In this week's edition: podcasts from Politico Tech and Center for Human Tech, California's new data broker deletion bill, AI discussion out of UNGA and automatic voter registration in Pennsylvania.
This week, we're reading about International Criminal Court plans to include cybercrimes in its mandates, the risks of online voting, deepfakes in action and whether changes in the labor market stemming from AI could open to door to Universal Basic Income.
With Congress due back in session next week and the UN General Assembly session wrapping up, we're reading about quantum R&D support and cybercrime negotiations. Plus some thoughts on how we should write/speak about AI and what is actually being measured when an AI model passes the bar exam.
The Brookings data interactive argues for a vulnerability-based approach to responding to misinformation. Noting that "The U.S. … has a crisis of despair-related death on a scale large enough to reduce our average life expectancy," the data probes the linkage between despair and vulnerability to misinformation.
