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Compiler is a nonprofit newsroom covering the people, institutions and global forces shaping our digital future. It will deliver expert journalism, ideas and research to inform decisions about the role of technology in society.

Launched in 2024, Compiler will expand access to policy news and elevate diverse views. This is a publication for and about people making tech policy or working to influence it — from anywhere in the world.

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Audrey Tang: A.I. should serve communities, not control them

As Taiwan’s first digital minister, Tang pioneered a model of AI governance built on civic participation, transparency and “broad listening."

A.I. labs want more of your time. That's a serious problem.

Healthy disengagement — not stickiness — should become a core safety feature within AI chatbots.

Meta victory reveals cracks in antitrust enforcement

If Meta’s not a monopoly, the ruling gives every other tech giant a green light to become one.

Global alignment on A.I. is an illusion

The era of artificial intelligence requires a new approach to cooperation that builds alliances based on regional interests, common goals and technical realities.

UNESCO’s fight for relevance

The United Nations cultural agency must prove multilateralism still matters in the age of AI.

Building A.I. to serve the Global Majority

The lack of inclusion in global AI governance and development raises several profound implications for socioeconomic growth and global power dynamics.

How to avoid climate apartheid fueled by A.I.

Divisions of race and class will be dangerously exacerbated through a collision of artificial intelligence and climate catastrophes unless policymakers prioritize algorithmic fairness and more equitable tech.

Africa is the new front line of climate disinformation

Less than 1% of global research on African disinformation focuses on climate. That’s a problem with lasting consequences for a region constantly battered by climate change.

Police routinely disable A.I. oversight tools, government documents reveal

Departments are turning off Axon’s AI safeguards in software that auto generates reports from body-cam footage, raising accountability concerns.

Tech Policy Pop-Up Series: The United Nations Edition

Join Compiler, Humane Intelligence and Technology Salon NYC on Sept. 16 for an evening of big ideas and bold perspective on what it really takes to build a safer, healthier global internet.

How to harness A.I. in the fight for democracy

Autocratic regimes are using artificial intelligence to attack democracies, stirring concern from Romania to Rhode Island. But the technology could also become a powerful tool to safeguard elections if deployed in the right ways.

What Americans really think about A.I.

The Trump administration's AI Action Plan received more than 10,000 comments. We analyzed all of them to find out how Americans feel about artificial intelligence and its impact on jobs, human rights, competition with China and more.

Kenyan lawsuit against Meta will test Big Tech accountability

A Kenyan court will hear a $1.6 billion lawsuit that alleges Facebook helped incite genocide in Ethiopia. The case could be a model for those looking to hold platforms responsible for online hate and abuse with real world consequences.

The chilling effects of using A.I. to hunt ‘pro-Hamas’ activists

The State Department is attempting to use artificial intelligence to target visa holders in the United States who express views counter to U.S. foreign policy. Is the real goal legitimizing a political crackdown?

How to resist climate disinformation during Trump 2.0

An assault on facts started as soon as Trump took office, but scientists, climate activists and the international community must fight back against lies, distortions and a dangerous withdrawal from the global environmental challenge.

Tech's new AI cold war

The fight for artificial intelligence dominance is pushing global cooperation to the brink, and the consequences could be catastrophic.

The Trump administration's war on facts is now underway. Here's how to fight back.

A global alliance is essential to countering disinformation that prevailed during the campaign and will continue to pollute the internet thanks to Trump and allies like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.

This VPN is now the resistance tool of choice in authoritarian regimes trying to control the internet

Proton VPN executives and engineers tirelessly work to outmaneuver internet firewalls in Russia, Venezuela and China in a digital war for a free and open internet.

The artist fighting for humanity in the AI era

John Mack, a tech critic and visual artist, warns against our growing reliance on artificial intelligence and digital tools and makes the case for a more human-centered future.

Watch: The Australian internet regulator taking on Elon Musk

Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant joined Compiler and Cornell Tech's Security, Trust and Safety Initiative for a pop-up policy event where she talked about Australia's efforts to reduce online harms and disinformation.

Who will save us from a future without work?

With AI expected to alter or eliminate nearly 40% of global jobs, the risks of mass unemployment and economic disruption loom large. But there’s a better way to reshape our economy to benefit workers instead.

Tech researchers wanted to protect democracy. Now, they're facing lawsuits, recrimination and threats.

A rising tide of legal threats against misinformation researchers is having a chilling effect on the field—and threatening a key tool for accountability.

Lina Khan has unfinished business

FTC Chair Lina Khan was once a fringe outsider. Now she is redefining corporate oversight, but her fight is far from over.

The most immediate AI risk isn't superintelligent bots destroying humanity. There's something else.

Generative AI tools are riddled with low-tech security flaws that can be used by even the most unsophisticated hackers.

Gary Marcus: We're suffering through the Napster era of AI

The author of the new book "Taming Silicon Valley" says tech companies should compensate artists, writers, publishers and other creators who are being ripped off to fuel the AI economy.

AI is turbocharging the online harassment of women

Generative AI is making the online abuse of women as easy as point-and-click. Is there any way to stop it?

The environmental downside of upgrading AI

First come the chip factories, then comes the energy suck. We’re not prepared for the environmental implications of fully scaled AI.

Fiction: The Legacy

Author and humanitarian Malka Older imagines what happens when an AI dies, and how a community of scientists would grieve after its demise.

Eric Pickersgill: A decade of 'Removed'

In a conversation with Compiler, photographer Eric Pickersgill talks about how his photo series observes the way devices have become fused into daily life.

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