The Markup

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Hello World

How AI Detection Software Turns Professors into Cops, Tech as Systems of World-Making, and More

A conversation with agroecologist Maywa Montenegro

September 21, 2024 08:00 ET

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Hello World

Rejecting Dogmas Around AI, User Privacy, and Tech Policy

A conversation with AI scientist Jonathan Frankle

August 17, 2024 08:00 ET

Artificial Intelligence

Why Silicon Valley Is Trying So Hard to Kill This AI Bill in California

The sprawling California legislation offers protection to whistleblowers and citizens. The coming weeks could decide its fate

August 12, 2024 08:00 ET

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Artificial Intelligence

California’s Two Biggest School Districts Botched AI deals. Here Are Lessons From Their Mistakes

Educators can learn caution from AI mistakes in Los Angeles and San Diego. But they also face pressure to adopt the technology quickly

August 6, 2024 15:40 ET

Artificial Intelligence

Everyone Is Judging AI by These Tests. But Experts Say They’re Close to Meaningless

Benchmarks used to rank AI models are several years old, often sourced from amateur websites, and, experts worry, lending automated systems a dubious sense of authority

July 17, 2024 08:30 ET