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The International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE) Report: The IPIE’s latest scientific assessment shows that AI has the potential to advance peacebuilding, yet without safeguards it could also deepen conflict. Artificial intelligence is already transforming how conflicts are understood, prevented, and resolved. From powering early warning systems to shaping online discourse, AI offers both …
CNBC: “Google long touted the need for factually accurate information on its platforms, but a letter submitted to Congress this week demonstrates how the tech company is shifting to prioritize “free expression.” The company’s YouTube division on Tuesday said it will soon allow accounts that were previously banned for spreading misinformation related to Covid-19 and …
The New York Times Gift Article: “Journalists have long shaped history through scrutiny of the military. Now the Defense Department plans to cut off access for reporters who publish even unclassified information without official approval. These days, in covering traditional conflicts like the one in Ukraine, or the new battlefields of space and cyberspace, or …
Many-Roads.com: “As I prepare for my October 4th, 2025, presentation at the Shepard of the Valley (Minnesota) Genealogy Society, I’m excited to share the conductor-and-braid metaphor—humans and AI working in harmony to uncover your past. With over 50 years in software engineering and 30+ years in genealogy, I’ve crafted a set of free resources to …
BoingBoing – regardless of over concerns of “inaccuracies, hate speech, and ideological bias: “Some House and Senate Democrats, along with dozens of left-leaning advocacy groups, have criticized the Trump administration’s efforts to deploy Grok. They claim the chatbot produces inaccuracies, hate speech, and ideological bias, among other concerns, making it unsafe and untrustworthy for federal …
Wired – no paywall – “In August, months after Elon Musk left the federal government, the director of the Office of Personnel Management offered the first hard estimate of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s impact on the civil service. The government would likely end 2025 with about 300,000 fewer employees than it had at …
Law Dork: “A 90-year-old precedent meant nothing to the majority allowing Trump to fire an FTC commissioner during litigation. This is no way to run a court, let alone a country. The U.S. Supreme Court’s Republican appointees on Monday issued an order allowing President Donald Trump’s purported firing of Rebecca Slaughter as a Democratic commissioner …
Rockefeller Institute, Brent R. Klein: “Protecting children from gun violence in K-12 schools means facing two realities: the roots of violent intent and the destructive capacity of firearms. In a recent study published in Criminology, my colleagues (Cory Schnell, Steve Chermak, and Josh Freilich) and I revisited a decades-old question: do firearms or motivations to …
Strength in Numbers: “Trump is unpopular Compare Trump’s topline job approval (-11) to that of other recent presidents, and he stands out quite clearly (not in a good way): The president’s entire domestic policy agenda is underwater, too — especially on the economy and inflation, the two issues that won him the 2024 election: But …
Politico: “The White House budget office is instructing federal agencies to prepare reduction-in-force plans for mass firings during a possible government shutdown, specifically targeting employees who work for programs that are not legally required to continue. The Office of Management and Budget move to permanently reduce the government workforce if there is a shutdown, outlined …
Jennifer Chase: “Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, recently pushed back against the idea that AI would trigger a “white-collar apocalypse.” He argued that increased productivity allows us to build more of the things we need. The legal profession is a perfect case study. There are plenty of lawyers, and plenty of demand for them. …
Wired [no paywall] – subscription access: “Donald Trump’s second term has ushered in a new era in American politics. It’s brasher, crueler, more direct, more super online, and certainly more dystopian. Democrats and sometimes even Republicans have struggled to compete with Trump’s monopoly on the attention market. But the leaders of both parties are only …
