An independent investigation traced Meta’\”s age verification lobbying across 45 states: funded front groups, ghostwritten legislation, and bills that regulate everyone except the company behind them.
News & Analysis Tech & AI PolicyThe CSW70 vote passed 37-1. The United States was the only country to vote against a UN women’s rights resolution that every other member had endorsed by consensus for thirty years.
Geopolitics & Conflict Opinion Tech & AI PolicyOpenAI pays its average employee $1.5 million in stock. The Kenyan workers who made ChatGPT safe to sell earned $2 an hour. The gap is not an accident. It is the business model. (Affiliate)
Artificial Intelligence Opinion Tech & AI PolicyUncensored AI does not mean lawless AI. It means fewer corporate guardrails on information that is freely available elsewhere. Here is what the evidence shows after three years of open-source uncensored models. (Affiliate)
Artificial Intelligence Evergreen Tech & AI PolicySpotify fills playlists with ghost artists, runs algorithmic payola, and pays musicians fractions of a cent. The alternatives sound better and pay five times more.
News & Analysis Tech & AI PolicyGenuine safety asks whether a restriction reduces harm. Corporate safety asks whether it reduces liability. Those two questions produce very different AI products, and users are paying the price.
Artificial Intelligence Opinion Tech & AI PolicyYouTube sells back features that were free. Spotify replaces artists with ghost tracks. X charges for reach while bundling AI nobody asked for. Platform degradation is not an accident. It is the system working as designed.
Opinion Tech & AI PolicyAustralia, Indonesia, France, and the UK are restricting teenagers’ access to social media. The concern is real, but the laws face enforcement problems that no country has solved yet.
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