Web Summit boss lady. Previously CEO @Wikimedia. Now š¤ various places. Human curiosity, generosity, and dignity. She/her.
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Ah yes, true.
New NPR CEO @krmaher says, among other things, that she cringes when she hears the word ācontent.ā
npr.org/2024/01/24/122603553ā¦
Big news: Iām delighted to announce that I will be taking up the position of CEO of NPR starting in late March. NPR has been a lifelong part of my soundscape, and I credit its reporting with sparking my curiosity that set me onto the path to become the person I am today.
Sadly, it does mean Iāll be stepping down as Web Summit CEO on March 1. Iāve absolutely loved my time with Web Summit. Iāve been bowled over by the team's talent, energy, and frankly -- general good vibes -- and this appreciation has only grown with each passing week.
I will be staying on the board of directors, and will remain on as CEO to deliver our first event in the Middle East, Web Summit Qatar, at the end of February which is looking to be double the size we expected. (P.S., You should come: qatar.websummit.com!)
āAI that benefits all humanityā without a single woman or person of color on the OpenAI board. Where have I heard this story before?
I miss my friend Alaa. He has been in arbitrarily detained in Egypt for years for advocating for respect for human rights and democracy. Please help us remind people of the importance of his case:
Today, Alaa's family have filed an urgent appeal with the United Nations.
Alaa is arbitrarily detained, in contravention of international law and today's petition requests urgent action from the UN. Please share widely to help.
Press release here: freealaa.net/unwgad-urgent-aā¦
Katherine Maher retweeted
"No way to create a backdoor that only the good guys can walk through."
Signal President Meredith Whittaker says the Online Safety Bill will cause "unprecedented paradigm-shifting surveillance" - in a discussion with @cathynewman and former UK Tech minister Damian Collins.
In which @SteveRattner argues working from home is a bad vibe before conceding there is no supporting data, just cranky white dude CEOs, and barely concealed desire to return to pre-organized labor levels of exploitation. nytimes.com/2023/03/22/opiniā¦
Donāt get me wrong. Iām an office person! When I had the choice of working from home versus going to the office, I went in probably 95% of the time. But I ran a remote organization and this sort of grumbling is a failure of empathy and imagination.
Katherine Maher retweeted
So excited to be teaching this Fellowship along with @robreich @krmaher and others at @Stanford. This is the course I wish I could have taken when I was younger. Now these amazing students will share theory and practice of tech policy ā¤ļøāļø
Meet our inaugural class of Tech Ethics & Policy Summer Fellows! These fellows will work across various government agencies, think tanks, and legislative offices in Washington, D.C. to better understand how the U.S. government enacts tech policy. stanford.io/3ymCPqb
Katherine Maher retweeted
I am giddy to be launching our @collect_intel whitepaper today. It feels like the beginning of the most important work Iāve ever contributed to. And itās an absurd, extravagant honor to be working on this alongside my dear friends, allies, and intellectual heroes.
Today, we are publishing the Collective Intelligence Project whitepaper, our R&D agenda for transformative tech governance.
It is our contribution to what we see as one of the worldās biggest problems. We couldnāt be more excited to share it with you. 1/
cip.org/whitepaper
