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“Why Trustworthy, Ethical, and Inclusive AI Matters”
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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
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
Report on the 3rd MeDi-B’AI Symposium
“How Is the Media Landscape Changing? — AI and the Freelance Act”
On Saturday, November 16, 2024, the third MeDi-B’A
Lecture by Steph Wright “Why Trustworthy, Ethical, and Inclusive AI Matters”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a lecture by Steph
Interactive Workshop on AI Ethics “Ethics Challenge!” (Moderator: Steph Wright, Scottish AI Alliance)
The B’AI Global Forum will hold an interactive wor
“Towards Building Multicultural and Multilingual Safe Large Language Models” (November 11, 2024)
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Lecture by Dr. Anthony Elliott
“May AI Be With You: Agency and Automation in the Age of Algorithmic Modernity”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a lecture by Dr. A
B’AI Global Forum 5th Anniversary Symposium “AI and DEI: The Future of Digital Humanitarianism” (November 18, 2024)
Founded in 2020, B’AI Global Forum has dedic
Seminar Series “Cross-Cultural Approaches to Desirable AI”
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“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 Global Forum × CulturIA Collaborative Workshop: Cultural Imaginaries of AI: From technology to art
On May 13, 2024, the “B’AI Global Forum × Cu
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)
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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
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The Digital Archiving and Ethics of LGBTQ+
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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 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,
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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
Report on the B’AI Global Forum Lecture “Language Education in the AI Era”
On January 15, 2024, the lecture titled 
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
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
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
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
B’AI Global Forum Lecture “Language Education in the AI Era”
In this lecture, Professor Yujin Yaguchi, w
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
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“A Shift of Hegemonic Masculinity in the Postmodern Military”
The 4th BAIRAL research meeting for 2023 was held
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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“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
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
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
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
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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’
The 10th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 Report on “Talking about SF Prototyping or not”
On March 3, 2023, the 10th “BAIRAL” Re
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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 11th B’AI Book Club
Ricardo Baeza-Yates “Bias on the Web” (2018)
On March 31, 2022, the 11th meeting of the B’
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
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
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Francesco Marconi, Newsmakers: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Journalism (2020)
On September 21, 2021, the B’AI Global Forum held
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
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 a Visit to the 2nd Artificial Intelligence Exhibition & Conference (Autumn)
The BʼAI Global Forum is a research group dedicate
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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
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 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
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
Essay Collection “Artificial Intelligence and Society”
B’AI Global Forum has organized a class R
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’
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 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
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
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
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
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Online Seminar
“AI and Society: New Media Literacy and Politics”
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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 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
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B’AI Global Forum Launch Event
“Gender Justice in the AI Era: A dialogue on engagement and activism”
Digital information technology has become ubiquito
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
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BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) started its activities in
The 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2020
“Clarifying Gender Bias in Newsrooms: A Collaborative Project ‘AIJO’ with Eight Companies around the World”
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