AI companies are gearing up to follow the social media model of monetizing their platforms through advertising. The danger for consumers with AI goes beyond data privacy to covert manipulation.
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Globally, specialised small firms are demonstrating the power of being better, not bigger. NZ could capitalise on the trend if it adjusts some long-held assumptions.
Child sexual abuse material on X is clearly illegal. What’s less clear is how to force X to prevent its AI chatbot from making the material.
As neural-adaptive electronic wearables become more common, they are quietly reshaping technology, cognition, and society.
Artificial brains, humanoid robots and ‘assistants’ are misleading myths – and they directly affect how we use AI.
Students who participated in the virtual Research Experience for Undergraduates at Purdue reported stronger gains in research skills than in-person summer interns.
As social divisions grow, museums provide forums for civic connection and discourse across political and cultural lines.
AI systems began a major shift in 2025 from content creators and chatbots to agents capable of using other software tools and acting on their own.
After a year of fast advances, deepfakes are entering a new era defined by real-time interaction with people.
The worlds of cryptocurrency, blockchain and digital nomadism are colliding in hotspots like the Thai city of Chiang Mai.
Even when information is factually accurate, how it’s presented can introduce subtle biases. As large language models increasingly bring people the news, this bias is a looming problem.
There are several methods for detecting whether a piece of text was written by AI. They all have limitations – and probably always will.
The $4 billion school security industry can’t back up claims for its tech. The silver lining: That’s partly because there aren’t enough shootings to study.
Technology bubbles have often concealed major frauds. From the railway boom to the Madoff affair, are there warning signs at the heart of the current AI frenzy?
In the absence of comprehensive federal AI regulation, states have stepped in. The Trump administration, at Big Tech’s urging, is attempting to roll back many of those laws.
Trump appears to be transforming strategic national security decisions into transactional deals where everything has a price.
Don’t discount the threat of AI political videos fooling people, but for now, they’re mostly about bolstering group identity and cashing in on viral content.
The mass adoption of new technologies drives demand for rare and complex materials used in their manufacture.
Seeing more refurbished electronic devices on the market? Thank tech innovation – and the government regulation that sparked it.
Neo-Nazis and other far-right extremists were early adopters of bulletin board systems, pioneering online recruiting and radicalization techniques long before the social media revolution.
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and Associate Director, UMBC Cybersecurity Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; University of Toronto
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Director of the Center for National Security Initiatives and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Affiliated Faculty Member, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Philosophy and Director of Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
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Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, Arizona State University
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Professor of Statistics and Professor of EECS, University of Michigan
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Industry Professor of Emerging Technology and Co-Director, Human Technology Institute, University of Technology Sydney
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
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Affiliate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University