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November 10, 2025

What’s New with AImpower.org: Sharing Our Technical Work, Progress, and Impact

By Shaomei Wu It’s been a little while since our last update — we’ve been busy! AImpower.org has been accelerating our technical, community, and advocacy efforts, amplifying marginalized voices in shaping emerging technologies. We’ve accomplished a lot, and I’m excited to start sharing what we’ve been up to! Over the […]
July 5, 2025

Speech AI for All: Promoting Accessibility, Fairness, Inclusivity, and Equity – CHI 2025 Workshop Recap

In collaboration with researchers and scholars from Carnegie Mellon University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Gallaudet University, Apple, Cornell University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of California, Santa Cruz, and University of Maryland, College Park, we led a CHI 2025 workshop on “Speech AI for All: Promoting Accessibility, Fairness, Inclusivity, […]
March 28, 2025

AImpower.org’s 2024 in Review: A Year of Growth and Movement Building

AImpower.org just celebrated its third birthday – we are a toddler now! 🥳 As we enter our fourth year of operations, we want to first reflect on the tremendous strides AImpower.org has made in 2024 in our mission to co-design empowering technologies for, with, and by marginalized communities. The year […]
March 18, 2025

Tech4ALL Digest, Mar 11

Our progress: hosted UCSC designathon developing community-driven protocols for stuttered speech data collection; completed PJMF-funded listening sessions with stuttering community; Shaomei delivered guest lecture on 'AI Risks and Biases for People with Disabilities' at Stanford University.
March 18, 2025

Tech4ALL Digest, Feb 25

Our progress: launched stakeholder survey on stuttered speech data governance (with $10 donations for each response); secured Prof. Karen Nakamura as keynote for CHI 2025 workshop; extended workshop application deadline to February 28.
March 18, 2025

Tech4ALL Digest, Feb 14

Our progress: launched stakeholder survey on stuttered speech data governance (with $10 donations for each response); secured Prof. Karen Nakamura as keynote for CHI 2025 workshop; extended workshop application deadline to February 28.
March 18, 2025

Tech4ALL Digest, Jan 28

Our progress: published research paper analyzing StammerTalk dataset's technical and social impact for Chinese stuttered speech; launched redesigned website at aimpower.org with improved information architecture and user experience.
March 16, 2025

Tech4ALL Digest, Jan 14

Our progress: named among nine DIFxTech grantees with support from Borealis, Ford, and MacArthur Foundations; CHI 2025 'Speech AI for All' workshop scheduled for April 27 in Yokohama, Japan (virtual attendance available).