Science A machine learning system trained on scholarly journals could correct Wikipedia's gendered under-representation problem Cory Doctorow
music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Sinclair and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia
science fiction Interview with Neal Stephenson about his new novel and the state of the internet Mark Frauenfelder
security Autonomous vehicles fooled by drones that project too-quick-for-humans road-signs Cory Doctorow
AI Pentagon reassures public that its autonomous robotic tank adheres to "legal and ethical standards" for AI-driven killbots Cory Doctorow
Business Blackmailers use false copyright claims to shut down victims' Youtube accounts, offer to lift them in exchange for Bitcoin Cory Doctorow
Copyfight The EU took the word "filters" out of the Copyright Directive, but it's still all about filters Cory Doctorow
trumpism A human being at Facebook manually approved the idea of targeting ads to users interested in "white genocide" Cory Doctorow
happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle
politics Australia put an algorithm in charge of its benefits fraud detection and plunged the nation into chaos Cory Doctorow
Science Watson for Oncology isn't an AI that fights cancer, it's an unproven mechanical turk that represents the guesses of a small group of doctors Cory Doctorow
autonomous vehicles First driverless shuttle in Las Vegas crashes on first day while shuttling passengers Carla Sinclair
web theory David Byrne: The secret appeal of technology is that it takes away the need to talk to people Cory Doctorow
