Justin Hendrix

Democratic Senate candidate Texas state Rep. James Talarico concludes a victory speech at an election night event in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Democrats Target AI, Data Centers, Elon Musk and Big Tech in Midterm Victory Speeches

Velislava Hillman

Peter G. Kirchschläger 

A woman seen from behind looks at a huge selection of lettuce and greens in a supermarket refrigerator. 

The Age of Hypertrophy

Nitin Verma

Library shelves with books facing each other, with light against a wall in the distance. It says "NONFICTION" on each shelf. 

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Can AI Help Fix Peer Review Instead of Breaking It?

Dmitry Kuteynikov

Lyubov Popovets

Men use their laptops in a cafe on Arbat street, in Moscow, Russia. Vladimir Astapkovich / Sputnik via AP

Russia’s AI Law Puts Control Ahead of Capability

Dunstan Allison-Hope

Sam Wallace

A collage of images of hands with index fingers in pointing position and squiggly lines.

AI Transparency Starts With the Audience

Martha Dark

Lord Tom Watson, former Labour deputy leader, speaks to the media on Wednesday January 22, 2025. (Press Association via AP Images)

Palantir's New Senior VP Swaps Lords Pass for Labour Leverage

People participate in a march to protest the opening of AI data centers, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, June 27, 2026. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

'Pace the Frontier,' They Say. But Who Sets the Pace?

Paul M. Barrett

A demonstrator holds a sign with a message that reads in Spanish; "Evict Peter Thiel" during a protest against the businessman and investor, opposing his growing presence and investments in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Thinking About the ‘Tech Fascists’ and What to Do About Them

Chris Russill

Patrick McCurdy

A person takes a picture of the newly unveiled sign for Lake Ontario at Fifty Point Conservation Area in Grimsby, Ontario, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (Keito Newman/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian Hydronyms, Builders, and Other Adventures in Middle Power Tech Policy

Pei-Chi Jao

Deepfake vector illustration. Fake media method in tiny persons concept. Use artificial neural networks to make hoaxes video. Falsified machine learning autoencoders system. Fraud systems development.

China’s Disinformation Operations in Taiwan Are Changing with AI

Jake Laperruque

Flock Safety camera on Haverhill Drive near Phillips Avenue in Toledo, Ohio. (Photo by Stephen Zenner / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

Unless Flock is Reined In, Mass Video Surveillance Will Grow Even More Pervasive

Ariana Aboulafia

Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart: A woman is holding a pair of smart glasses from Ray-Ban Meta in her hand at an eyewear store. (Christoph Schmidt/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)

For Meta’s Smart Glasses, Access Is An Afterthought

Laura Scherling

A sign near military checkpoint warns in Thai, English and Chinese of the danger of being trafficked and forced to work in locked scam compounds across the Myanmar border, in Mae Sot, Thailand, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Amid Crackdown, Few Signs of a Slowdown in Scam Compounds

JJ Jasser

People visit the booth of Kimi, an LLM developed by the Chinese startup Moonshot, during the World AI Conference in Shanghai, China, Monday, July 20, 2026. (FeatureChina via AP Images)