ReadMe

Sign in Subscribe

Artificial Intelligence

AI Propaganda Overwhelms Democratic Verification

AI Propaganda Overwhelms Democratic Verification

A Vanderbilt University paper indicates the US Department of Defense accounts for 70-90% of federal AI contracts. Meanwhile, Forethought.org reported that 74.5% of fact-checking organizations operated on budgets under $500,000 in 2025, with 14.2% on less than $20,000. The Stimson Center observes that as citizens

AI's Cheap Lies Corrode Debate Trust

AI's Cheap Lies Corrode Debate Trust

Kamala Harris Deepfakes and CNN Debate Lies Foreign Press reported that AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Copilot erroneously confirmed a broadcast delay during a CNN presidential debate, spreading false claims that disrupted real-time discourse. A deepfake of a Kamala Harris rally, showing an inflated crowd size, garnered 3.6 million

AI's Fabricated Reality Undermines Democracy

AI's Fabricated Reality Undermines Democracy

62% of US Adults Question Video Authenticity A 2025 Pew study, also cited by the American Bar Association, revealed that 62% of U.S. adults routinely questioned video authenticity, with trust in election-related media dropping 22 points since 2020. A 2025 YouGov-Brennan Center survey indicated that 62% of U.S.

FBI Data Buys Reshape Privacy's Future

FBI Data Buys Reshape Privacy's Future

In 2021, Meta settled a $650 million class action under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) for using AI to identify faces without consent. U.S. Military's Claude LLM in Operation Absolute Resolve An Army SBIR document and the Texas Law Review report that the U.S.

Microsoft AI Surveillance Centralizes Power, Erodes Autonomy

Microsoft AI Surveillance Centralizes Power, Erodes Autonomy

In March 2026, Serenities.ai reported that Microsoft 365 administrators gained the ability to track employee locations in real-time through Teams, including the Wi-Fi network connected and whether they are at their designated workspace. Microsoft AI Fuels Productivity Paranoia Privacy International and Pragmatic Works documented that Microsoft's productivity

AMD Challenges Nvidia, Cuts AI Inference Costs

AMD Challenges Nvidia, Cuts AI Inference Costs

The Semiconductor Industry Association found that 100% of advanced manufacturing capacity below 10 nanometers is located in Taiwan (92%) and South Korea (8%). Nvidia Retains Training Dominance "AMD's MI300X accelerators are priced at roughly half the cost of Nvidia's H100 and offer 2.4x the

The End of Human Command

The End of Human Command

Escalation Risks from Autonomous Decisions AI integration has increased FPV drone strike accuracy from 30–50% to approximately 80% [7]. Wargame simulations using Large Language Models (LLMs) show that these systems can exhibit escalatory and difficult-to-predict behavior, including the use of nuclear weapons [12][14]. This pursuit of AI-driven efficiency