Freedom IndexMedia & Culture
Media & Culture explores how journalism, entertainment, and creative industries influence—and are influenced by—free speech. From press freedom to artistic expression, this category highlights the cultural impact of censorship and the ongoing struggle for open dialogue.
In brief OpenAI introduced an opt-in Advanced Account Security setting for ChatGPT. The feature requires passkeys or security keys and…
from the ctrl-alt-speech dept Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and…
Some excerpts from the long Complaint in Harpole v. Owens (M.D. Tenn.), just filed today (of course, recall that these…
In brief Elon Musk said xAI partly used OpenAI models to train Grok, according to a TechCrunch report. The method,…
Milla74/Dreamstime The ImmigrationProf Blog site has been hosting a symposium on the birthright citizenship case oral argument, which took place…
In brief Mistral Medium 3.5 is a 128 billion parameter dense model priced at $1.50 input / $7.50 output per…
Amid the reshaping of the global economic order, thanks in part to President Donald Trump’s tariffs and trade policies, Canadian…
In brief April’s Bitcoin rally was purely speculative, say analysts—futures demand surged while real spot buying contracted the entire time.…
If you follow public policy debates, you are probably familiar with the concept of unintended consequences. Laws or regulations implemented…
In brief Canonical VP Jon Seager published a plan to add AI features to Ubuntu throughout 2026, triggering immediate pushback…
The most consequential inequality in America is not the wealth gap or the wage gap. It may not be the…
In brief OpenAI’s “Nerdy” personality rewarded goblin metaphors, spreading the quirk across all GPT models through reinforcement learning. Goblin mentions…