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The Focus On Silicon Valley And Killer Robots Is Misplaced
The outsized attention paid to Silicon Valley masks the fact that much of the most actionable work is happening in…
How Do We Stop Driverless Cars And Autonomous Delivery Drones From Becoming Weapons?
As we race towards our autonomous future and pour all of our efforts into building self-driving and self-flying vehicles, we…
We Can't Stop Harmful AI So We Must Find Ways To Counteract It
We must accept that we cannot stop harmful applications of deep learning and instead must focus our efforts on countering…
What If Social Media Companies Forced Us To Read Articles Before Sharing Them?
What if social media platforms instead required us to read articles before sharing them? Read The Full Article.
What If Social Media Users Had Expertise Badges?
Social media represents an anarchistic free-for-all in which all voices are equal and wild unfounded rumors can be published just…
Gatekeeping Is Not The Same As Censorship
Both social platforms and society at large must recognize the clear distinction between the dangers of censorship and the benefits…
Ranking the 2020 Democratic Candidates by Media Coverage
As the 2020 presidential race moves toward the fall, how do the candidates who appeared in the second Democratic debate…
Explainable AI Could Help Us Audit AI Startup Claims
As “explainable AI” approaches become steadily more robust, what if companies were asked to subject their AI creations to algorithmic…
As Search Engines Increasingly Turn To AI They Are Harming Search
As search engines depreciate traditional raw “search” in favor of AI-assisted navigation, the concept of informational access is being harmed…
From Company Doctors To Fitness Trackers And Big Data
As companies increasingly turn to fitness trackers, data brokers and other sources to monitor their employees' health in real-time, Silicon…
It Is Only A Matter Of Time Before Governments Control Our Smart Homes
Once our homes are fully wired and remote controllable, it is almost inevitable that regulators will push for the ability…
From Cyberspace To Independence Square: Understanding The Impact Of Social Media On Physical Protest Mobilization During Ukraine’s Euromaidan Revolution
This analysis examines the impact of social media on protest mobilization: Cyberspace has dramatically affected social and political movements over…
From Infallible Computers To Infallible AI & Data As Truth
The dawn of the digital era brought with it the public idea of computers as infallible data processing machines. Today…
Digital Assistants Could Learn A Lot From Reference Librarians
Digital assistants are promoted as providing American society for the very first time with their own personal research assistants, but…
Could Public Reference Librarians Help Us Combat Digital Falsehoods?
Could the answer to today’s deluge of digital falsehoods lie with our nation’s public libraries and their reference librarians that…
UCSB: The Moral Mind
A fascinating look at how UCSB researcher Rene Weber and his lab are using GDELT to explore the moral foundations…
Announcing The Campaign 2020 Media Dashboard
Today we are excited to announce the release of the Campaign 2020 Media Dashboard! In collaboration with the Internet Archive's…
FiveThirtyEight: Elizabeth Warren Is Attracting More Supporters And More Media Attention
FiveThirtyEight's latest weekly roundup of the 2020 Democratic race. Read The Full Article.
GDELT Summary Now Supports Raw Result Counts
GDELT Summary now supports the DOC 2.0 API's new raw result counts in both summary and comparison modes!
GDELT 2.0 API Now Supports Raw Result Counts
The DOC 2.0 API now supports a new "TimelineVolRaw" mode that reports the actual number of articles per time interval…
New York Times: Which Democrats Are Leading the 2020 Presidential Race?
The New York Times' look at the 2020 Democratic field uses the TV Explorer to examine media coverage of the…
WashPost: It's The Mainstream Anti-Immigration Rhetoric, Not The Extreme, That's Shaping American Politics
The Washington Post's Philip Bump examines media coverage of immigration and shifting rhetoric. Read The Full Article.
WashPost: The Two Trumps On Display: Social Media Agitator, Reshaper Of Government
The Washington Post's Philip Bump references media trends in television news coverage of President Trump. Read The Full Article.
Politico: 'Everyone Owes Robert Mueller A Dinner … For All Of This'
Politico Magazine uses the Television Explorer to reference the volume of television news coverage dedicated to the Mueller investigation. Read…