Synthetic survey respondents tend to exaggerate differences between demographic subgroups and portray some responses as nearly universal.

Scholar Katherine Alejandra Cross on why it's so profitable to "sell panic to trans people."

Despite AI fears, a new poll shows few Americans know about the Pentagon's AI-assisted massacres.

Humans are reading ChatGPT users’ prompts to improve OpenAI’s models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information, according to leaked internal documents and real prompts seen by 404 M...

At the core of the Hugging Face hacking incident were a series of human choices that traded security for speed.

Sophie Cunningham set off a firestorm. Jennifer Sey was ready to capitalize.

Three meanings of “information” are distinguished: “Information-as-process”; “information-as-knowledge”; and “information-as-thing,” the attributive use of “information” to denote things regarded as ...

Historic opioid settlements were supposed to be a lifeline for underserved communities. But much of that money is flowing to law enforcement.

In Data Cartels, legal scholar Sarah Lamdan exposes the shadowy industry built around collecting, packaging, and selling our personal data. She reveals how powerful companies hoard information and ...

An independent, up-to-date, grant-level record of federal science funding disruptions in the United States.

As heat waves grow longer and deadlier, public libraries are stepping up as cooling centers and shelters – often without dedicated funding.

As heat waves grow longer and deadlier, public libraries are stepping up as cooling centers and shelters – often without dedicated funding.

As heat waves grow longer and deadlier, public libraries are stepping up as cooling centers and shelters – often without dedicated funding.

The climate crisis puts trans people at elevated risk—but community responses are offering resilience

The climate crisis puts trans people at elevated risk—but community responses are offering resilience

Did 47 Alabama newspapers die on a single day and no one noticed? (Hint: No, they didn't.)

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As we celebrate July 4, let's resolve to start learning from the folks who make America great.

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YouTube video by Inkstick Media

YouTube video by Inkstick Media

Justice Brett Kavanaugh is "not only creating a bad precedent for trans people, he’s significantly lowering the protection all women get."

“Physician groups betraying the public’s trust out of fear of government retaliation has permanent consequences,” writes a plastic surgeon.

Mounting privacy and security issues have residents and activists concerned.

Public Health France said areas under red alert for heat had been particularly badly affected, and 85% of the deaths had been those aged 65 and over

In a 7-2 decision, the Court determined that federal law prohibits “failure to warn” lawsuits against pesticide companies for health harms not formally recognized by the EPA.