Across climate science, logistics, pandemic response, and military operations, a new class of AI platforms is emerging that treats the planet as a laboratory and politics as a matter of automated bure...

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freed...

The aim of this project is to interrogate the concept of catastrophe – how it is defined, analyzed, and deployed – and anti-catastrophic practices in an attempt to envision alternatives to our present...

We warmly invite colleagues to join us for an in-person one-day symposium on Thursday 17th July 2025. To join, please register using the link below. The event is organised by the Centre for Science…

This is a preview — for the full episode, subscribe: https://newmodels.io https://patreon.com/newmodels https://newmodels.substack.com Our guest is Orit Halpern: co-author of The Smartness Mandate (M

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Recently, infrastructure has become an important discourse in academic and policy discussions. This chapter situates this sudden emergence and popularity of “infrastructure” as an obj...

A directive from the National Institute of Standards and Technology eliminates mention of “AI safety” and “AI fairness.”

The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the school unless it cedes control of an international studi...

Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come.

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A research collective at the intersection of critical design, social sciences, humanities, and art. With the rise of speculative design practices on a planetary scale, we make it our mission to reflec...

Theory on Demand #54In/Convenience: Inhabiting the Logistical SurroundEdited by Joshua Neves and Marc SternbergConvenience is the feeling and aspiration that animates

Trans rights aren’t just trans rights. They’re reproductive rights.

In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

"All of these men are now hopelessly trapped in a problem their own platforms and algorithms created."

"Cada vez más la inteligencia artificial desafía esa idea, de no poder distinguir entre una máquina y un ser humano", advierte Halpern.Friedrich Hayek encontró similitudes entre la actividad cerebral ...

The current state of the planet, marked by climate change and biodiversity loss, presents one of humanity’s most urgent challenges, further exacerbated by...