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“E-Carceration” Is the Newest Surveillance Trend Spreading Across the Globe
As the use of “e-carceration” spreads globally, invasive, AI-powered surveillance comes with it.
Blaming Workers for AI Shortcomings — a New Corporate Strategy?
In a highly competitive AI market, blaming "human error” can help companies hide serious flaws in their systems.
AI Won’t Overthrow Us, But It Will Optimize the Capitalist Death Machine
“The real threat of these systems is what it will mean for our power,” says Paris Marx.
Amid Hollywood Strike, Is AI the Problem? Or Is Corporate Greed the Problem?
It is corporate greed that pits innovation against workers and creates fear and competition.
DeSantis-Aligned Super PAC Uses AI to Imitate Trump’s Voice
The AI version of Trump’s voice reads a statement he has published on social media but never said out loud.
Bizarre and Dangerous Utopian Ideology Has Quietly Taken Hold of Tech World
“It's shaping our world right now,” says philosopher and historian Émile P. Torres.
160,000 TV and Film Actors Go on Strike for Better Pay and AI Protections
Eighty-seven percent of Screen Actors Guild members do not earn over $26,000 a year, said striking actor Shaan Sharma.
Kenyan Workers Who Trained ChatGPT Demand Government Investigate Work Conditions
“The fortunes of Big Tech are currently built on the broken backs and minds of African youth,” one legal advocate said.
Israel Is Already Weaponizing AI — But Not in the Ways It Claims to Be
Israel claims to be a leader in AI tech, but its main innovations are lax industry ethics and widespread surveillance.
Expert Who Met With Biden Explains How AI Is Enabling Racism and Sexism
Algorithmic Justice League founder Joy Buolamwini discusses the need to prevent harms already impacting people.