In a meeting organized by the AMICAL consortium, members of the Campus-level AI Initiatives Interest Group, led by Professor Rukhsana Zia, discussed our Chair’s draft charter for the ethical use of AI in higher education. About 20 participants representing nine different institutions from countries including Pakistan, France, Lebanon, Egypt, Greece, […]
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In June 2025 we had the first complete running demo of the prototype for the Self Made Books for Disadvantaged Children project in the presence of Kyle Zimmer, President, CEO, and Co-Founder of First Book. Another demo followed with Inga Nichanian, Director of UNESCO’s Chairs Programme, Future of Learning and […]
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Students in the Human Rights and Data Science Master’s program at The American University of Paris (AUP) completed a capstone project in collaboration with the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) where they analyzed the performance of OHCHR’s messages on Tweeter and X over several years. The […]
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With the AMICAL Consortium – a group of of 28 American‐modeled institutions in 19 different countries acrossEurope, Central and Southern Asia, the Middle East and Africa – this project aims at defining a set of charters on the ethical use of AI in higher education. Each university charter will be […]
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Professors Perry and Roda gave a presentation on AI competencies for human rights protection: empowering (digital) citizens at the 2024 edition of UNESCO’s Digital Learning Week. At this event we presented for the first time our 5 Principles for the Use of AI in Education: Related posts
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In May 2024 we hosted at The American University of Paris the First workshop on the Guidelines for the ethical use of digital archives of testimonies from witnesses of mass violence. The concept note highlights the main issues we had set to address: Participants: Related Posts
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As the number and complexity of digital archives that collect and preserve testimonies from witnesses of mass violence increases, so do the capabilities of digital technologies. These simultaneous developments give rise to many questions for archivists, researchers, policy makers, and curators. Victims of mass violence are particularly vulnerable to the […]
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Supporting the right to education of disadvantaged children through story telling This project explores the use of AI to ethically and effectively develop a digital storytelling platform for children in low-income communities around the world. The work is the result of a collaboration between FirstBook and The American University of […]
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