The scaling of #AnticipatoryAction programmes has led to an increase in demand for climate data. Learn how the Centre used #data on hazards, climate impact and forecasts to inform decision making in Cameroon and Mozambique: centre.humdata.org/climate-data-f…

During Ghana's election in 2024, deceptive audio clips emerged as a weapon to mislead voters and impact election outcomes, highlighting the ongoing challenge of combating disinformation even with audio verification tools in place. Find out more: wit.to/ElectionsDisin…

Twitter letting random users pay $8 a month for a verified badge just led to a $4 trillion market mistake caused by fake news.

The AI competition is heating up, with rising Chinese models challenging the US lead, and narrowing performance gaps between top models, according to the #AIIndex2025 report. Read more via nature: nature.com/articles/d4158…

Meta is so desperate to be seen as a leader in AI that it’s been caught cheating in AI benchmarks. Reminds me of the time Facebook artificially inflated its video views to con advertisers theverge.com/meta/645012/me…

"AI sovereignty isn't a finish line. It’s a negotiation—of power, infrastructure, and imagination" digitalfutureslab.in/publications/p… Digital Futures Lab

"Von einem menschlichen Assistenten würde man genau diese Unterscheidung erwarten: dass er einem Unwichtiges vom Leib hält und einen an Wichtiges erinnert. KI ist davon weit entfernt" Ruth Fulterer nzz.ch/meinung/ki-ass…

The Use of Algorithms in Society (or, The AI Calculation Debate). Mark Pennington TakingHayekSeriously Peter Boettke Bill Ackman Adrian Vermeule Claire Lehmann John A. List csgs.kcl.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…

Our paper (w Gary Charness and John List John A. List) is now published in Nature Human Behaviour (Nature Human Behaviour)! We outline four key ways LLMs can support experimental research: 1) study design 2) implementation 3) data analysis 4) we also discuss main risks and

Reddit is flooded with small businesses owners getting crushed by tariffs — devastated by the thought of raising prices, firing workers, or closing up shop entirely.

This week’s Law & Tech Talk examined “Why AI Requires Rebuilding Privacy Law.” Thank you to Ignacio Cofone for a magnificent presentation!

This is your sign to drop everything and run to #Scotland to brush a Highland cow 👀🏃 Happy #Coosday! 🧡 📍 Visit Moray Speyside 🎥 IG/birkenbraehighlands

The CEOs in the plum seats of President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration were more than a symbolic reminder of the deepening alliance between #BigTech & the #Trump administration. The inauguration acknowledged the reality that the executive branch now picks winners and losers: newamerica.org/oti/blog/trump…

As Google's AI overviews cut off websites from traffic, some publishers are shutting down. This could "eventually degrade the quality of information Google can access for its search results - and to feed its AI answers". Blogs needed as fodder for AI🐯 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

"This is the maze that unhoused people seeking care must navigate in SF" streetstostability.com

What you need to know about Africa’s first AI factory restofworld.org/2025/nvidia-af…

Salary freezes and recruitment cuts are sweeping through Scottish firms following increases to employers’ NIC and the National Minimum Wage, with more than a third imposing a full recruitment ban. Read more here 👇 buff.ly/A0QYsSk #tech #Scottishbusiness #NIC

New article! “Doing Peace”: Conceptualizing relational peace through interactions and networks in a digitalized world ➡️ bit.ly/3FR6vmq By Evelyne Tauchnitz Universität Luzern CIGI #peace #conflict #technology #AI

With AI-powered phishing scams driving a rise in hyper-personalised scam emails and deepfake voice frauds, Brits want better protection from tech-savvy cybercriminals, but new data shows banks are falling short. Find out more here ⤵️ buff.ly/29QC7rM #tech #phishing