Tech & Society
The $25 Billion Price of a Broken Promise
A New Mexico judge just handed Meta the biggest penalty in its history — not for a breach, but for what it told users. That distinction should worry every company that writes a privacy policy.
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AI regulation, digital policy, ethics, privacy, and the societal impact of technology decisions.
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The Wrong Question About AI: What if Picasso had ChatGPT?
A thought experiment about friction, taste, and whether a machine can join a revolution.
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The Lights Stayed On. The Strategy Didn't.
A viral resignation letter from Alibaba's DingTalk shows that China's "involution" problem is really a problem of strategy, and that the AI race is making it worse.
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AI Validation Culture: Why People Are Asking ChatGPT for Life Decisions
Should I quit my job? Should I get divorced? Should I move abroad? A growing number of people are typing these questions into a chat box - and getting an answer back.
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The Loneliness Paradox: Why AI Companions Could Make Social Isolation Worse
They never tire, they never get busy, and they never disagree unless you ask them to. Maybe that's the problem.
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When Platforms Become Vectors: Digital Governance Failures, Examination Fraud, and the Systemic Risks of Blunt Regulatory Intervention
This analysis draws on documented reporting of the 2026 NEET-UG re-examination fraud case, comparative examination integrity research, and published platform moderation data.
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When every image is beautiful, beauty ceases to be a matter of competition
Generative models have made visual perfection free. The evidence suggests that's a problem for beauty, not a triumph of it.
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AI Just Isn’t Right. Right?
How a generation raised on chatbots is redefining truth, trust, and the very idea of looking something up
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Sam Altman and the Fragility of Trust in the AI Era
In the world of artificial intelligence, a handful of individuals have come to shape not just technologies, but entire narratives about the future.
