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21 March 2021
Laughing with computers: using AI for comedic effect
Sometimes, the simplest things can be cause for laughter. Using a Markov chain with a corpus of characters, this was the goal of the MozFest 2021 session ‘Laughing with computers: using AI for comedic effect’, led by creative coder, Hay Kranen.
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19 March 2021
Exploring Internet censorship through OONI data
Internet censorship has become a topic of discussion in recent years as social media websites or apps are blocked in different countries. OONI is an organisation focused on highlighting such censorship and held a session at MozFest to discuss this!
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17 March 2021
The future of podcasting is adaptive, open and data ethical
‘The future of podcasting is adaptive, open and data ethical’ aimed to provide an insight into what podcasting may look like in the near-future, using Object-Based Media. As it turns out, this future is exciting, and may be closer than it seems!
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15 March 2021
Recommenders with a mission: towards a more diverse internet
‘Recommenders with a mission: towards a more diverse internet’ focused on the way in which news is recommended to us as readers, and how news diversity can be a complex topic of discussion.
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15 March 2021
‘On the side of the Web’ Screening at MozFest
Digital Grassroots a youth- led organisation screens their short film ‘On this Side of The Web’ at this year's first virtual MozFest.
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15 March 2021
Developing fake news immunity
As misinformation has become more common in recent years, University of Liverpool researchers Elinor Carmi and Elena Musi led a session at MozFest 2021 that focused on being able to identify fake news using their Fake News Immunity Chatbot.
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12 March 2021
Contextualising AI
On the first day of Mozilla Festival 2021, virtual sessions held over Zoom meant that attendees from around the globe were able to see the different workshops and discussions taking place. Find out more about ‘Contextualising AI’ in this article!