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July 13 Tech and Democracy Roundup: What’s in an AI Audit?
Welcome back to your Tech and Democracy Roundup.
 • Zachey Kliger
June 29 Tech and Democracy Roundup: The Congressional Standoff on Kids’ Online Safety
Why the House and Senate can’t agree.
 • Zachey Kliger
I've Never Cared About Local Politics. Could AI Change That?
Citizen-built apps are using AI to make local government information more accessible than ever.
 • Zachey Kliger
Liberty and Abundance
Proposing a bipartisan alliance to break the Scarcity Cartel
 • Aidan Fitzsimons
June 15 Tech and Democracy Roundup
The Preemption Fight, Anthropic vs. Washington (Again), and AI Leaders Push Their Policy Agendas.
 • Zachey Kliger
12 Days Out: Alex Bores on AI, Democracy, and the Race for Manhattan
An exclusive interview with Manhattan’s “AI Candidate”
 • Zachey Kliger
June 1 Tech and Democracy Roundup: Trump, the Pope, and the Future of Search
What Google's AI search overhaul portends for democratic discourse
 • Zachey Kliger
White House Pivot, US-China Talks, and What AI Does to Your Brain
Tech and Democracy Roundup
 • Zachey Kliger
The Public is Worried About AI. Silicon Valley Treats it as a PR Problem.
Two recent interviews provide insight into how Silicon Valley power players are thinking about the public’s growing unease over AI.
 • Zachey Kliger
Data Centers, Dividends, and Dark Money
Your Tech & Democracy Roundup
 • Zachey Kliger
Rewiring Democracy: AI & the Struggle for Open Knowledge in Brazil
Rewiring Democracy Series, Pt. 3
 • Nathan E. Sanders and Bruce Schneier
The Pentagon vs. Claude
Introducing the ultimate sci-fi battle for the future of Tech & Democracy
 • Aidan Fitzsimons
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