Otherweb Archive - Opinion - Tech

• Why AI — not DEI — could be society’s great equalizer
• How are we to reconcile the so-called empirical ‘facts’ that show that government can grow the economy?
• Gen Z and gen Alpha brought a raw, messy aesthetic to social media. Why does it feel as inauthentic as ever? | Eugene Healey
• White House and DHS share image apparently created by white nationalist
• Does the UK need an AI Act?
• AI regulation does not stifle innovation
• Federal Trade Commission Regulatory Overreach Should Be Trump Administrationâs Next Target
• AI is already proving a game-changer in how we regulate, says ASA chief
• The DOGE 100: Musk is out, but more than 100 of his followers remain to implement Trump’s blueprint
• AI, employment, and the UK’s industrial strategy
• Defining our optimal role in the global AI ecosystem
• Digital sovereignty should sit at the core of the UK’s AI strategy
• What If China Wins the AI Race?
• Trump Tariffs Spur $4 Billion in GM Investments in US Factories., Reversing Company’s Decades-Long Trend - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• A Los Angeles school worker took to social media to tearfully spout rumors of an ICE raid at a nearby fifth-grade graduation ceremony
• Trump set to revoke California’s ban on new gas-powered cars by 2035
• Gaia Marcus: "The deployment of AI often outpaces our ability to govern it effectively"
• DOT Asked To terminate Illegal Floating Wind Grant
• Trump’s Brittle Authoritarianism: Military parades and troops moving against protestors are things Americans prefer to happen elsewhere
• The Big Beautiful Bill’s Moratorium on AI Regulation Is Dangerous » The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• GM to invest $4 billion in U.S., move production of three vehicles from Mexico
• Large Libel Models: Small Business Sues Google, Claiming AI Overview in Searches Hallucinated Attorney General Lawsuit
• When CEOs Post About Workers Who “Coast”
• This week, we hear from Christina Cauterucci’s reporting on rising rural Pride in Idaho
• Terry Moran is out at ABC News after he called White House aide Stephen Miller a 'world-class hater' in a scornful social media post
• New York Times writer blames conservatives for the anarchy in Los Angeles
• Artificial intelligence is transforming America’s spy agencies, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says
• How much worse could a robot drive? This might be the summer America
• China’s economic rise is often portrayed as unstoppable, but the reality is this: China’s economic stature is overrated
• When billion-dollar AIs break down over puzzles a child can do, it's time to rethink the hype | Gary Marcus
• Corporate America Retreats From Pride
• Chicago’s Public Transit Is in Limbo
• Georgia’s Effort to Protect Children on Social Media » The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• Google X suspends service in downtown Los Angeles after several of its robotaxis set on fire by anti-ICE activists
• FTC pivots from competition to children
• This AI company wants Washington to keep its competitors off the market
• I am anthropomorphizing my A.I. models by imagining them to be without sense or dignity
• Trump Sends in the Troops
• ABC News correspondent Terry Moran has been suspended after lashing out at Stephen Miller and Donald Trump in a now-deleted post
• The golden age of Twitter is long gone
• The Titans of modern technology are building the world they once read about
• Authorities in Pontiac, Michigan, likely stopped a mass shooting at a high school graduation ceremony earlier this week, sheriff says
• The U.S. Department of Transportation is revising fuel economy standards to make cars more affordable for Americans
• The U.S. State Department will impose visa restrictions on two groups of global censors
• Is Palantir Building a Data Big Brother?
• Built In Bias: The Human Fingerprints on Artificial Intelligence
• Have LLMs Finally Mastered Geolocation? - bellingcat
• New York City’s needed e-bike crackdown: Letters to the Editor — June 6, 2025
• Emily Sommer, who spit on then-U.S. Attorney Ed Martin, could be jailed for violating the conditions of her release
• Elon Musk responds to President Trump's attack on the 'One Big, Beautiful Bill'
• Get Your Slate Plus podcast: She Was Tortured, America Shut Her Out
• California’s $128 billion high-speed rail plan is in default, according to the Trump administration
• My friendships are my life. AI could never compete
• The People’s Republic of iPhone
• Intifada and Jihad on the streets of America, and President Trump has been as clear as he can be on that fact
• Algorithmic Outrage Meets Constitutional Law
• Can Zionism Survive This War?
• Oakland residents built their own speed bumps to stop late-night sideshows
• Is Mountainhead as scathing an indictment of the wealthy as Succession?
• Online brothels, sex robots, simulated rape: AI is ushering in a new age of violence against women | Laura Bates
• How a Matchmaking Job Inspired a Film About Dating’s Secret Economy
• ‘The personal must not be the political’
• Harvard international student with a private Instagram? You might not get a visa.
• Media covering transit forget that children exist
• How Palantir is expanding the surveillance state
• AI Ban in Spending Bill Would Curb States’ Driverless Car Regulations
• The New Movie From the Creator of Succession Is Less a Satire Than a Documentary
• A twenty-something marketing professional recruited girls to post porn on OnlyFans
• Will MomTok actually change Mormonism?
• Why am I filled with nostalgia for a pre-internet age I never knew? | Isabel Brooks
• Connecticut Legislature Passes Bill Overhauling Century-Old Towing Laws
• Don’t fear the AI reaper — jobs panic is way off base
• This week on The Intercept, we look at how AI and surveillance are being weaponized to silence dissent on U.S. campuses and fuel the deportations of immigrants
• What have I seen in Liverpool this week? Kindness in person and conspiracies online | Liam Thorp
• The haters of free markets and capitalism are the very people who participate in the market space and buy-and-sell action platforms, says Raushan Gross
• Executive Order: Reinvigorating The Nuclear Industrial Base
• What to expect now that Trump has scrapped Biden's crippling AI regulations
• Op-ed: Don't buy Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's China AI policy 'failure' story
• Trump’s Big, Beautiful Handout to the AI Industry
• Tips for Turning Unreadable Text Into Evidence
• FBI director says James Comey’s flippant use of social media has led to a wave of threats against Trump
• The integrity behind ethical AI
• Parents, not the EU, should decide what kids can do online
• ProPublica Joins Lenfest Institute AI Collaborative and Fellowship Program
• The new pope has strong opinions about AI. Good.
• TikTok’s Favorite Frat and Sorority Chefs
• A great prize, but a great risk: why we all need the nationalised South Western Railway to work | Sarah Nankivell
• The Trump administration is blocking all new student visa interviews in preparation for new social media vetting requirements
• Apple CEO Tim Cook, once dubbed the 'Trump Whisperer', has lost his mojo
• Hilary Frey joins Emily Peck to discuss what kind of rich people Apple TV+ is about
• Parent Power Versus Big Tech
• Judge Strikes Part of Anthropic (Claude.AI) Expert's Declaration, Because of Uncaught AI Hallucination in Part of Citation
• Courts are quietly taking over the internet
• Divorcing Husband (a Lawyer) May Have Dissipated $300K of Family Assets on TikTok Gifts (Which He Says Was a Business Strategy)
• Get Your Plus podcast: The balance between tourists and locals
• FBI agents who covered up Hunter Biden’s laptop in 2020 must not get away with it
• Online gambling is engineered addiction — here’s how to rein it in
• Vermont develops a sudden case of EV sanity
• Top Wall Street analysts favor these stocks for the long haul
• We have a chance to prevent AI decimating Britain’s creative industries – but it’s slipping away | Beeban Kidron