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The chatbot, which offers romantic companionship, has been hit with an FTC complaint from tech ethics organizations

[Below, a sneak preview from the upcoming issue Critical AI 3.1, Eryk Salvaggio, Caroline Sinders and Steph Maj Swanson‘s “Cultural Red Teaming: ARRG! & Creative Misuse of AI Sys…

In 2024, the combined net worth of the world’s 2,781 billionaires reached $14.2 trillion. The 18 wealthiest individuals collectively held nearly $2 trillion, accounting for approximately 16% of total…

Explore AI's journey from ancient myths to modern advancements and its cultural significance.

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Mark Zuckerberg’s embrace of the Republican Party has come as a surprise to those who identified him and Meta with the progressive wing of the Democrats. In reality, he has long championed right-wing ...

Elaine Ayers on thinking with moss and dismantling colonial institutions from the inside out.

By Scott Richmond In October of 2024, Mozilla, not-for-profit publisher of the Firefox browser,  announced that it's going to become an adtech company . This is  real bad .

A 28-year-old woman with a busy social life spends hours on end talking to her A.I. boyfriend for advice and consolation. And yes, they do have sex.

Multilingual encyclopedia of typographic terms.

Behind Silicon Valley's anti-government rhetoric lies a web of billion-dollar contracts, taxpayer-funded breakthroughs, and a partnership with the state too deep to deny

We're thinking about creation and reputation backward. When I tell people they should build in public, I get a look of horror. "But it's not ready yet!" they protest. "What if people see my…

Democracy doesn’t die in darkness—it dies in a rebrand, as watchdogs are neutered into lapdogs

A 28-year-old woman with a busy social life spends hours on end talking to her A.I. boyfriend for advice and consolation. And yes, they do have sex.

Marc Andreessen’s “broken deal” narrative rewrites history to frame accountability as betrayal, ignoring that society never agreed to abandon its oversight of technology

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Cynicism is the cheap seats. It’s the fast food of intellectual positions. Anyone can point at something and say it’s broken, corrupt, or destined to fail. The real challenge? Building something…

Dix ans après sa mort, que reste-t-il d’Aaron Swartz ? Les hommages s’annoncent nombreux en cette année 2023, pour saluer le rôle de l'hacktiviste précurseur, génie de l’informatique. Qui était-il ? P...