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Eric Schmidt: AI Could Worsen Our Misinformation Problem | The Atlantic
by Saahil Desai
September 29, 2021
For years now, artificial intelligence has been hailed as both a savior and a destroyer. The technology really can make…
Pandemic tech left out public health experts. Here’s why that needs to change. | MIT Technology Review
by Lindsay Muscato
September 15, 2021
Exposure notification apps were developed at the start of the pandemic, as technologists raced to help slow the spread of…
Cuban technologists worry politics gets in the way of opening up the internet | Rest of World
by Ricardo Martinez
May 7, 2021
It’s April and the sun rises over Havana at 7:07 a.m. People are already sitting outside their homes chatting about…
Are Google and Facebook really the future of journalism? New Policies risk making it so | Columbia Journalism Review
by Emily Bell
April 29, 2021
At the end of February this year, Australia passed a law which required Facebook and Google to either negotiate deals…
YouTube argues it’s getting better at removing hate speech | The Washington Post
by Gerritt de Vynck
April 7, 2021
YouTube released data on Tuesday arguing that it is getting better at spotting and removing videos that break its rules against…
On Google Podcasts, a Buffet of Hate | The New York Times
by Reggie Ugwu
March 26, 2021
He had already been banned from Twitter, but on his podcast he could give full voice to his hateful conspiracy…
Timnit Gebru’s ouster shows how Big Tech dominates AI ethics | Fast Company
by Katharine Schwab
February 26, 2021
Timnit Gebru—a giant in the world of AI and then co-lead of Google’s AI ethics team—was pushed out of her…
Facebook versus Australia | Tech Policy Press
by Justin Hendrix
February 18, 2021
In response to the imminent Australian law that would compel search and social media platforms to pay news organizations, Google…
Facebook Blocks News in Australia, Diverging With Google on Proposed Law | The New York Times
by Mike Isaac, Daisuke Wakabayashi, Damien Cave and Edmund Lee
February 18, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO — For months, Facebook and Google have been locked in a stare-down with news publishers and lawmakers in…