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As the Use of AI Spreads, Congress Looks to Rein It In
There’s bipartisan agreement in Washington that the US government should do more to support development of artificial intelligence technology. The…
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Alondra Nelson Wants to Make Science and Tech More Just
The pandemic taught us a lesson that we needed to learn again, says Alondra Nelson: Science and technology have everything…
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This Agency Wants to Figure Out Exactly How Much You Trust AI
Harvard University assistant professor Himabindu Lakkaraju studies the role trust plays in human decisionmaking in professional settings. She’s working with…
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The All-Seeing Eyes of New York’s 15,000 Surveillance Cameras
A new video from human rights organization Amnesty International maps the locations of more than 15,000 cameras used by the…
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Deepfake Maps Could Really Mess With Your Sense of the World
Satellite images showing the expansion of large detention camps in Xinjiang, China, between 2016 and 2018 provided some of the…
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Pentagon Surveilling Americans Without a Warrant, Senator Says
Photo: STAFF/AFP The Pentagon recently signaled to a U.S. senator that it could not publicly reveal if or how it…
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The Pentagon Inches Toward Letting AI Control Weapons
Last August, several dozen military drones and tank-like robots took to the skies and roads 40 miles south of Seattle.…
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US Supports Lifting Patent Restrictions on Covid-19 Vaccines
Empty vials of the Johnson & Johnson vaccinePhoto: Michael Ciaglo (Getty Images) After weeks of back-and-forth discussions within the Biden…
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EPA Takes First Step to Reduce Dangerous HFC Emissions
An environmental worker recycles an old refrigerator at a recycling plant August 12, 2009 in Livonia, Michigan.Photo: Bill Pugliano (Getty…
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Child Sexual Abuse Site With 400,000 Users Shut Down by a Multinational Task Force
Photo: Jan Hennop (Getty Images) An international task force has shut down a large-scale dark web child sexual abuse platform,…
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