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The new strategy leans heavily on AI hype – with potentially fatal consequences.

Digital technologies are transforming democratic life in conflicting ways. This article bridges two perspectives to unpack these tensions. First, we present an original survey of software developer...

Copywriters were one of the first to have their jobs targeted by AI firms. These are their stories, three years into the AI era.

A new study from Wharton faculty explores how AI can extract personality traits from facial images — and what that means for your career.

Universidade pública, que paga por serviços e sofre com descumprimentos de acordos pela big tech, cria cooperação que promete uma “IA responsável”. Docentes denunciam conflito de interesses. Corporaçã...

A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp decided to accept high levels of fraudulent advertisements from China. Internal company documents show Meta wanted to minimize "revenue impact" caused by cracking down on the scams.

More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings

The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.

A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.

In the spring of 2022, Jim Doherty kept having the same conversation with folks at the only grocery store in Boardman, his eastern Oregon hometown, or at the grain depot where he picked up food for…

The facilities suck up land, water, and power—driving up prices for all—and many locals are fed up.

During the pandemic, a dangerous business has prospered: invading students’ privacy with proctoring software and apps. In the last year, we’ve seen universities compel students to download apps that c...

Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...

Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at how electric cars could get much cheaper and Rivian’s RJ Scaringe on China’s EV price advantage

ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

1X’s Neo wants to be your housekeeper. First, it needs to be controlled by a human in your home. Cool with you?

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The app will now let your boss know when you're in the office or not, based on your connection to the office's Wi-Fi network.

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If you don’t work at a university or have college-age kids, you may have missed the flurry of news stories and social media banter about AI adoption in higher ed, stories which have snowballed into th...

Microsoft has been illegally tracking students and schoolgoers via its 365 Education platform, officials in Austria have ruled.

Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.