Updates

Recent news, accepted papers, talks, and media coverage from the Working Futures Network.

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Organized salon on Algorithmic Wage Discrimination at Data & Society

Dana organized a salon on algorithmic wage discrimination as part of the Data & Society Public Tech Leadership Collaborative Salon Series.

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Talk at HotPETS Workshop: Measuring risks in digital economies using crowdsourced Amazon purchase histories

Dana presented WAO research at the HotPETS workshop on measuring risks in digital economies using crowdsourced US consumer data.

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Talk at Conference on Sustainable Work, Stockholm: Data Infrastructures to Turn Workplace Rights into Access

Dana spoke at the Conference on Sustainable Work in Stockholm about building data infrastructures that translate workplace rights into tangible access for workers.

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Guest lecture at CUNY School of Public Health: How Algorithms Short-Circuit Occupational Health

Dana gave a guest lecture on how algorithmic management systems undermine occupational health research and worker engagement approaches.

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Invited panelist at AIAI Symposium, Georgia Tech: AI. Culture. Democracy. Now

Dana was an invited panelist at the AIAI Symposium at Georgia Tech, discussing the intersection of AI, culture, and democracy.

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Invited talk at Google DeepMind: Algorithms as Labor Conditions

Dana presented on automation, management, and activism in the AI workplace at Google DeepMind's research talk series.

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MIT News: AI could lead to inconsistent outcomes in home surveillance

Coverage of Shomik Jain's (MIT IDSS) research on norm inconsistency in AI decision-making and its implications for surveillance and policing.

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The Washington Post: Why killer AI is such an alluring horror villain

Dana was interviewed by The Washington Post about AI narratives in popular culture and their relationship to real-world AI deployment.

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IEEE Spectrum: The Gig Workers Who Fought an Algorithm

Dana wrote for IEEE Spectrum about how Shipt delivery drivers organized a community-led data audit when their pay suddenly dropped due to an algorithmic change.

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Awarded Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Pioneering Ideas grant

Received a $250,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for 'Empowering Delivery Gig Workers with Data and Insights to Improve Health.'

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