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

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

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

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.

Brazil vs. X and France vs. Telegram... vs. users

Brazil vs. X and France vs. Telegram... vs. users

10 ways the internet makes things worse for human rights

10 ways the internet makes things worse for human rights

The internet has facilitated a new era of challenges and threats to human rights. While it has enabled e-commerce, it has exacerbated inequality. While it has democratized freedom of expression, it has given a megaphone to hate speech. While it has lowered barriers to access information, it has proliferated

AI has 99 problems and none are technical

AI has 99 problems and none are technical

It’s critical to confront the reality that AI is just modern data science with one major promise (or peril): It’s our only hope of making sense of the vast quantities of unstructured data produced by ubiquitous sensors and surveillance. It is this underlying motivation that needs our attention.