Over the last decade, conspiracy theories and beliefs in them have become a more pressing social and political problem. Despite different media being the main channels through which conspiracy theo...

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We ask the Government to introduce a statutory duty requiring AI developers to disclose the copyrighted works used to train generative AI in enough detail for creators to identify use of their work,…

European Commission president endorses Mark Carney’s proposal for deeper ties with the bloc

The leaked KIDS Act Regulation goes far beyond the leaked Communication that announced it. Its most consequential move sits beneath the proposed social media age limit: services would apply child-safe...

Under-16 social media bans may seem like a reasonable response that forestalls consequences, but, in ways we have yet to appreciate, they may prove a strategic blunder, serving the best interests of t...

Blocking children from social media is no substitute for making platforms safe in the first place, the UN human rights office warned Friday, as it issued a 10-point framework urging governments and te...

The word "delay" is doing a great deal of work right now. Not only in Australia, but also in Brussels. On 12 May 2026, European Commission President Ursula von der…

Researchers have raised concerns about the change’s effect on their independence and ability to detect threats from newest models.

The Facebook and Instagram owner, which denies wrongdoing, says the agreement builds on its "longstanding efforts to empower parents and support teens".

This blog was researched in Kjipuktuk and written in M’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaw nation.  Dissertation by JC Gerrits Going Down the Drain Techno-political narratives a...

Booksellers are reporting mysterious bulk orders. It's thought the books are being used to train AI - and ending up pulped.

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Chinese startup DeepSeek is developing its own AI chip, according to three people familiar with the matter, a push that ​could reduce its reliance on Nvidia and Huawei chips, which it has depended on ...

How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next

Presenting the challenges that face digital age citizens as philosophical, as opposed to technological, this paper explores the underpinning structure of digital civics through an overview of its four...

Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.