“I think it’s very important to maintain that refusal is an option.” – Emily M. Bender “AI is not inevitable. AI – as it is constructed right now – is, I think, fundamentally anti-democratic.” – Alex ...

The biggest environmental scandal in AI right now should be the xAI data center in Memphis, which has been running for nearly a year on 35 methane gas turbines under …

Search America's Historic Newspaper Pages through 1963 Please Note: The Library of Congress has transitioned the longstanding Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers website to this new digi...

NEH Grants 2025

State Library Agencies and other grant recipients across the country began receiving official notices from the Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services terminating their grants,...

Chris Gilliard questions the potential of AI chatbots touted by their creators and promoters, highlighting their vulnerability to misuse by fascists, racists, transphobes, and other bad-faith actors.

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