Freedom IndexAI & Censorship
AI & Censorship examines how artificial intelligence shapes the boundaries of free expression. From algorithmic content moderation and shadow banning to debates over bias, surveillance, and digital rights, this category highlights the tension between innovation and control. Stay informed on how AI is being used to police, restrict, or protect speech—and what it means for the future of open dialogue online.
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President Donald Trump, a septuagenarian known for his general avoidance of keyboards and computers, has somehow become America’s first generative…
Adobe’s Oriol Nieto loaded up a short video with a handful of scenes and a voice-over, but no sound effects.…
Clocking in at nearly three hours and abounding with actual AI images (of Count Dracula, of the Romanian warlord Vlad…
Adobe hasn’t shared a specific date yet, but Firefly Image Model 5 will launch “in the months to come” following…
On Monday, Elon Musk’s xAI startup launched Grokipedia, which the billionaire is pitching as an AI-generated alternative to the crowdsourced…
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Still, the models are improving much faster than the efforts to understand them. And the Anthropic team admits that as…
One day last fall, Kristine Barrios’ 9-year-old daughter got stuck on a lesson in IXL, the personalized learning software that…
In the nearly three years since AI took center stage in Silicon Valley, the major players, with the exception of…
Created in 1966, Eliza has been called the first chatbot, and her canonical personality “script” was DOCTOR, a mock psychotherapist.…
Suddenly, and not long ago, our dearest tech industry leaders began to suggest caution. Sam Altman said that AI is…