Part 2: Technology, Democracy, and Power—Journalism’s Role in a Time of Crisis

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Considering How AI Destroys Democratic Institutions

Across the world, governments and other institutions are racing to apply artificial intelligence in countless ways. In a draft paper forthcoming in the UC Law Journal titled "How AI Destroys Institutions," Boston University law professors Woodrow Hartzog and Jessica Silbey argue ...  Show more

Google Employees Push Back on Government Surveillance Contracts

Early this year, following the deaths of Keith Porter, Renee Good, and Alex Pretti at the hands of federal agents and the violent immigration raids on communities across the United States, 1,500 Google workers signed a new petition demanding the company cut contracts with Immigra ...  Show more

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