: Visualization of User Generated Opinions”
2023.Jul.11
On June 22, 2023, the 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023, organized by the Research Assistants of the B'AI Global Forum, was held online. Makiko Harada (RPD, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; Project Researcher, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo) was invited to speak on the topic “Information Design to reduce Cognitive Bias: Visualization of User Generated Opinions.”
Report on the 19th B’AI Book Club
Neda Atanasoski and Kalindi Vora, Surrogate Humanity: Race, Robots, and the Politics of Technological Futures (2019)
2023.Jun.27
The 19th meeting of the B’AI Book Club was held on May 23, 2023. Professor Itatsu Yuko of the B’AI Global Forum reviewed Surrogate Humanity: Race, Robots, and the Politics of Technological Futures (2019) by Neda Atanasoski and Kalindi Vora.