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From spotless giraffes to secret squirrels, Janelle Shane probes the absurdity (and dangers) of generative AI

The new interconnected breed of autocrats gains and retains power by deception, globally undermining democracies through their own institutions

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, owes his superstar success to self-satisfied competitors who blew obvious opportunities

The security expert who created Have I Been Pwned? shares advice for protecting sensitive data

An antitrust expert explains Monday’s landmark legal decision that Google illegally cemented its dominance in Internet search

The Supreme Court kicked two cases challenging social media moderation laws in Florida and Texas back to lower courts

A recent Supreme Court decision rules that the U.S. government can talk to scientists and social media companies to curb online falsehoods

Older people are increasingly becoming the targets of fraudsters. Here’s how to stay safe and what to do if you think you’ve been scammed

Exposing the antiscience playbook reveals the antiregulatory motives of its deep-pocketed bankrollers

Misinformation solutions target a rational, ethical ideal who doesn’t exist; to combat misinfo, we need to start with a richer concept of the human

It’s a “big deal” to demonstrate entangled quantum networks outside a lab

Almost half of the world population heads to elections in 2024. To counter disinformation activities aimed against the voters on social media, we must first understand how they work