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Big AI is trying to own the pathway to work. Universities shouldn’t play along
Ella Hafermalz, an associate professor of work and technology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, argues that major AI companies such as…
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AI Could Make Governments Slower
Economist Sami Mahroum argues that although governments are adopting AI to improve efficiency, the technology may paradoxically slow decision-making because…
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AI Can Expand Leisure Time by Increasing Productivity in Unpaid Work
Economist Diane Coyle argues that debates over AI’s economic impact focus almost exclusively on paid employment while overlooking a potentially…
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What Will All These AI Auditors Be Auditing?
Cobun Zweifel-Keegan examines California’s newly enacted AI auditor regulations, AB 1405 and SB 813, which establish a registry and oversight…
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The Internet Was Built For Human Agency. AI Agents Are Changing the Rules.
Konstantinos Komaitis and Rumman Chowdhury argue that autonomous AI agents are forcing a rethink of internet governance, shifting the central…
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Millions of Volunteers Are Keeping the Internet Human. For Now.
Sarah Gilbert argues that unpaid volunteer moderators are what currently keeps platforms such as Reddit and Wikipedia at roughly 5%…
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GPS and the Limits of Control
Isobel Porteous and Matt Kaplan revisit the U.S. government’s Cold War-era Selective Availability policy, which deliberately degraded civilian GPS accuracy,…
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AI and Biotechnology Risks Demand Science Diplomacy
Published September 10, 2026 by researchers Sophie Berman and Yelena Biberman, this piece argues that track-two science diplomacy modeled after…
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The Next Frontier Is Not Artificial Intelligence, It’s Artificial Societies
Published September 11, 2026 by Nick Jennings, vice-chancellor and president of Loughborough University, this essay argues the more pressing challenge…
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AI Is Supercharging Money Scams – Here’s What You Can Do to Protect Yourself
Published September 15, 2026 by Pawan Jain, an associate professor of finance at the University of Michigan-Flint, this piece examines…
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Let’s Not Wait for Court Cases to Address Cognitive Harms in Education
Published September 15, 2026 by Mia Travers-Hayward, this piece argues governments should proactively regulate generative AI chatbots in K-12 schools…
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AI in Nature Conservation: Powerful Tool or Dangerous Shortcut?
Published September 11, 2026 (via The Conversation) by Jeran Cloete, Dian Spear, Jessica da Silva, Lavhelesani Dembe Simba and Peter…