The future of AI in journalism will depend on a balance between benefits and risk, and raising audience comfort, trust and news literacy.
From being custodians of public knowledge, governments are turning to architects of manufactured ignorance. Amid disappearing evidence, citizens are struggling to hold power to account
AI is reshaping the news ecosystem in the fields of search, fact-checking and personalised feeds. If used well, it can support journalism and strengthen democracy.
Electric vehicles can reduce pollution and emissions. But underlying issues of preserving car dependence, displacing environmental harm and workers bearing the costs of a clean future need to be addressed. (more…)
Women need reliable internet and computing devices. But it is equally important that they get to shape how AI systems are designed, deployed, and governed. (more…)
As legislatures adopt AI, Italy aims to boost efficiency without undermining democratic accountability. (more…)
Melting ice is opening new shipping routes and resource frontiers, turning the Arctic and Greenland into focal points of great-power competition. (more…)
By 2040, India’s passenger traffic is expected to grow six-fold, and exceed one billion. But consumer welfare can only be ensured with healthy competition in the industry and strong regulatory oversight. (more…)
As science moves closer to machine-mediated gestation, lawmakers face urgent questions on rights, ethics and reproductive autonomy.
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Laws prohibiting manipulation or ‘dark patterns’ by e-commerce sites are not enough. Regulators also need to ensure digital marketeers promote goals such as public health, environmental sustainability and social cohesion. (more…)
