Insurance Algorithms Are Increasingly Determining Patient Care
The history of insurance shows a privatized public insurance market is working as designed: maximizing revenue by charging taxpayers and minimizing payment by denying claims.
Technology
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No One Is Building America’s $500 Drone
As the U.S. restricts Chinese drones, American manufacturers are focusing on military systems — leaving firefighters, search teams, and other civilian users without affordable alternatives.
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The Adversary’s Forecast
How extreme weather and AI-enabled cyber capabilities are creating the perfect storm to attack the power grid.
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The Grid Was Built for the Past Climate
Historical climate conditions are becoming increasingly unreliable guides for future infrastructure planning.
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We’ve Spent Four Years Talking About Governing AI. Geneva Has to Actually Do It.
Global Dialogues on AI Governance need to amplify voices of AI middle and emerging powers and support capacity building for the Global Majority countries.
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Data for the Farmer Could Reimagine Africa’s Food System
When data serves the farmer first, Africa does more than feed itself. It builds a pathway out of poverty.
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How China Governs Rumor and Platformizes Truth
China’s rumor-refuting system shows that fact-checking is not always neutral or emancipatory.
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My Body, My Image
Deepfake images violate the victim’s dignity the moment they are created, not the moment they find an audience.
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How Digital Surveillance Is Reshaping the Law of the Sea
Maritime governance is shifting from physical oversight to data-driven systems, a profound change that raises questions about enforcement, due process and sovereignty.
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Understanding the Technosphere Can Help Us Reimagine the World
Thinking about climate change and artificial intelligence requires us also to consider earlier technological innovations — stone tools, containers, and fences.