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I sat down with Alex Bores — the Manhattan state assembly member known as the "AI candidate" who is running for Congress in NY-12 — for an exclusive interview in The Renovator ahead of the June 23 primary.

OpenAI's new policy blueprint reads like a progressive wish list. The problem isn't that these proposals are unrealistic. It's that the executives behind the blueprint have spent the past year working to undermine the very policies it claims to champion.

I joined the No Kings rally on Boston Common on March 28 and spoke with roughly 50 protesters and organizers. With the midterms eight months away, I offer a blueprint for turning the protest momentum into an electoral strategy.

Meta just pulled the plug on the metaverse after investing over $80 billion. I spoke with Ethan Zuckerman to understand why the Metaverse failed, what it reveals about what Gen Z wants, and what worries him most about AI.

I interviewed six high school teachers and dug through the latest research on how generative AI is being used in schools today. Here are the most striking takeaways.

While there is broad bipartisan agreement on two key AI “red lines” — banning warrantless AI-powered mass surveillance and keeping humans in control of lethal force decisions — Congress has failed to turn that consensus into law.

In a record-breaking 107-minute address, President Trump referenced artificial intelligence only three times. Here's what he said — and what he conspicuously left out.

Tucker Carlson helped transform modern American conservatism into a movement fixated on gender, paving the way for a wave of anti-trans legislation across the country.

Americans overwhelmingly say they want credible news that is free from false or misleading information. But it appears they are less eager to pay for tools that would help them be more discerning in their news consumption.

The pandemic’s harms to children – in the form of learning loss, stymied socialization and mental health troubles – have been well-documented. At the same time, in the long run, the pandemic will likely be a catalyst for bridging the…

To address the present dysfunction in the social media information ecosystem, policymakers should prioritize expanding the use of credibility labels.

During Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen's testimony to Congress last week, multiple Senators compared Big Tech to Big Tobacco. If this analogy is prescient, then regulation and legislation will only go so far in curbing the harms caused by social media.

Today, the largest social media companies are subject to limited federal oversight in the United States. But that is likely to change soon.

The spread of mis- and disinformation in the American media ecosystem undermines effective governance and a functional democracy. How did we get here? And what is our way out?