Wiebke Toussaint Hutiri

@wiebketous

Trustworthy Edge Intelligence PhD | Fair Voice AI | research intern | cofounder | fellow

South Africa | Netherlands
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Joined August 2013
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    Mar 16

    A summary of my recent research on bias in voice biometrics is featured in the blog: . Spoiler: performance of voice biometrics varies significantly based on speakers’ demographics

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    14 hours ago

    Two days of Workshops on topics including NLP, organised by ; AI in Healthcare by ; Reinforcement Learning by ; Machine learning at the Edge by ; AI Governance and Policy by ; Francophone AI and Lusophone AI

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    14 hours ago

    The deadline to apply for the Deep Learning Indaba 2022 has been extended to April 14, 2022! Apply Now ()!  The long-awaited African AI reunion is happening in the beautiful city of Tunis, Tunisia 🤩🤩🥳🥳. 🗓️ 21-26 August. It promises to be exciting!!!

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  4. Apr 7

    Really enjoying art this afternoon. Must stop now, too distracting.

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    So cute!
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    Apr 7

    🧵Are you looking to get into tech? Are you looking for mission-based organisations that align with your beliefs?

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    Apr 6

    2/2 ...But there are also a lot of people like me who believe that AI can help us improve society but it has to be done in a responsible manner. There are a lot of systemic issues we face today and while AI is not the answer, it has a role to play.

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    Apr 6

    Apparently I'm twitter famous today & not even for something I actually said. I don't claim to never make mistakes, but I'm not building or advocating for an algorithm to detect if people are gay. While people are interested in the responsible use of AI, here are some thoughts...

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  8. Apr 5

    In the Netherlands ducks are like pigeons. Today I humbly admit that I’ve never given them enough respect. Came across this gorgeous bird on my evening stroll. you know it?

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    Apr 4

    Congratulations to 2019 fellow of South Africa , whose project that fights voice biometric bias and builds trustworthy AI is a technology fund awardee! Learn more about FairEVA and their mission to create :

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    Apr 4

    I deeply enjoyed digging through the applicability of voice biometrics, but equally concerned about the unprecedented bias their deployment causes in certain contexts. I'm excited to see how FairEva's work advances. 👀🔻

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    Apr 4

    The will tomorrow host several and international authors from the latest IPCC WGIII report - not to be missed! Tuesday 5th April 09h00-11h30, register in link below

    Join a colloquium on IPCC WGIII report - the latest state of knowledge on climate change mitigation. Hear from SA and int'l IPCC authors, and discuss what the IPCC report means for SA Tuesday 5th April 2022 09h00 – 11h30
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  12. Apr 4

    “Access Denied! This Doesn’t Sound Like You”. wrote a brilliant profile of FairEVA, our project to mitigate bias in voice biometrics. Proud recipient of technology fund for advancing

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    Apr 2

    Could you help mitigate bias within AI? 🤔 As & Fair Voice AI team drill further into voice biometrics, they’re looking for people to assist by donating audio data from their Google Assistant to create an evaluation data set. ⤵️

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  14. Mar 29

    To lighten up my Twitter feed with some newsworthy items. Thank you for always finding the most eccentric stories !

    Two years ago I began a story about psychedelic toad smoking and a divisive self-styled healer who popularized the practice, claiming to have resurrected an ancient Mesoamerican ritual. The story took many strange turns and is in this week's :
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    Mar 29

    BREAKING: Today, Facebook (Meta) and Sama received legal letters accusing them of multiple violations of Kenyan law, and impending lawsuits, as a result of details revealed in my recent story (thread!) 1/

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    Mar 29

    The claimant is Daniel Motaung, the former content moderator whose experiences I recounted in my recent story "Inside Facebook's African Sweatshop." 2/

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    Mar 28
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    Drink lots of water, less alcohol, exercise more, avoid toxic environments, invest in yourself, be intentional about your time and who you associate yourself with, what you allow in your mental space, limit news, social media, and so forth and so on 😂😂

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  18. Mar 28

    35. Stepping out of SA’s official youth category makes me aware that I should moisturise more, sleep earlier, do annual health checks & set up a retirement plan. It’s also a reminder that life is short. Time feels more precious, following my dreams more important.Ageing is good.

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    8 Sep 2021

    I wrote about our country's booming disinformation industry for The disinformation campaigns we witnessed during the BBI court rulings foreshadow what's coming as we head towards 2022. Can please pay start attention before it's too late?

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    Mar 25

    We are excited to announce the launch of the African Observatory on Responsible AI and co-create a research agenda around responsible AI with AI policy-makers from across the Global South. Register here to join us!

    The event is taking place as part of a four day programme for AI policy-makers from the Global South, and being supported by @giz_gmbh. The event will include a panel discussion with AI policy-makers and AI researchers from across Africa to discuss how policy-makers and researchers can work together more effectively, and support each other’s work.
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    Mar 24

    We're recruiting 3x dream roles - want to lead our programme on public sector data and algorithms, or be a senior visiting researcher on climate or gender & AI? Come join us👇

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