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Trump orders crackdown on state AI regulation. Here's why California is hardest hit

Since 2016, California enacted more AI regulations than any other state. The president's new order against such laws worries ...
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Ten answers that could save a life: Organ donation explained

This article is part of “On Borrowed Time” a series by Anissa Durham that examines the people, policies, and systems that hurt or help Black patients in need of an organ transplant. Teenagers aren’t ...
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Is the patient Black? Check this box for yes

Trapped in a dialysis chair for four hours at a time, he’d watch his blood be removed, cleaned, and recirculated back into his body. After three years of this routine he started to wonder: Will I ever ...
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During my kid’s surgery, I was denied a copy of my consent form — then sent to a ghost office

Hello World is a weekly newsletter—delivered every Saturday morning—that goes deep into our original reporting and the questions we put to big thinkers in the field. Browse the archive here. I’m Alex, ...
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The NYC Algorithm Deciding Which Families Are Under Watch for Child Abuse

The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, uses investigative reporting, data analysis, and software engineering to challenge technology to serve the public good. Sign up for Klaxon, a newsletter that ...
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Are AI Models Advanced Enough To Translate Literature? The Debate Is Roiling Publishing

The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, uses investigative reporting, data analysis, and software engineering to challenge technology to serve the public good. Sign up for Klaxon, a newsletter that ...
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1 in 6 Congresswomen Targeted by AI-Generated Sexually Explicit Deepfakes

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Landlords Are Using AI To Raise Rents — and Cities Are Starting To Push Back

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The ‘Unsettling,’ Nearly Normalized Surveillance Tech Monitoring the U.S.-Mexico Border

I’m Monique, an investigative reporter at The Markup and now on the i-team at CalMatters (if you’ve been offline this summer, we combined our newsrooms). I’ve been covering technology at the ...
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Everyone Is Judging AI by These Tests. But Experts Say They’re Close to Meaningless

Technology companies are locked in a frenzied arms race to release ever-more powerful artificial intelligence tools. To demonstrate that power, firms subject the tools to question-and-answer tests ...
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The Future of Border Patrol: AI Is Always Watching

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How Automated Content Moderation Works (Even When It Doesn’t)

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