Technology & Data Governance
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AI mishaps are warning signs we can’t ignore
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Grok, the chatbot from Elon Musk’s xAI, sparked international controversy around the start of this year by creating millions of sexualized edits of users’ photos — including of minors. In replies to images on the social media platform X, users posted requests for Grok, such as “remove her clothes” or…
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Is AI Killing Jobs? A New Bill Seeks Data
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As artificial intelligence models start performing wider ranges of tasks, companies are increasingly claiming to be cutting jobs due to AI. In May, Dario Amodei, the CEO of AI lab Anthropic predicted AI will cause unemployment as high as 20% within five years. In September, Salesforce cut 4,000 employees, saying…
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The Fragile Foundations of the AI Economy
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In the 1840s, Britain experienced one of the largest investment booms in modern economic history. Suddenly, an emerging, epochally transformative technology emerged, promising faster transport, lower costs, and national market integration. Railway mania was born, and capital poured in. At its peak, railway investment reached roughly seven percent of British…
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The U.S. Kids Online Safety Act: Balancing Child Protection and Digital Autonomy
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The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) recently reemerged as one of Washington’s most closely watched bipartisan tech proposals. As worry has grown on Capitol Hill about children’s and teens’ online safety, research in recent years has increasingly found social media use to be driving surging rates of adolescent depression, anxiety,…
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Trump’s Intel Stake Isn’t Socialism; It’s Common Sense
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President Trump’s decision to seek government equity and revenue sharing in major chip companies, including a 9.9 percent non-voting stake in Intel and proposed deals with Nvidia and AMD, has sparked rare, intense bipartisan backlash; a sign of deep controversy surrounding direct government involvement in the tech sector. Sen. Rand…
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India Stack: Navigating tensions between Privacy, Inclusion for a Digital Future
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With a population of over 1 billion and a deep colonial past, India has come a long way since gaining independence. In recent years, the country took the world by storm with its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) technology. This digital payment system played a large role in facilitating economic activity…