Data scientist Lauren Leek's essay 'Temperature Zero for Culture: Why Everything Is Starting to Look the Same' argues that in a data-driven society, predictions become self-fulfilling prophecies, lead…
The Economist editorial warns that AI is breaking the British state by enabling too many well-crafted complaints, but political scientist Henry Farrell argues that replacing bureaucrats with AI will l…
Google, a thrice-convicted monopolist with over 90% search market share, is an absentee landlord that deliberately worsens search results to serve more ads and neglects to filter affiliate spam, accor…
A new nonprofit, the Technology Freedom Cooperative, is building human rights computing infrastructure in Puerto Rico, the EU, Canada, and Mexico to help Americans and others escape reliance on US tec…
Nikhil Suresh, a consultant at Hermit Tech, reports that hundreds of executives privately admit AI has not changed their businesses, but they publicly claim otherwise to keep their jobs, as detailed i…
Surveillance pricing, enabled by AI and massive consumer surveillance, allows businesses to charge each customer a different price based on behavioral data, effectively price gouging without human int…
Author Cory Doctorow argues that AI tools require user discernment to evaluate their output, citing a dialogue between mathematician Terrence Tao and ChatGPT about the Jacobian conjecture as an exampl…
AI boosters have spent over $1.4 trillion, most of that in the past year, on the promise of making as many workers unemployed as possible while lowering wages, according to a post by author Cory Docto…
AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic claim their chatbots will replace doctors, accountants, and teachers, yet they sell these tools to existing businesses rather than competing directly by opening …
Cory Doctorow's latest Locus column introduces the concept of 'reverse centaurs' to explain the AI paradox, where some users find AI empowering while others experience it as a hellish ordeal. He illus…
Author Cory Doctorow argues that the AI industry's push for automation is driven by a desire to eliminate workers who challenge bosses, creating a fantasy of a world with only compliant machines and h…
Author Cory Doctorow argues that the paradox of AI-assisted coding producing both excellent personal tools and catastrophic production code is resolved by recognizing two distinct activities: 'centaur…
Google's AI-generated search summaries are replacing traditional web links, undermining the open web by extracting value without returning traffic. Users increasingly rely on these summaries despite k…
A panel moderator in Toronto described jailbreaking an iPhone as 'rampant theft of IP,' sparking debate over digital sovereignty. The author argues that Canada's 2012 Copyright Modernization Act, whic…
Bridget Read's book 'Little Bosses Everywhere' reveals that pyramid scheme participants fail to sell products to end-users but remain unaware due to a 'big con' where everyone is in on the scam. The a…
Cory Doctorow argues that the concept of AI digital sovereignty risk is a fallacy, using the analogy of blockchain's failure to solve trust problems. He asserts that adding AI to a problem does not el…
Author Cory Doctorow discusses his lifelong relationship with technology, from a cardboard computer to professional programming, and explains how his background as a digital rights activist and scienc…
Author Cory Doctorow argues that generative AI should be viewed as a vernacular tool for amateur creators, not a replacement for professional work. Drawing on his own history as a programmer and digit…
Google has introduced a new remote attestation scheme that critics say is as harmful as its previous attempts to control user devices and browsers. The scheme, which uses QR codes to verify device int…
Technology commentator Cory Doctorow argues that the artificial intelligence industry's broad and conflicting claims about its capabilities and risks make it nearly impossible to have a focused, criti…