Impact
After Markup investigation, LinkedIn and Google face lawsuit alleging improper access to health data
The suit accuses the companies of receiving personal information through California’s state health insurance exchange.
Ryan Tate
Investigative Editor • he/him
Ryan Tate has been writing and editing technology stories for more than 15 years. He was previously at The Intercept, where as deputy and technology editor he led lengthy investigations into companies like Facebook, Google, and TikTok and into surveillance by the National Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and authorities in the Chinese region of Xinjiang.
Before that, he wrote about the use and abuse of corporate power in the tech sector at Wired and Gawker.
(Photograph by Noah Berger.)
Artificial Intelligence
Kids should avoid AI companion bots—under force of law, assessment says
With input from a Stanford lab, Common Sense Media concludes the AI systems can exacerbate problems like addiction and self harm.
Pixel Hunt
How California sent residents’ personal health data to LinkedIn
The state’s health insurance exchange transmitted pregnancy and domestic abuse data during a marketing campaign. It is reviewing its website practices.
Tools
Here’s Every Local Police Agency Enforcing for ICE
Partnerships more than doubled during the first months of Trump's current term under a program known as 287(g)
Trump Is Creating a Deportation Army of Local Cops
The number of state and local ICE partnerships has spiked this year—especially in Florida
Artificial Intelligence
Are AI Models Advanced Enough To Translate Literature? The Debate Is Roiling Publishing
Major publishers are experimenting with automated translations, hundreds of which have already been produced
Hello World
Rethinking Security from the Ground Up
Professor Rikke Bjerg Jensen explores how social context shapes security
Hello World
A High School Student Explains How Educators Can Adapt to AI
We need more live student assessment, more emphasis on critical thinking—and less homework, William Liang writes
Artificial Intelligence
California Is Investigating OpenAI’s Conversion To a For-Profit Company
The state’s attorney general asked the company how it plans to transfer assets out of its charitable nonprofit
Artificial Intelligence
Fearing AI Will Take Their Jobs, Workers Plan a Long Battle Against Tech
At a landmark gathering in California, workers discussed defenses against artificial intelligence and surveillance technology
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