In the waning months of 2025, as quarterly earnings reports and holiday-season product launches monopolized headlines, a quieter, …
artificial intelligence
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming commonplace, despite statistics showing that only approximately 7% to 13% (depending on …
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Culture & Community
The Mark in the Machine: Deepfakes, AI, and the Crisis of Human Authenticity
by Hermann RohrFrom Revelation’s “mark of the beast” to blockchain ID and deepfake detection, humanity’s quest for verification becomes a …
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Insights & StoriesEditor's Pick
Digital IDs: From Social Credit to Social Collapse — How the World Is Sleepwalking Into Algorithmic Exclusion
by Hermann RohrDigital IDs are transforming how governments and corporations identify, track, and rank citizens. Promoted as tools for security …
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Technology
We Teach Young People to Write. In the Age of AI, We Must Teach Them How to See
by Troy OakesFrom the earliest years of school, children begin learning how to express ideas in different ways. Lines across …
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TechnologyFeatured
AI Systems Can Easily Lie and Deceive Us — a Fact Researchers Are Painfully Aware Of
by Troy OakesIn the classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey, astronaut Dave Bowman asks the ship’s artificial intelligence, HAL 9000, …
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Science UnmaskedFeatured
Politicians Are Pushing AI as a Quick Fix to Australia’s Housing Crisis. They’re Risking Another Robodebt
by Troy Oakes“This is a game changer.” That’s how Paul Scully, New South Wales Minister for Planning and Public Spaces, …
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Science & Tech
7 Shuffles to Chaos: How a Russian Math Feud Shaped Nuclear Weapons, Google, and the Fate of Free Will
by Hermann RohrHow many times do you need to shuffle a deck of cards before it’s truly random? (About seven …
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EnvironmentFeatured
The Smokestacks of Progress: Elon Musk’s xAI and the Poisoning of Memphis
by Hermann RohrIn the shadows of America’s industrial past, Memphis has always been a city at a crossroads — cotton …
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Business
GPT-5 Pro: The AI That Wants to Build Your Business — And Break Capitalism While Doing It
by Hermann RohrImagine being told you could rent a genius. Not hire, not bribe, not even seduce — just rent. …