Professor of Government & Public Policy, Oxford; Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How It Could Save Democracy (on FT's What to Read in 2026; https://linktr.ee/billionairebacklash); www.pepperculpepper.net
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Signal that data centers moving up in risk of being a political focusing event for AI — a famous anti-corporate whistleblower has just said, ‘yeah, I’ve got my eye on you.’ Well spotted @niemanlab.org .
Strange political times we live in.
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Want to know why political scandals don’t work like they used to? Grab this exciting beach read for the summer.
States are rolling out generative AI tools to thousands of public employees, but governance and transparency standards often lag behind deployment, writes Javaid Iqbal Sofi. He discusses the sharply different approaches in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Colorado, and California.
Great paper, but the slow publishing timeline makes it seem like a report from the Jurassic Era.
‘Willingness to pay in attention is really different than willingness to pay in dollars.’ Cool research covered by @joshuabenton.com of @niemanlab.org on the difference between clickbait and substance in converting readers to newspaper subscribers.
"The public has swung 49 points against data centers in just nine months"
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An analysis of billions of visits to a metro newspaper's website finds that entertainment and sports stories might generate lots of pageviews, but it's topics like government, transportation, and heal...
There was a time when scandals were a death knell for political careers. But today, they're far from being career enders.
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States are expanding AI tools for public workers faster than they are building governance, transparency, and oversight rules, argues Javaid Iqbal Sofi.
From our May Issue: The Political Transformation of Corporate America, 2001–2022 by REILLY S. STEEL. doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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Trump says US may take equity stakes in AI companies ft.trib.al/jSZLGif
Erin Brockovich, the environmental activist whose name and work you may recognize from the Oscar-winning movie Erin Brockovich, has created a tool to map data centers across the country.
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President suggests ‘partnership’ will ease voter concerns about the technology ahead of November’s midterm elections
Erin Brockovich, the environmental activist whose name and work you may recognize from the Oscar-winning movie Erin Brockovich, has created a tool to map data centers across the country, along with a…
