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The hype we have been sold for the past few years has been overwhelming. Hype Correction is the antidote. Can I ask you a question: How do you feel about AI right now? Are you still excited? When you ...

Lawmakers have struggled for years to regulate social media platforms in ways that tamp down misinformation and extremism.

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For Nour Omar, a student in Cairo with 5,000 Instagram followers, reposting news about the genocide in Gaza is the smallest thing she can do that still feels like something. Usually, her posts draw ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.