<description>&lt;p&gt;The tech conference Devternity was canceled (not fake canceled, literally canceled) after allegations that the founder has been inventing fake women and catfishing on Instagram for years.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Bridget does a deep dive to get to the bottom of it, and what it says about default, dismissive attitudes about marginalized people in tech. There were real women the whole time! Why not invite one of them?!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;A Tech Conference Listed Fake Speakers for Years: I Accidentally Noticed:&lt;a href="https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/devternity-fake-speakers/"&gt; https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/devternity-fake-speakers/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Male Tech Conference Founder Is Behind Popular Woman Coding Influencer Account:&lt;a href="https://www.404media.co/coding-unicorn-instagram-julia-kirsina-devternity/"&gt; https://www.404media.co/coding-unicorn-instagram-julia-kirsina-devternity/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Tech Conference Collapses After Organizer Admits to Making Fake &amp;lsquo;Auto-Generated&amp;rsquo; Female Speaker:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.404media.co/devternity-fake-speakers-eduard-sizovs/"&gt;https://www.404media.co/devternity-fake-speakers-eduard-sizovs/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Eduards Sizovs&amp;rsquo;s full response thread:&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/eduardsi/status/1728422017417032140"&gt; https://twitter.com/eduardsi/status/1728422017417032140&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Here&amp;rsquo;s a collection of Julia through the years:&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/10Fds4DgzU_Yem577sfGykauuNkltIq3ykZdZUd1EAUE/edit?usp=sharing"&gt; https://docs.google.com/document/d/10Fds4DgzU_Yem577sfGykauuNkltIq3ykZdZUd1EAUE/edit?usp=sharing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Tech Conference Used AI to Fake Female Speakers to Look Diverse – BEST OF TANGOTI

JAN 30, 202652 MIN
There Are No Girls on the Internet

Tech Conference Used AI to Fake Female Speakers to Look Diverse – BEST OF TANGOTI

JAN 30, 202652 MIN

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The tech conference Devternity was canceled (not fake canceled, literally canceled) after allegations that the founder has been inventing fake women and catfishing on Instagram for years. Bridget does a deep dive to get to the bottom of it, and what it says about default, dismissive attitudes about marginalized people in tech. There were real women the whole time! Why not invite one of them?! A Tech Conference Listed Fake Speakers for Years: I Accidentally Noticed: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/devternity-fake-speakers/ Male Tech Conference Founder Is Behind Popular Woman Coding Influencer Account: https://www.404media.co/coding-unicorn-instagram-julia-kirsina-devternity/ Tech Conference Collapses After Organizer Admits to Making Fake ‘Auto-Generated’ Female Speaker: https://www.404media.co/devternity-fake-speakers-eduard-sizovs/ Eduards Sizovs’s full response thread: https://twitter.com/eduardsi/status/1728422017417032140 Here’s a collection of Julia through the years: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10Fds4DgzU_Yem577sfGykauuNkltIq3ykZdZUd1EAUE/edit?usp=sharingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.