In “Rewiring Democracy,” Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders explore how AI could strengthen democracy or undermine it.

"What’s happening now has, in fact, been happening since the very invention of language and writing."

In this excerpt from "Governing Babel," John Wihbey explores how AI is reshaping online moderation by offering tools that can help human moderators, but also raises the risk of disinformation and digital chaos.

“The problem with conspiracy theories is they're not just telling you a story, they're telling you a really good story. There's a hidden cabal behind everything that's happening, there's a secret pattern that you just have to be smart enough to detect.”

Philosopher Lee McIntyre discusses the dangers of disinformation, how such falsehoods spread, and what we can do about it.

Cyberattacks are growing in number and sophistication.

Social media has made yelling past each other all the easier.

Expert Matthew Ball explains how the Metaverse is a golden opportunity to fix the internet.

It is through speaking and listening that human beings become who they are.

How to see through the lies that surround us.

AI systems can carry on convincing conversations, but they have no understanding of what they're saying. Humans are easily fooled.

Elon Musk's successful bid to take over Twitter has fragmented the internet along predictably partisan lines. But only time will tell whether this is a good or bad thing.

AI-generated photos, also known as synthetic media, are being used to create fake experts and journalists to spread disinformation.

Between fake vaccine passports and targeted supply chain attacks, things are only getting more risky.

We have been rejecting science for far too long. We all need to embrace it. For as long as human civilization has existed, those societies that have embraced science have had […]