Alyna C Smith

2 months ago | medium.com | Alyna C Smith

Alyna Smith·Follow4 min read·--This year began with a big step for me. No, not with an amazing new job or move to a new country, but with a stepping away from an organization I’ve given nearly a decade of my life to, and into a period of excitement and uncertainty. The decision to leave — to leap! — with no concrete plan in place to catch me, was scary. And I went for it anyway.

Apr 24, 2023 | euronews.com | Sarah Chander |Alyna C Smith

-  Copyright  AP Photo/Euronews By Sarah Chander, Senior Policy Adviser, EDRi, and Alyna Smith, Deputy Director, PICUM  •  Updated: 24/04/2023 - 11:21 The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. The EU Artificial Intelligence Act, commonly known as the AI Act, is the first of its kind.

Feb 9, 2023 | euobserver.com | Alyna C Smith |Caterina Rodelli |Sarah Chander |Petra Molnar

We have visited high-tech refugee camps in Greece, seen violent borders all over Europe, and spoken with hundreds of people who are at the sharp end of technologically-assisted brutality. AI in migration is increasingly used to make predictions, assessments, and evaluations based on racist assumptions it is programmed with.