Meta’s recent decision to end its third-party fact-checking program has reignited fears about misinformation’s growing influence. The move reflects a broader trend among social media giants: stepping away from content moderation in favor of engagement-driven algorithms. As these companies strip away safeguards, journalism faces an existential crisis—one where facts struggle to compete with viral falsehoods. This has…Read more When The Truth No Longer Matters: How Social Media’s Engagement Obsession Is Killing Democracy
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Generative AI Is A Crisis For Copyright Law
Open AI launched on March 25 a controversial image-generation feature, GPT-4o, which allows users to transform various visuals — ranging from personal selfies to iconic movie scenes — into images resembling the distinctive style of Studio Ghibli, the renowned Japanese animation studio founded in 1985 by Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata and Toshio Suzuki. Fans of have criticized this as…Read more Generative AI Is A Crisis For Copyright Law
Joseph Stiglitz Warns Of The Looming Inequality Amid AI Monopoly Power
Stiglitz, renowned economist said, unlike Adam's Smith view, "The pursuit of self-interest in the age of AI does not mean the well-being of society.”
The Death Of Privacy And The Radical Reshaping Of A Political System
Elon Musk's brief tenure in government could very well redefine his legacy. While he purported to attempt to apply private sector innovation to reform and streamline federal bureaucracy, he also laid the groundwork for a political and government structure more amenable to an agenda that has been in the works for some time. The DOGE…Read more The Death Of Privacy And The Radical Reshaping Of A Political System
Data Privacy And The Contested Extension Of FISA, Section 702
I published this April 2024 when the United States proved once again that it had no intention of heeding the privacy rights of its citizens. It’s official: the executive branch has signed into law the bill that reauthorizes the warrantless surveillance power of the government, gravely impacting the civil liberties of every American citizen. I watched the…Read more Data Privacy And The Contested Extension Of FISA, Section 702
Privacy Concerns and Ethical Implications of Automated Contact Tracing
I wrote this only three months into the COVID Pandemic - June 2020. While the world was in a panic, tech was trying to figure it out... but at the cost of privacy. I wrote this in collaboration with Roxana Nasoi. “It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.”…Read more Privacy Concerns and Ethical Implications of Automated Contact Tracing
A Call For A Systemic Dismantling: These Women Refuse To Be Hidden Figures In The Development Of AI
Hidden Figures, written by Margot Lee Shetterly, tells the true story of African-American women mathematicians who worked at NASA in the early days of the U.S. space program. These women and their contributions were often overlooked, and they lived in a time when both racial and gender discrimination were visibly common. Despite this, these three women made…Read more A Call For A Systemic Dismantling: These Women Refuse To Be Hidden Figures In The Development Of AI
Sam Altman’s Reinstatement as OpenAI CEO: Microsoft’s Unyielding Support
Within a tumultuous week of November 21 for OpenAI — a series of uncontrolled outcomes, each with its own significance — one would not have predicted the aftermath that was to be the reinstatement of Sam Altman as CEO of OpenAI, with a new board in tow — all in five days. While it’s still unclear the official grounds…Read more Sam Altman’s Reinstatement as OpenAI CEO: Microsoft’s Unyielding Support
FISA Section 702 Reauthorization: Impact on Civil Liberties and Privacy Rights
It’s official: the executive branch has signed into law the bill that reauthorizes the warrantless surveillance power of the government, gravely impacting the civil liberties of every American citizen. I watched the events unfold as the House ultimately rejected the amendment known as The Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (H.R. 7888)-which would have added provisions to include stricter rules…Read more FISA Section 702 Reauthorization: Impact on Civil Liberties and Privacy Rights
Tech’s Inevitable Journey Towards Human-Centered Design
This is my journey to responsible tech. It's how my career evolved to get me to where I am today. Enjoy! Technology is moving at a speed where business is struggling to keep pace. It is obsoleting established norms in the process. The imminence of AI is creating an urgency to create policy to mitigate…Read more Tech’s Inevitable Journey Towards Human-Centered Design
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