Tag: tech

• Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech

  March 5, 2025

  After a decade or so of the general sentiment being in favor of the internet and social media as a way to enable more speech and improve the marketplace of… more ›

• The New Fascist International: Technocratic Oligarchy and the Threat to Democracy

  March 2, 2025

  The emergence of a transnational alliance between tech billionaires, authoritarian politicians, and far-right movements represents both a continuation of historical patterns and something unprecedented in human history. https://harmoniousdiscourse.substack.com/p/the-new-fascist-international-technocratic more ›

• AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism

  March 2, 2025

  Tommy Robinson tweets an image of soldiers walking into the ocean on D-Day. Britain First’s co-leader produces imagery of Muslim men laughing at sad white girls on public transport. https://newsocialist.org.uk/transmissions/ai-the-new-aesthetics-of-fascism/ more ›

• Faking It: Deepfake Porn Site’s Link to Tech Companies

  February 9, 2025

  This article is the result of a collaboration with German YouTube channel STRG_F. You can watch their documentary here. Warning: This article discusses non-consensual sexually explicit content from the start.… more ›

• Remittance startups ride Africa’s migration wave

  January 28, 2025

  Remittance startups have injected new competition into a market long dominated by US giants like Western Union and MoneyGram. https://www.semafor.com/article/01/27/2025/remittance-startups-ride-africas-migration-wave more ›

• AI-Based Technology Could Reduce the Number of Controversial Decisions in Boxing

  January 17, 2025

  Arguments over scoring are a feature of boxing, but technology could make things less subjective. https://theconversation.com/ai-based-technology-could-reduce-the-number-of-controversial-decisions-in-boxing-247499 more ›

• Generative AI’s Potential to Improve Customer Experience

  January 2, 2025

  In retail, as in other industries, generative AI promises to change the customer experience. Retailers are deploying AI-enhanced tools such as summaries of product reviews, chatbots, and shopping assistants in… more ›

• Why Sundar Pichai never panicked

  December 14, 2024

  In an exclusive interview, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai told Semafor he’s ready to work on a “Manhattan Project” for AI when Donald Trump moves into the White House… more ›

• LG’s new stretchable display can grow by 50%, bendy panels can be deformed into new form factors

  November 12, 2024

  LG Display, one of the global leaders in display technologies, unveiled a new stretchable display prototype that can expand by up to 50%. This makes it the most stretchable display in… more ›

• State of AI Report 2023

  October 10, 2024

  The State of AI Report analyses the most interesting developments in AI. We aim to trigger an informed conversation about the state of AI and its implication for the future.… more ›