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Closing the digital divide

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Closing the digital divide

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AI at Machine Speed: Inside Anthropic’s September 2026 Threat Intelligence Report

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Detecting and countering misuse of AI:September 2026 [pdf] Overview Amthropic published its September 2026 report entitled Detecting and countering misuse of AI: September 2026 [pdf]. The report covers threat activity Anthropic disrupted between December 2025 and August 2026, across seven harm areas: cyber operations, influence operations, surveillance, scams and fraud, biological misuse, conventional weapons development,…

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Data Centers

Why Communities Are Pushing Back on Data Centers

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From resource depletion to mass surveillance, the true price of digital infrastructure is only beginning to be understood. Environmental and Social Disadvantages Data centers, the sprawling industrial facilities that power everything from streaming services and cloud storage to artificial intelligence, have become one of the most contentious land-use issues facing communities across the United States….

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Pope Leo signing the Encyclical Letter

Pope Leo XIV Calls for AI to Be ‘Disarmed’ in Sweeping New Encyclical ‘Magnifica Humanitas’

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VATICAN CITY – 25 May 2026 – In a historic teaching document released on May 25, 2026, Pope Leo XIV has called for the global community to “disarm” artificial intelligence, warning that without immediate moral safeguards, the technology could lead to “new forms of slavery” and render traditional just war doctrines obsolete. In his first encyclical,…

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volker turk

“AI systems have the potential to turn into a modern-day Frankenstein’…

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At the opening of the 14th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva, United Nations Human Rights chief Volker Türk urged governments and companies to “build digital technologies that advance human rights and serve the public good.” The 14th hashtag#UNForumBHR is chaired by the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights….

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UN on the use of AI: AI threatens one in four jobs – but transformation, not replacement, is the real risk

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20 May 2025 Economic Development Women and clerical workers face the highest risk of their roles being radically transformed by Artificial Intelligence, prompting calls for inclusive policy responses.  One in four jobs worldwide is potentially exposed to what’s known as Generative Artificial Intelligence – or Generative AI (GenAI) – according to a new joint study from the UN…

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on the dangers of AI

Examining the potential problematics of Artificial Intelligence in the Global South

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“People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.” – Aldous Huxley Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a disruptive technology that is rapidly transforming our world, impacting everything from healthcare and transportation to communication, education and entertainment. AI refers to programs that have the ability to autonomously identify…

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climate change

Undermining climate change

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Climate change is being undermined through various means, primarily driven by a combination of ignorance, vested interests, and short-term thinking. These undermining efforts hinder progress in addressing climate change and exacerbate its impacts. Who is undermining climate change and why? When discussing the undermining of climate change, it is important to note that it involves…

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