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Why Governments Need To Take a More Active Role in Regulating AI
Christelle Tessono talks with the Markup about how AI systems are still mostly monitored by the companies that build them
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What I Learned While Reporting on School Censorship
Web blockers are having all sorts of unintended consequences for students
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The One Piece of Tech That Would Make the New York City Subway Much Safer
Rather than security robots or gun detectors, officials could invest in tech that deters someone from jumping or being pushed into the tracks
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What We’ve Been Feeding Our Brains
An eclectic mix of books, podcasts, records, and games that The Markup staff has found fascinating this month
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Trump, Kate, and a Misplaced Shark
Let’s talk about fake news images
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I Used ChatGPT as a Reporting Assistant. It Didn’t Go Well
The AI tool ignored basic instructions about sourcing and citations. But it’s a pretty good newsroom coding partner.
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A Virtual Reality Tour of Surveillance Tech at the Border
A conversation with Dave Maass of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
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How To Handle the Growing Flood of Leaked Data
An interview with Micah Lee, author of a new book on analyzing datasets that were leaked, hacked, or just accidentally left in the open
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How to Use Sound and AI to Protect the Environment
A conversation with Bourhan Yassin
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What Happens When you Roleplay with ChatGPT
A conversation with Mingqian Zheng, Jiaxin Pei, and David Jurgens
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