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.
On this episode of Freed Up, Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi unpack a wild slate of stories: the Department of…
In brief Space and Time launched Dreamspace after 34,000 apps were created in beta. The AI tool generates, audits, and…
So a U.S. Appeals Court has ruled that the Texas state government can join those in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Alabama…
In brief GPT-5.5 launches today for Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users in ChatGPT and Codex, with API access coming…
from the but-maybe-this-time-it-will! dept Back in 2011 and 2012, one of the central technical objections that helped kill SOPA and…
On Saturday, while signing an executive order aimed at facilitating regulatory review of psychedelics that have shown promise as psychotherapeutic…
In brief Hy3 preview is a 295 billion parameter Mixture-of-Experts model with only 21 billion active parameters, making it cheaper…
President Donald Trump is reportedly set to add an airline to the stable of private companies he’s demanded the government…
In brief The White House says foreign entities, mainly in China, are running “industrial-scale” campaigns to copy U.S. AI models.…
from the making-America-late-on-interest-payments-again dept The government needs more funding than ever, which is kind of hilarious when you realize the…
Over four years after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, the Trump administration is making policy decisions that will keep Afghans…
In brief Prosecutors charged Benjamin Pasternak with strangulation and assault over a March 31 incident. Pasternak was arraigned and pleaded…