Business
Wary of news media, Silicon Valley builds its own
When OpenAI acquired the tech podcast TBPN this week, it wasn’t just buying a show—it was buying a message.This post was originally published on this website.
Month: April 2026
Politics
Study examines diversity of Black perspectives on race relations
A new Rice University study offers one of the first national measures of a viewpoint called “racial realism” and considers how it fits into the broader spectrum of perspectives Black Americans hold about race relations.This […]
Tech
‘More is Different’: Research shows scale alone does not explain AI’s power—specialization and cooperation do
One of the most influential scientific and philosophical viewpoints is “More is Different,” introduced in 1972 by Nobel Prize–winning physicist Philip W. Anderson, highlighting the limitations of the reductionist approach. The emergent properties cannot be […]
Economics
Research questions legitimacy of promoting harmful products
Marketers need to pay more attention to how marketing practices normalize the consumption of products that are known to be harmful to public health and social well-being, University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka researchers argue. A […]
Economics
Accelerator programs have more work to do when it comes to supporting women entrepreneurs, research finds
Accelerator programs are supposed to give entrepreneurs the mentorship, training and skills boost that will help launch them toward success. But in countries where the gender playing field still steeply tilts toward male advantage, women-led […]
Business
Crashing waves vs. rising tides: Overturning prior views about how AI could overtake human workers
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has said that AI could surpass “almost all humans at almost everything” shortly after 2027. While AI’s capabilities are certainly improving, such rapid progress might seem at odds with findings that […]
Politics
Conventional weapons normalized mass violence, researcher argues
Conventional weapons are generally presented as controllable, proportionate and morally acceptable, unlike weapons of mass destruction. It is this assumption that is challenged by research conducted by Julien Pomarède at the Centre for the Study […]
Gadgets
Q&A: A better design of social media platforms instead of blanket bans for young people
US courts have ruled against platform providers for failing to protect children, and the debate over age restrictions for social media has gained momentum. An international group of experts from academia, children’s rights organizations and […]
Society
Rudeness may be rewarded—as a response to rudeness
If you don’t have anything nice to say, perhaps it’s OK to say it anyway—if responding to someone who has treated you or your team rudely, new Cornell research suggests. Civil responses to disrespectful behavior […]
Society
AI’s fluency in other languages hides a Western worldview that can mislead users
A friend in Indonesia recently told me about a conversation he had with ChatGPT. He had typed a question in Indonesian—Bahasa Indonesia—about how to handle a difficult family dispute. The chatbot responded fluently, in perfect […]