The not-so-supreme court is unlikely to solve Facebook’s or the world’s real problems. — It has become obvious to everybody except apparently Facebook that not all engagement is good engagement. The company knows that its automated recommendations contribute significantly to the growing divide and extremism in the US, but their singular focus on maximizing user engagement means they’re not likely to do anything about…

Big Policy Shift in Content Enforcement for Big Tech — I n the ongoing conversation about what can and cannot be said on the Internet, the big question remains “who gets to decide?” While some people have celebrated Facebook and Twitter’s recent steps to ramp up their moderation of fringe groups and conspiracy theories, others view their moves as censoring…

Advances in AI bring benefits, risks, and unintended consequences. The more powerful the technology, the greater the risks it can pose. — Artificial intelligence (AI) is now in wide use, intersecting with our lives in ways we may not even be aware of — from simple pattern recognition to tasks that require complex planning, prediction, and reasoning. Although AI has done amazing and useful things, the increase in its deployment has revealed…