Dear AOIR community, Very pleased to launch the first series of ten illustrations depicting the production<https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23production&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED> networks of AI<https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23ai&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED> and the associated socio<https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23socio&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED>-ecological<https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23ecological&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED> costs<https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23costs&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED>. These illustrations also capture the core themes of our ongoing research at the Planetary AI<https://www.linkedin.com/company/planetary-ai/> network. Illustrations are available Here<https://planetaryai.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Planetary-AI-Costs-of-AI-2026.pdf> for download. These were developed by Njung'e Wanjiru<https://njungewanjiru.com>, a celebrated visual artist based in Addis Ababa and Nairobi, whose work captures, archives, and transforms diverse forms of knowledge<https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23knowledge&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED>, perspectives, ideas, and technology<https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23technology&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED>. His practice sits at the intersection of design<https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23design&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED>, illustration<https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23illustration&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED>, and social impact projects, engaging with themes of nature, heritage, representation, and accessibility. We are extremely grateful to the UK Research and Innovation<https://www.linkedin.com/company/uk-research-innovation/> and Royal Society of Edinburgh<https://www.linkedin.com/company/royalsoced/> for funding this work. The series is done in collaboration with Techworker Community Africa<https://www.linkedin.com/company/techworkercommunityafrica/>, a Nairobi based NGO advocating and fighting for the rights of human workers behind AI. Incredibly grateful to workers, lawmakers, activists, and scholars, whose ideas and words eventually shaped our own understanding of where AI is heading and how we can create a different world. Let us know what you think. To learn more about our project and research, visit: planetaryai.net <https://planetaryai.net/> Amir, Beatrice and Srravya (on behalf of the wider Planetary AI team). Dr. Mohammad Amir Anwar, SFHEA Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), University of Edinburgh Co-Chair, Critical African Studies Twitter: @ibalilebali New UKRI Project: Planetary AI<https://planetaryai.net/> Latest Publications * ?<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6231338>The Technopolitics of Data Centres in the Age of AI<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6231338> (2026) * Worker power in self-organised networks<https://doi.org/10.1177/29768624251369063> (2025) * Value Chains of AI<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4997122> (2024) The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th? ann an Oilthigh Dh?n ?ideann, cl?raichte an Alba, ?ireamh cl?raidh SC005336.