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SUMMARY:Racial and Discriminatory Bias in Generative AI - Round Table
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Speakers : The list of speakers will be announced shortly. Mod
 erator : Mélissa Anchisi \n-ACTION WEEK AGAINST RACISM-\n\nRacial and Di
 scriminatory Bias in Generative AI: Text\, Images and the Politics of Repr
 esentation\nRound Table (60' + 10' Q&A)\n\nWhen : Tue 24 March 2026\nWhere
  : Forum\, Rolex Learning Center\nTime : 17:30 - 19:30 (with an Apéro at 
 the end)\nOpen to all\n\nThis event is a collaboration between the Equal O
 pportunity Office (VPH-WINC-DEI) and the AI Center\n\nThe roundtable will 
 explore how generative AI systems\, including large language models (LLM) 
 and image-generation tools\, increasingly shape representations of people\
 , identities\, and social groups. Through textual\, visual\, and multimoda
 l outputs\, these systems may reproduce or amplify racial stereotypes\, di
 scriminatory patterns and forms of exclusion. While often perceived as neu
 tral technologies\, they embed social\, cultural\, and political assumptio
 ns that call for critical examination.\n\nThe discussion will begin with a
  short introductory overview of generative AI to ensure a shared foundatio
 n for the audience. The conversation will then address issues related to t
 he models themselves\, particularly the ways in which they reproduce\, and
  at times intensify\, existing social realities such as racism\, stereotyp
 es and discrimination. For this edition\, the focus will primarily be on r
 acial bias.\n\nWe aim to bring together complementary perspectives\, inclu
 ding:\n\n	Ethical considerations\n	Legal perspectives\n	Professional and t
 echnical viewpoints (practical cases or reflections linked to teaching and
  model development)\n	Contributions from civil society\n\nSpeakers :\n\n\n
 	Prof. Andrea Cavallaro\, Laboratory of Multimodal Intelligent Systems (EP
 FL)\n	Prof. Flavia Fossati\, Faculty of Law\, Criminal Justice and Public
  Administration (IDHEAP)\n	Dr. Anna Sotnikova\, Natural Language Processin
 g Lab (EPFL)\n	Estelle Pannatier\, Senior Policy Manager (AlgorithmWatch.
 CH)\n\nModeration : Mélissa Anchisi\, Head of Communication AI\, AI Cen
 ter\n\nTo help us organise this event as smoothly as possible\, we kindly 
 ask you to register in advance.\n>>> REGISTER HERE<<<\n 
LOCATION:Forum\, RLC E1 240 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==RLC%20E1%20240
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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