Category: Events
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Review of “Exploring Metaphors of AI: Visualisations, Narratives and Perception”
A curated research session at the Hype Studies Conference, “(Don’t) Believe the Hype?!” 10-12 September 2025, Barcelona By Cinzia Pusceddu Better Images of AI and We and AI have been exploring the role of visual and narrative metaphors in shaping our understanding of AI. As part of this we invited some researchers who have been…
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Reflecting on 5 Years of We and AI
Celebrating Community, Curiosity, and Collective Change Rameez Raja is a data analytics engineer, storyteller, currently pursuing an MSc in AI at the University of Bath. He is also an active We and AI volunteer, and shares this perspective on the first five years of non-profit organisation We and AI. Last month, I had the privilege…
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Deepfakes and Synthetic Media Workshops
With the rise of generative AI tools like ChatGPT and image generators, deepfakes have become more convincing and widespread. Anyone with access to a computer can replace a person’s face on-screen with another’s, or create a convincing impression of a person’s voice using speech synthesis. While these technologies may have creative and educational uses, they…
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What did we learn from “Framing Deepfakes”?
Dr Patricia Gestoso and Medina Bakayeva This is a recap of ane event we hosted in July 2024. Watch the event recording here. In light of the malicious uses of deepfakes, governments have engaged in policy debate, media outlets have frantically reported on the issue, and academics explored the technological advancements of AI-generated media from different…
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CogX Festival 2021 – Our thoughts so far
“How do we get the next 10 years right?” This question, posed as the theme of CogX 2021’s hybrid festival, is certainly an intriguing one. Ten years in tech is a long time, especially when we consider the speed of innovation during the pandemic. We’ve written up our thoughts on Day 1 in case you…
