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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">Dear all, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">We (the American Geophysical Union<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://data.agu.org/about/" title="https://data.agu.org/about/"><span style="color:#1155CC">Open Science team</span></a>, our<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://data.agu.org/ethics-ai-ml/team/" title="https://data.agu.org/ethics-ai-ml/team/"><span style="color:#1155CC">Steering
Committee</span></a>, and our community workshop participants) have been working on a year-long NASA-funded project to develop a set of principles and responsibilities for the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the Earth and space sciences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">As the culmination of our editorial team’s work – and following the input and guidance gathered from a community survey and two workshops – we’re happy to announce that a draft of our Principles and Responsibilities for Artificial
Intelligence and Machine Learning Ethics in the Earth, and space sciences is now available for feedback and comment! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">If you’re interested, we would like to invite you to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.167080673.37483484/v1" title="https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.167080673.37483484/v1"><span style="color:#1155CC">read
the document here</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and give feedback through<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqG983O-VXovW2033O31neDCmbVQl8NesvcLQqvMCu-mETpw/viewform" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqG983O-VXovW2033O31neDCmbVQl8NesvcLQqvMCu-mETpw/viewform"><span style="color:#1155CC">the
form linked here</span></a>. Please complete your feedback by early February 2023 so we can incorporate it into the final document and include your contact info so we can give credit for your contributions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">We look forward to hearing from you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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If you have questions or comments about the feedback, please email myself or any member of our AGU Open Science team. You can also find more about previous work done on this project at the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://data.agu.org/ethics-ai-ml/" title="https://data.agu.org/ethics-ai-ml/"><span style="color:#1155CC">project
website</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Kristina Vrouwenvelder<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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