As AI continues to advance, the University of Southern California is embedding the tool across all fields of study. We visit the new Stevens School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence to chat more about this with its inaugural director, Gaurav Sukhatme: www.marketplace.org/episode/2026...

USC is betting on an AI education across all of its fields of study

Gaurav Sukhatme, director of USC's Stevens School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence and interim dean of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, hopes his and other faculties' expertise in AI can...

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Hundreds of contractors working on a project for Meta pretended to be kids—and then prompted rival chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT to discuss high-risk subjects. www.wired.com/story/meta-c...

Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs

Hundreds of contractors working on a project for Meta pretended to be kids—and then prompted rival chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT to discuss high-risk subjects.

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AI is being deployed in classrooms at scale without evidence of the developmental impact, writes Ryan Lee. This isn’t a policy gap—it’s a policy vacuum being filled by whichever edtech vendor reaches the procurement desk first.

Beta Testing Childhood

AI in classrooms is expanding fast, but evidence on child development and learning impacts remains limited, raising urgent concerns argues Ryan Lee.

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Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash

Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash

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new from @makenakelly.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/palant...

Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti

“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.

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Reminder: We will be live tomorrow (Tuesday) morning as the Supreme Court hears arguments in two cases on transgender athletes. Live blog will open at 9:30 a.m. EST.

Oral argument live blog for Tuesday, January 13

We will be live blogging as the court hears oral arguments in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J., two cases on laws barring transgender athletes from participating on women’s […]

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Anti-ICE demonstrators at 5th Avenue and 54th street, stretching back several blocks.

In the latest episode of her podcast series, Through to Thriving, Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli discusses how to center youth in tech policy debates with Vaishnavi J, founder and principal of VYS Strategies, a firm that advises on youth product, engineering, and policy solutions.

Through to Thriving: Centering Young People with Vaishnavi J | TechPolicy.Press

In the latest in her podcast series, Through to Thriving, Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli speaks to Vaishhnavi J, founder of VYS Strategies.

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love a good post-rain hike😌

This week, @hughesstephanie.bsky.social and I have been busy reporting and producing our new series "The Infinite Scroll" for #MarketplaceTech, looking at how minors use social media, the harms that come with that online presence and the guardrails that exist to protect these young users.

first hike after the wildfires + post-rain — and wow! finally some good air quality too😌

alright, w “brain rot” chosen as Oxford word of the year, i wanna know how you experience brain rot. eg: i scroll on tiktok while playing Real Housewives episodes in the background (wild, i know). lmk in a quick voice memo for a segment i’m working on: jalvarado@marketplace.org

morning hike to griffith observatory for a perf start of my sunday🫶🏽

i know many of yall on here followed me bc of my work and whatnot, but one thing to know about me is i’m also a huge real housewives fan. and i love collecting atrocious housewives memes. exhibit a: meredith marks & her octopus bangs at mary cosby’s breakfast at tiffany’s event. iykyk😌

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Given the global significance of the DSA, a coalition of civil society and research organizations is setting up a “Global Majority House” in Brussels to ensure their concerns and priorities are not overlooked. My latest for @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/advocates-an...

Advocates and Researchers Set Up “Global Majority House” in Brussels to Engage on Digital Services Act | TechPolicy.Press

Ramsha Jahangir writes that the Global Majority House will foster international dialogue and collaboration on digital governance.

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i went from having about 10 followers on here to almost 300 w in the last week. is this a sign for me to finally make the pivot from the former blue bird app to here?👀