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Latest — Jun 5, 2025

Rethinking Robots: Why Visual Representation of AI Matters

The images we use to depict AI, from robots, to blue brains and cascading code, are more than just clichés. They shape public understanding, feed myths and undermine meaningful engagement. Better Images of AI is working to change that.

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Who Is Organizing the Tech Workforce?

A few weeks ago in the IX community, we were talking about the tech workforce, particularly in light of recent mass layoffs and protests over Big Tech’s role in supporting Israel’s occupation of Gaza. There was a time when employees at the world’s most powerful tech companies

QUIC: The Battle That Never Was

New research from postdoctoral researcher Clément Perarnaud and professor Francesca Musiani on the QUIC protocol reveals how tech giants like Google are reshaping internet infrastructure through standard-setting, raising fresh questions about power, governance, and digital sovereignty.

The Winners of Tariff Diplomacy: U.S. Tech Companies

By Burcu Kilic. Adapted from a version originally published in the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights’ "Trump’s First 100 Days in Office" report and published in our newsletter. For more insights and essays from IX contributors, make sure to subscribe. Tech Companies Push to Reframe Reinstated Tariffs

Who Are the Winners of Tariff Diplomacy?

This week, Burcu Kilic, tech policy expert and senior fellow at the Center for International Governance Innovation, describes how U.S. tech companies are framing international regulatory efforts as threats to American innovation, and using tariffs as a strategic tool to advance their policy priorities in global trade negotiations. But

Leading by Example: Civil Society Use of AI

This week, in our main story, IX's Ramma Shahid Cheema, feminist media and advocacy expert, discusses how civil society organizations are increasingly turning to AI tools to boost their efficiency in policy, advocacy, and communications, while also confronting the ethical challenges that come with their use. But first.

Building an Open Prosocial Web

What if online platforms were designed to strengthen our social fabric? This week, in our main story, Audrey Tang—Taiwan’s Cyber Ambassador-at-Large, first Digital Minister, and a pioneer of civic tech—and IX’s Audrey Hingle explore how federated platforms can prioritize social cohesion. But first... Introducing “The Stack”

It was the best of intentions, it was the worst of implementations

This week in our main story, Heather Burns explores the unfolding drama of two distinct Technical Capability Notices (TCNs) from the UK government. But first... Can the Feds get my data? | ¿Puede el gobierno federal acceder a mis datos? Since Trump began his second term, organizations, activists, and individuals involved

How Not To Regulate the Middle Mile

In our main story, Konstantinos Komaitis writes that Italy is quietly laying the groundwork to regulate CDNs like telecom companies, a move that threatens the open internet and could open the door to network fees across Europe. But first... We’ve got a few exciting updates to share from The

Shaping AI: How data redefines the obligations and responsibilities to our future

Mallory Knodel examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping governance, arguing that while AI promises efficiency, it often deepens societal inequalities.