Microsoft's Ms. Dewey search interface

Airus Media's AVA holographic airport worker

Smart speakers (representing voice interfaces)

Research Talks:

Refacing Gender in Digital Assistant Technologies (June 2022), Presentation for Console-ing Passions, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.

Facing our computers: Algorithmic Literacy as Praxis (April 2022), Keynote for 20th Annual Illinois Information Literacy Summit,  DePaul University Library, Moraine Valley Community College Library & College of DuPage Library. 
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Listening at the Library: Surveillance in the Stacks Gets Smart (April 2021), Webinar for Voices for Information Equity Speaker Series, Graduates School of Library and Information Studies, University of Rhode Island. 
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Cultural Affordances of "Emma", USCIS's Latina Virtual Assistant (March 2019), Talk at Harvard Kennedy School featuring Miriam E. Sweeney and Melissa Villa-Nicholas.

Interviews and Podcasts:

Sweeney, M.E. (2020, July 17). Researcher finds emoji still lack diversity [radio]. Interview by Janae Pierre, National Public Radio. Available at https://wbhm.org/feature/2020/researcher-finds-emojis-still-lack-diversity/.

Sweeney, M.E. (2020, June 17). Emoji design, White accountability, and the Ethical Future of Chatbots with Miriam Sweeney [Audio Podcast]. Interview by Radical AI Podcast. Available at https://www.radicalai.org/e14-miriam-sweeney.

Sweeney, M.E. (2020, April 3). What is socially responsible AI? [Audio Podcast]. Interview by Broad Science. Available at https://soundcloud.com/broad-science/what-is-socially-responsible-ai.
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Sweeney, M.E. (2017, August 12). Chatbot mania and algorithms of oppression [Audio Podcast]. Interview by Natasha Mitchell, host of Science Friction. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Available at http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/natasha-mitchell/2914164.

Sweeney, M. E. (2017, January 5). Fembots {Audio podcast]. Interview by Sarah Mirk, host of Popaganda. Bitch Media. Available at https://bitchmedia.org/article/popaganda-fembots-westworld-female-robots-siri-ex-machina-her-metropolis-film

Quoted in the News:

Pesce, N. L. (2021, April 1). Soon Siri won't default to a female voice anymore--and here's why that is a big deal. Marketwatch. Retrieved April 2, 2021, from https://www.marketwatch.com/story/soon-siri-wont-default-to-a-female-voice-anymore-heres-why-thats-a-big-deal-11617294792​.

Rangarajan, S. (2021, February 23). Hey Siri--Why Don't You Understand More People Like Me? Retrieved February
25, 2021, from Mother Jones website: https://www.motherjones.com/media/2021/02/digital-assistants-accents-english-race-google-siri-alexa/.

Jotanovic, D. (2019, April 25). Can We Change the Direction of Gendered AI? Retrieved April 28, 2019, from Bitch Media website: https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/gendered-artificial-intelligence
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​Wong, K. (2018, April 9). In pursuit of the perfect AI voice: How developers are humanizing their virtual personal assistants. Retrieved April 1, 2019, from Engadget website: https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/09/in-pursuit-of-the-perfect-ai-voice/
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Harding, X. (2018, July 20). 68% of people say tech creators inject their own biases in products, study says. Retrieved April 1, 2019, from Mic.com website: https://mic.com/articles/190364/68-of-people-say-tech-creators-inject-their-own-biases-in-products-study-says
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Pesce, N. (2018, May 9). Why John Legend voicing the Google Assistant matters. Moneyish. Retrieved May 13, 2018, from https://moneyish.com/ish/why-john-legend-voicinmoneyish.com/ish/why-john-legend-voicing-the-google-assistant-matters/g-the-google-assistant-matters/. 
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Mitchell, N. (2017, August 12). Alexa, Siri, Cortana: Our virtual assistants say a lot about sexism. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved August 12, 2017, from http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-11/why-are-all-virtual-assisants-female-and-are-they-discriminatory/8784588. 

Cross, K. (2016, May 3). When robots are an instrument of male desire. The Huffington Post. Retrieved July 24, 2017, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-establishment/when-robots-are-an-instrument-of-male-desire_b_9827948.html (Originally posted by The Establishment, https://theestablishment.co/when-robots-are-an-instrument-of-male-desire-ad1567575a3d)