ILINA Program @ILINAProgram
AI safety with the subaltern in mind ilinaprogram.org Nairobi, Kenya Joined June 2022-
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Very excited to work with all the wonderful people from ILINA and UCT on this!
Very excited to work with all the wonderful people from ILINA and UCT on this!
I’m super, super excited about what we’ll be able to get done under this project🕺🏿 I’ll be writing a blog post on this soon. Especially grateful to Prof Jonathan Shock of UCT for making this happen!
I’m super, super excited about what we’ll be able to get done under this project🕺🏿 I’ll be writing a blog post on this soon. Especially grateful to Prof Jonathan Shock of UCT for making this happen!
We're pleased to announce that 7 of our team members will be core members of the University of Cape Town's African Hub on AI Safety, Peace and Security 💫 ai.uct.ac.za/african-hub-ai… We will focus our efforts on Africa-centric AI safety evaluations. Look out for more news soon!
Just Launched: The Global Call for AI Red Lines, with 70+ leading orgs & 200+ signatories, including former heads of state & Nobel laureates. Together, we are calling for international agreement to prevent the most severe risks to humanity and global stability #AIredlines
@ILINAProgram Very enlightening conversations 💆🏾♂️ I love this community💯💯
Meet Cecil, who went from questioning a traditional career in law to conducting and coordinating AI safety research across Europe, Africa, and the Global South. 🧵
Today we hosted a Work-in-Progress session in which our Junior Research Scholar Jean Jeptoo presented research that she's concluding on U.S. antitrust law and AI safety.
I'll be giving a talk on quantum mechanics and it's applications to quantum computing & communication on Wednesday Join us 😊
My forthcoming essay on intertemporal law and the Mau Mau reparations campaign has been cited by the co-Editors-in-Chief of the American Journal International Law... severally throughout their 17-paged paper✨ Link: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Forthcoming, Stanford Environmental Law Journal (2026).
Forthcoming, Stanford Environmental Law Journal (2026).
We’re breaking new barriers at ILINA. I’m excited for what’s coming.
We just presented our work on "Ontology-free construction of Knowledge Graphs using attention rollout" at the Deep Learning Indaba! Let me unpack the pretentious words in that title 😅
Joined a Q&A today with summer research fellows at @GovAI_. Had a great time discussing AI liability, the possibility of pauses and global south roles. Side note: What a beautiful office space!
ILINA Seminar Dinner yesterday night 🤏🏾🤏🏾🤏🏾🥹 My heart is so full. Such a lovely bunch!
We concluded the ILINA seminar with a final meet up in Nairobi today. Thank you to all our participants - We appreciate you.
The ILINA seminar is coming to a close this week :/ I’m proud of what we’re enabling
Today I become a Certified AI Yapper courtesy of @ILINAProgram and @CecilYongo
Personal news: I’m going to be Co-Chair of the AI and Emerging Technologies Category for RightsCon 2026 🎉 I’m particularly interested in proposals that look into the use of human rights frameworks to check/ prevent extreme AI risks (killing/ severely injuring a lot of people)
Personal news: I’m going to be Co-Chair of the AI and Emerging Technologies Category for RightsCon 2026 🎉 I’m particularly interested in proposals that look into the use of human rights frameworks to check/ prevent extreme AI risks (killing/ severely injuring a lot of people)
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