How tech is stoking cycles of violence in US schools, with students using phones and social media to arrange, provoke, record, and spread school brawl videos
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/t... Mark Medley / @markmedley : Social media is exacerbating violence in schools to a shocking degree. Naomi Buck wrote about the issue in yesterday's @theglobeandmail.com...
A look at AI chatbots modeled on real experts, like US psychologist Martin Seligman, that are often created without permission, highlighting a policy gray area
and it only gets weirder from there. https://www.politico.com/... Jason Colavito / @jasoncolavito : I don't suppose it occurred to anyone celebrating the A.I. “replicas” of scholars that draw on their...
Despite broad support by the US public and lawmakers for child internet laws, Congress has done nothing, even after holding 39 hearings on the topic since 2017
Americans are broadly united in support of laws to make the internet safer for kids. So why doesn't Congress act? Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to . X: @justinhendrix , @superwuster , @evan_greer , @vi...
How Dustin Moskovitz's Open Philanthropy is pushing policymakers to focus on AI's long-term risks by funding salaries of staff in Congress and federal agencies
How a billionaire-backed network of AI advisers took over Washington - POLITICO … Kim Perales / @KimPerales@toad.social : Corrupt, self-serving, & dangerous #AI tech titans are influencing MOC. Horiz...
AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio, who won the 2018 Turing Award alongside Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun, says governments need to act quickly to “protect the public”
Computer science professor becomes latest expert to voice concerns over rapid rollout of large language models Tweets: @superwuster , @adamkovac , @aidangomezzz , and @alondra Tweets: Tim Wu / @superw...
A look at Tim Wu's work on tech policy issues, from coining the term “net neutrality” to stints at NY AG's office, the FTC and Obama's NEC, and more
so long! Adam Kovacevich / @adamkovac : Incoming White House tech policy advisor @superwuster's truth bomb on Section 230: Repeal would hurt small platforms more than big ones: https://superwuster.med...