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what a week of events for ETHGlobal Sydney starting this week folks! Check out the details here (thanks to Amanda A. from Helix Collective for the links). This includes highlights from events Helix is running as well as an awesome Shieldmaidens in Tech panel also running over the next few days. Also check the comments for the replay of our Sydney meetup last week where we highlight this event at 18:12 ▶ 30th April - MemeGlobal by Infinex (https://lnkd.in/gZkDDuMt) ▶ 1st May (am) - Helix Coworking Day (https://lnkd.in/gFvvVWEe) ▶ 1st May (am) - Google Web3 Developer Roadshow (https://lnkd.in/gXXcvia6) ▶ 1st May (pm) - ETHSydney - The Next Step To Decentralization  (https://lu.ma/tkddshej)1st May (pm) - Blockchain Sydney Meet up XDC (https://lnkd.in/gkKhg9Cj) ▶ 1st May (pm) - Snark Tank - The RAILGUN Project Party (https://lu.ma/snark_tank) ▶ 2nd May - EthGlobal Pragma* (https://lnkd.in/gXK6M87A) ▶ 2nd May - EthGlobal Happy hour* (https://lnkd.in/gjr5R8bf) ▶ 2nd May - DABL Den Coworking Space (https://lu.ma/DablDen) ▶ 2nd May - D2 finance and investors networking (https://lu.ma/mab5gfz9) ▶ 3rd May - 5th May - EthGlobal Hackathon* (https://lnkd.in/gyuyhpcf) ▶ 3rd May - Bitget, Upside &Helix Sydney Meet up at Fortress (https://lnkd.in/g8UVHB9Q) ▶ 4th May - Openmesh AfterParty (https://lnkd.in/gFQbunTt) ▶ 4th May - Builders Night Sydney - MetaMask, Linea, 1inch, ETHGlobal and ZKLink (https://lu.ma/buidlsydney1) ▶ 5th May - After Party Game Night - DevX Tour Sydney (https://lu.ma/Dablsydney) ▶ 5th May - Railways and Eshays - Railway Wallet Party (https://lu.ma/eshay) ▶ 6th May - Openmesh Exclusive Lunch (https://lnkd.in/gQCZfv9s) ▶ 7th May - 14 May Sozu Hacker House (https://lnkd.in/gTDnW7CQ)

🎬 CALLING FOR YOUR VOTES at SXSW Sydney 🎬 Don't miss this heavy lineup of curated sessions on offer at SXSW Sydney this year. We'd love your votes to make them happen and you can support us by: 1. Registering to vote >> https://lnkd.in/g5hR23Wb 2. Searching for these sessions and casting your vote for each: ➡️ "Beyond the Hype: How Can Marketing Leaders Navigate AI for Brand Survival" ➡️ "The Future of Creativity: Navigating the AI content revolution" ➡️ "Transhumanism" ➡️ "Careers Workshop on Future of Work" ➡️ "A Rich Man's World - Successes and Challenges of Women Led Startups" ➡️ "Tech and Tonics: A Spotlight On Women Shaping The Digital Age" If you're not sure which one, just check the image matches 👀 3. Spreading the news! 🖤 Thanking you 🖤

This ad gives me goosebumps! What a beautiful, powerful example of what #advertising can do to shift perceptions and change societal norms. “I don’t want to be the only woman. I want to be one of many.” A goal I am passionate about working towards every single day. Bravo Mercedes-Benz USA 👏 #OneofMany #WomensHistoryMonth

Take a deep breath. Because we're about to dive into another serious issue. 🚨 Since my last post about my beef with ad agencies, my DMs have been flooded with messages from creatives offering to work for me for free. And while I'm flattered by the gesture, I need to make something crystal clear: I never, ever have creatives work for me for free, on spec, or for "exposure." Period. Here's the thing - when you don't pay creatives for their work, you're not just devaluing their time and talent. You're also setting yourself up for subpar results. Because let's be real, you get what you pay for. And if you're paying nothing, well ... you do the math. 🤷♀️ But beyond the quality issue, there's a bigger ethical problem at play here. Asking creatives to work for free is exploitation, plain and simple. It's taking advantage of people's passion and desperation to break into the industry, or a job, or an opportunity and it's not okay. Creatives, listen up: Your work has value. Your time has value. YOUR TALENT HAS VALUE. Don't let anyone convince you otherwise. If a company or client isn't willing to pay you fairly for your work, that's a huge red flag. 🚩 Run, don't walk, in the opposite direction. Now, I know some of you might be thinking, "But Stephanie, I'm just starting out! I need to build my portfolio!" I get it. We've all been there. But there are ways to gain experience and exposure without selling yourself short. Collaborate with other creatives. Take on pro bono work for a cause you care about. Build your own passion projects. Just don't buy into the lie that you have to work for free to "prove yourself." As a CMO, I want to work with creatives who know their worth and aren't afraid to stand up for it. Because that confidence and self-respect translates into the quality of their work. So, to all the creatives who offered to work for me for free, thank you, but no thank you. I appreciate your enthusiasm, but I'd much rather pay you what you deserve. 💰 And to the rest of the industry, let's make this our rallying cry: No more free work. No more spec work. No more "exposure" in lieu of payment. It's time to value our creatives and pay them accordingly. Who's with me? If this post doesn’t inspire you maybe the below video from Zulu Alpha Kilo will. #CreativesUnite #KnowYourWorth #NoFreeWork #CMOsAgainstExploitation #CMOpov

🚨 The clip below could put OpenAI in trouble; here's why: In case OpenAI's Sora is classified as a high-risk AI system per the EU AI Act, they will have to comply with transparency obligations such as informing users about "training, validation and testing data sets used, taking into account the intended purpose of the AI system" (Art. 13.3) In the clip below, Mira Murati, OpenAI's CTO, cannot specify or exemplify the sources of data used to train Sora. If she were from the marketing department, this would be okay, but as a CTO, this is a core aspect of the technology that can lead to legal liability, and she should be able to answer it in a straightforward way. In the US, FTC Chair Lina Khan recently said that sensitive personal data (linked to health, geolocation, and web browsing history) should be excluded from training datasets. If we do not know the sources of data, the question about sensitive data and measures taken to avoid it becomes murky. The FTC is currently investigating OpenAI and has made multiple inquiries regarding the training dataset. From my perspective, they will soon require detailed and public information about the training dataset, and Murati's vague statement can be seen as inadmissible. To learn more and receive my analyses, subscribe to my newsletter - luizasnewsletter(dot)com Clip posted by Tsarathustra on X and extracted from The Wall Street Journal's interview (link below). #AI #OpenAI #Sora #generativeAI #euaiact #AIregulation #AIAct