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X is a Preferred Tool for American Propaganda. What Does It Mean?
Last week, The Guardian reported that United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has directed American embassies and consulates to counter foreign …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Olivier Sylvain Wants to Reclaim the Internet from Big Tech
This was a landmark week for tech accountability in US courts. Juries in New Mexico and California delivered verdicts finding tech giants Meta and Go…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
How to Study the Phenomenon of Tech Hype
AI hype is everywhere, and the CEOs of many tech firms are promising that the tech will soon eclipse human intelligence. The trillions in investment …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Considering How AI Destroys Democratic Institutions
Across the world, governments and other institutions are racing to apply artificial intelligence in countless ways. In a draft paper forthcoming in t…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Google Employees Push Back on Government Surveillance Contracts
Early this year, following the deaths of Keith Porter, Renee Good, and Alex Pretti at the hands of federal agents and the violent immigration raids o…
2 months ago
How to Regulate Deepfake Financial Fraud
Online fraud has become one of the fastest-growing criminal enterprises on the planet. Deepfake fraud cases are surging, and Deloitte analysts projec…
2 months, 1 week ago
Cindy Cohn on How to Sustain the Fight Against Authoritarianism
Today's guest has spent thirty years on the front lines of one of the defining battles at the intersection of technology and democracy: privacy and t…
2 months, 1 week ago
In Age of Disruption, a Defense of Incrementalism
In their new book, Move Slow and Upgrade: The Power of Incremental Innovation, Evan Selinger, a professor in the Department of Philosophy at Rocheste…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
How to Think About the Anthropic-Pentagon Dispute
The Pentagon wants AI that can fight wars — without limits. One of the United States’ leading AI companies says there are lines it won't cross. And t…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
How to Get Paid to Polarize on TikTok
Concerns about synthetic media and coordinated manipulation of online platforms have moved from theoretical worry to documented reality. Researchers,…
2 months, 4 weeks ago