OpenClaw Shows AI Agents Don't Need to Be Vertically Integrated

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Seeing More — Seeing Less by Anna Riepe & FARI / 

When Federal Agencies Pick AI Vendors, They Are Buying Different Policy Interpretations

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When Governments Let Algorithms Decide Prices

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Graffiti image in Paris, photographed March 2026. Justin Hendrix/Tech Policy Press

How to Confront the Threat of AI Dictatorship

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The Mulungushi International Conference Center in the Zambian capital Lusaka, where global digital and human rights conference RightsCon was set to take place May 5-8. 

RightsCon Organizers Take Stock of What's Next After Zambia

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The 'Humanitarian Halo' When Tech Sells One Stack for Aid and War

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The Environmental Impact of Data Centers in Vulnerable Ecosystems by Gloria Mendoza / 

Big Tech Will Not Save Us From the Climate Crisis

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Game of Pixels x Toy Models by Elise Racine, 

Indian States Proposed Speech Bills Could Create a Censorship Patchwork

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President Donald Trump greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a bilateral meeting at the Gimhae International Airport terminal, Thursday, October 30, 2025, in Busan, South Korea. (Official White House 

Trump-Xi Summit in Beijing Should Make Shared AI Risks a Priority

Why GCC Nations Must Move Beyond Content Moderation to Regulate Harm by Design

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MEPs Arba Kokalari, left, and Michael McNamara — co-rapporteurs on the AI Omnibus — at the European Parliament on May 7, 2026. Source: 

What the EU AI Omnibus Deal Changes for the AI Act and What Lies Ahead

Surveillance Technology is Silencing Journalists in Kashmir

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President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at a Crypto conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club, Saturday, April 25, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Official White House 

The White House Wants to Vet AI Models. It Won’t Solve the Safety Problem.

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Meta’s Worker Surveillance Tests EU Rules on AI and Labor

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How Platform Labor Laws are Shaping Gig Work in Singapore and Malaysia

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As Companies Monetize AI, Courts Will Weigh In

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Aerial view of Octavio Frias de Oliveira Bridge (Ponte Estaiada) over the Pinheiros River at sunset—Sao Paulo, Brazil. 

The Political Economy of AI Starts in Brazil, Not Silicon Valley

Ireland Moves Deeper into DSA Oversight with New Meta Dark Patterns Probe

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AI Won’t Replace Human Creativity. It Will Unleash It.

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Introducing the Mobile Trilemma

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Three Justifications—and the AI Accelerant—of India’s Digital Censorship Infrastructure

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