The AI boom is driving up consumer prices and diverting resources from other industries. The president can intervene.
Technology
Reporting on technology and AI: how artificial intelligence and Big Tech are reshaping work, the economy, democracy, and the future of work.
Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
The Senate’s Surprisingly Populist Permitting Reform Deal
A bipartisan bill could lower electricity costs and speed the green energy transition by targeting utilities.
Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
How to Govern the Pacing of the AI Frontier
Big AI’s call for an antitrust exemption is a ruse. Here’s the right way to structure AI safety talks until we have real leadership in Congress and the White House.
Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
The AI Alignment That Can Save Us
To level the playing field between AI moguls and the rest of us, we need political action.
Posted inPolitics
Taming the AI Monster
Here’s some of the collective action we need to make artificial intelligence work for everyone’s benefit.
Posted inPodcast
AI Has an Anti-Woman Problem. Here’s How to Fix It
The CEO of the world’s first “female-forward” AI startup has a plan for tackling bias in artificial intelligence.
Posted inNewsletter
AI’s Anti-Woman Problem
As regulators tackle AI safety, they should also consider bias.
Posted inHigher Education
Thriving After High School: A Foundation to Build On
A new report makes a nuanced case for what post-secondary graduates need to get ahead.
Posted inBooks
Not Post-Literate Yet
Discouraging surveys and a semi-illiterate president notwithstanding, reports of the death of reading are exaggerated.
Posted inCollege Guide
How Online Algorithms Rig the College Search Process
Search engines steer students with fewer resources toward schools with worse outcomes, many of them predatory for-profits.
