America is selling the AI stack it built with public money, with the same companies and the same national security framing. Nobody is asking whether the demand is real.
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AI Is Supercharging the Surveillance State
Warrants are at the center of the debate over government spying, and for good reason. But artificial intelligence is redefining the contours of that debate.
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Organized Money: The Chatbot Will See You Now
As Big Tech attempts to algo and chatbot your therapy, advocacy and new law fight to save the art and science of humans helping humans.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Meta Is a Monopoly Even if TikTok Can Compete
It is foolish to suggest that competition anywhere proves that a company isn’t a monopoly.
Posted inTechnology
American Politics Is Already Inundated With AI Deepfakes. It’s Only Getting Worse.
These aren’t your 2024 deepfakes. Bad actors will go for broke using state-of-the-art AI tools to blunt voters’ confidence in elections.
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Why Americans Hate Data Centers: Let Us Count the Ways
They fear AI. They fear higher electric bills. More reasons below.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How the Iran War Threatens the AI Economy
Supply chain disruptions threaten the flow of computer chips, which power AI models.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Far-Right Cash Machine
There’s money in bigotry, and specialized crowdfunding platforms are where to get it.
Posted inTechnology
Social Media’s Endgame Moment
Even users don’t like it. So when you ask juries to render verdicts, they’re inclined to punish the platforms.
Posted inTechnology
Who Will Govern AI?
Trump’s top officials are in the pocket of Big Tech. It remains to be seen whether Democrats will be much better.