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The Next Great Divergence: How AI could split the world again if we don’t intervene | Brookings
Michael Muthukrishna and Philip Schellekens argue that AI, like past general-purpose technologies, could drive a new global divergence unless deliberate action ensures its benefits are broadly shared rather than geographically concentrated.

The abstraction you didn't ask for
When I say 'generative AI isn't going away,' people hear 'and you have to like it.' You don't, and you might be right not to. But the is-ought divide here is real and we should all be preparing for both outcomes.
Avoiding generative models is the rational and responsible thing to do – follow-up to “Trusting your own judgement on ‘AI...’”
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
The 50 Percent Problem
Empirical evidence of the educational harm of generative AI

The 50 Percent Problem
Empirical evidence of the educational harm of generative AI

TrendLife Study Shows AI Is Moving Fast, but Consumers and Families are Being Left Behind
New study of over 10,000 consumers across 9 countries reveals worry exceeds excitement about generative AI as most lack the tools and confidence to use it safely TOKYO, May 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ --...

Sharing the Algorithm: The Tax Solution to Generative AI
This article argues that tax policy offers a core tool for mitigating the sweeping public policy challenges of generative Artificial Intelligence ("AI"

In spite of hype, many companies are moving cautiously when it comes to generative AI | TechCrunch
Companies are extremely interested in generative AI as vendors push potential benefits, but turning that desire from a proof of concept into a working product is proving much more challenging.

Generative AI closes off a better future
Ursula Le Guin said we must be able to imagine freedom. AI traps us in the past.

Where does the rigor go? Research software and the future of trustworthy science.
Generative AI now makes it dramatically easier to produce something that looks like research: analysis code, figures, literature reviews, even whole pap…

Generative artificial intelligence: The Times and Sunday Times editorial guidelines
As we explore the potential of generative artificial intelligence our commitment is to uphold our high editorial standards.
Full-breadth Developers
The software industry is at an inflection point unlike anything in its brief history. Generative AI is all anyone can talk about. It has rendered entire product…

AI, Human Cognition and Knowledge Collapse
We study how generative AI, and in particular agentic AI, shapes human learning incentives and the long-run evolution of society’s information ecosystem. We bui
AI, Human Cognition and Knowledge Collapse
We study how generative AI, and in particular agentic AI, shapes human learning incentives and the long-run evolution of society’s information ecosystem. We bui
Ars Technica's policy on generative AI
How Ars Technica uses, and doesn't use, generative AI.
