A new FTC inquiry into chatbots and children shows that some within the Trump Administration may be reconsidering their anti-regulation approach

A mapping of 2,874 MCP servers shows concentration risks and a surge in agentic browsing — with implications for APIs, local MCPs, and market design.

AI-First means massive automation to repetitive tasks, rapid iteration over perfection, ubiquitous AI integration across workflows, and workforce transformation requiring AI literacy.

Mustafa Suleyman says that designing AI systems to exceed human intelligence—and to mimic behavior that suggests consciousness—would be “dangerous and misguided.”

A scholarly communication ecosystem that relies on voluntary support rather than charging for access to content becomes radically less capable of keeping money in the system.

Explore how successful organizations balance portfolio and platform strategies across 4 distinct archetypes. Learn to optimize decoupling and coherence for sustainable growth.

After 25 years at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Cindy Cohn is stepping down as executive director. In a WIRED interview, she reflects on encryption, AI, and why she’s not ready to quit the battl...

Compression culture, parental panic, and the remaining trust gap

A new position paper warns against the uncritical adoption of AI in academia

Education at a Glance is the authoritative source of information on the state of education worldwide. It offers comprehensive data on the structure, financing, and performance of education systems acr...

And how to apply these lessons to the current gen of AI apps

By Emily This post started off as a thread I wrote and posted across social media on Sunday evening. I'm reproducing the thread (lightly edited) first and...

I’ve written a lot about AI lately, and I’ll admit, most of it is critical. Plenty of you have asked me why I’m so down on the sector. The crux of it is this: I think we’re …

Two new charts paint two very different scenarios

Settlement shows AI companies can face consequences for pirated training data.

Eliezer Yudkowsky, AI’s prince of doom, explains why computers will kill us and provides an unrealistic plan to stop it.

For better or worse, Google’s Gemini chatbot just got a “Nano Banana” AI image editing boost.

Loneliness is lucrative. Leonid Radvinsky, the secretive owner of OnlyFans, received a $700 million windfall last year, while the platform’s top tier of content creators — mostly women — earn millions...

The Trump administration’s military takeover in Washington, D.C., last month is impacting sales and foot traffic to various degrees at indie bookstores across the city.

A discussion of libraries and library studies in the context of library education. It is the introduction to, and summary of, my response to the LIS Forward position paper.

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In her Speakers’ Corner column, Elif Bahar explores solutions to overcome the barriers that prevent participation in upskilling programmes.

Web dev at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland

When the tech giants monetise LLMs like ChatGPT and Gemini, will our thoughts be the currency?

Ransomware threats are advancing. Jamie Moles goes into what a triple extortion threat is and how to protect your organisation against them

L’interdiction des smartphones au collège, déjà prévue par la loi depuis 2018, est mise en place à partir de ce 1er septembre. Elle ne représente pas une solution pérenne, selon la chercheuse Anne Cor...

The FTC notified companies like Google, Meta, and Apple that they must not apply the Digital Services Act, which regulates digital platforms, if it jeopardizes the freedom of Americans.

Material from the 12th Annual LILi (Lifelong Information Literacy) Conference Tech for Equity: Leveraging Tools and Tech to Build Inclusive ...

Working together, academic and public libraries have the potential to meet community needs in powerful and often overlooked ways—providing technology How can libraries collaborate to meet the needs of...

This is Not New, This Grading Dilemma

The following article comes from two blog posts by Drew Breunig: “How Long Contexts Fail” and “How to Fix Your Contexts.”Managing Your Context is the Key

AI's real threat to education.

As AI becomes a major consumer of research, scholarly publishing must evolve: from PDFs for people to structured, high-quality data for machines.

Le rez-de-chaussée de la bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy à Québec qui vient de remporter le prix de la bibliothèque publique de l’année de l’International Federation of Library Associations …

A look back on what we've accomplished together in our first year at the AI Disclosures Project

One year out from Trump's threat to imprison him, Zuckerberg now has the administration fighting battles for him around the world

We examined how parents’ beliefs are related to home environment practices within and across academic domains (i.e., literacy and math) and the mechanisms th...

C’est une lettre au papier officiel du Sénat américain, datée du 24 juillet 2025. Le sénateur de Californie Alex Padilla y annonce au Government Publishing Office qu&...

It’s Trickier Than You May Think

Unpack the AI-powered gaming education hype surrounding ExoDexa and its claims to revolutionize learning through fun.

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