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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…
4 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…
4 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,…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
How to Become an Algorithmic Problem
As AI technologies proliferate, a growing number of people are asking what it means to live in a world dominated by algorithms and automated systems—…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
The Digital Services Act is a Lightning Rod for Debate
This week marks the second DSA and Platform Regulation conference in Amsterdam, where experts will convene to consider the Digital Services Act (DSA)…
5 months ago
What Carrie Goldberg Has Learned from Suing Big Tech
A wave of lawsuits in the Unites States is targeting tech firms for their product design decisions. Lawyer Carrie Goldberg has played a role in estab…
5 months, 1 week ago
AI, Surveillance and the Siege of Minneapolis
"Operation Metro Surge" — the massive immigration enforcement operation playing out right now in Minnesota — was billed as a targeted effort to appre…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
How to Apply the 'Tyrant Test' to Technology
In his forthcoming book, Your Data Will Be Used Against You, George Washington University Law School professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson explores how t…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Documenting Terror on the Streets of Minneapolis
The killing of 37-year old nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis was filmed from multiple angles by residents of the city, and local gov…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Unpacking the Rise of 'Smart Authoritarianism' in China
Today's guest is Jennifer Lind, an associate professor of government at Dartmouth, a fellow at Chatham House London, and the author of the new book …
5 months, 3 weeks ago