Regardless of whether it might end humanity, we should worry whether AI will kill off informed democracy

Comme réplique à Trump, c’est plus jouissif que de boycotter le Jack Daniel’s, plus porteur que de parler fort comme Doug Ford, plus productif que d’imposer des droits de douane sur les meubles améric...

Suno has drawn copyright lawsuits from the majors. Now it is releasing a version of its A.I. music generator trained in partnership with Warner Music.

Unpacking the Meta ruling — how big is it, really?

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This issue fascinates me because of its near-invisibility: As many of our Spotlight articles observe, citizenship is easy to take for granted when you receive it automatically and never have to defend...

Trump administration’s assault on universities boosts Ottawa’s efforts to attract top research talent

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I've accepted a position at McGill University and will be moving my lab there from UMass in summer 2027... with excitement and some sadness.

Platform monopolies have concentrated wealth and power over civic discourse at levels not seen since the first Gilded Age—and the public media system built to counter that concentration has never been...

The collapse of local newspapers and the decline in the number of local journalists is associated with a variety of democratic ills, including more corruption, fewer candidates running for office, les...

Technological innovation has a dual nature: it is propelled by visionary inventors but its ultimate trajectory is shaped by human behavior, which is messy, unpredictable, and resistant to neat explana...

In the six years since the Our Common Purpose report was released, dramatic shifts to the information ecosystem have transformed the relationship between citizens and the media, providing serious chal...

For all the talk of an AI boom, Anthropic and Open AI may be seeking insurance against regulation, Chinese competition, and their struggle for profita...

Myanmar contemporary artist Yadanar Win, navigates statelessness along with cultural barrier, red tape, and isolation.

The aftermath of a failed cataract surgery: a summer working in audio-only mode, and the battles of a workaholic forced onto the sidelines.

Disinformation researchers praise ruling blocking Trump visa denials and deportations.

Looking back through the biggest scandals in American history through the lens of Trump 2.0.

Bans and threats against US companies will lead governments to develop their own tools, and they could use Chinese code to do it

“Haiti remains gripped by armed violence [...] and a profound humanitarian crisis [and] the Supreme Court has given a green light to treat hundreds of thousands of Haitian families as disposable.”

The Digital Services Act (DSA) details a range of actions to promote transparency and accountability of online services, without hindering innovation and competitiveness.

Members of the Coalition for Independent Technology Research today requested leave to intervene in X v. European Commission. X’s Digital Services Act violations have prevented researchers from using p...