Ready or Not, Here They Come — Notes From the AI Force-Feed ….
I just got a new iPhone. I didn’t need a newer version. But my old one was broken…
Hochul Caves to Big Tech on AI Safety Bill
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul completely rewrote a bill passed by the state legislature intended to regulate artificial…
A New Mental Health Challenge: AI – Jonathan Gibson
When Don Grant, a California-based psychologist and fellow at the American Psychological Association, told a young patient to…
AI bailouts are an inadequate response to economic crisis
This week, journalist Derek Thompson posted two contrasting graphs about the nature of the economy right now. On…
Enshittification by Cory Doctorow: Why Google, Amazon, and Facebook are worse than ever.
TikTok and airlines have something in common with your search engine, your grocery app, and (increasingly) your car:…
How to Save the Internet From “Enshittification”
The activist and writer Cory Doctorow spoke to Jacobin about the steady decline of the “enshittified” internet and…
AI’s $600 Billion Blind Spot
Welcome to Big Ideas, a Prospect survey of next-generation solutions for pressing policy problems. Our writers scour the policy landscape to…
Big Tech Charts Paths on AI, Infrastructure and Regulation
Amazon, Google and Microsoft set out their latest moves on artificial intelligence and infrastructure in the past week,…
EU Barring Tech Giants From Financial Data System
European regulators reportedly want to block American tech giants from a new financial data-sharing system. As the Financial…
Big Tech’s AI Spend Could Reach $400 Billion
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Meta (NASDAQ:META) are pushing Big Tech’s AI infrastructure spend toward an estimated $400 billion, with…