Technology
AI Is Transforming Geopolitics — with Bruno Maçães and Faisal Al Yafai
On this week’s episode of The Lede, philosopher, politician and New Statesman columnist Bruno Maçães tells New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai how the battle lines are being drawn in a virtual world, and how the builders of the strongest AI language models will be the true power brokers of the future.
A Battle for the Future of the Internet
The global battle against big tech has begun, and it could have ramifications far beyond the news. Both the U.K. and the EU are beginning to regulate big tech. U.S. prosecutors are taking on Google and hope for a favorable major verdict in May. As predicted, it’s getting geopolitical.
The UK Uses Targeted Facebook Ads To Deter Migrants. Now Meta Is Releasing the Data
Social media platforms have woven sophisticated surveillance and influence technologies directly into the fabric of our day-to-day lives. This is nothing new, as we all know from the ubiquitous ads that most of us have learned to tune out. But what has previously been hidden from sight is that this same technology is now being used by governments, giving them powers they didn’t have before.
AI Hype and Panic Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
With the recent explosion in Large Language Models like ChatGPT, debates around the perks and perils of AI have become increasingly grandiose. Will it launch a new age of prosperity, or doom us all?
Twitch Deepfake Porn Scandal Is a Sign of Things to Come
It is worth contemplating the other aspects of this confounding technology — the invention and proliferation of new ways to harass, assault, violate and victimize. As always, women will bear the brunt of it.