Foreign Policy
State Department to Partner With Palantir, Anduril on Free Speech Initiative
A State Department program that would see defense tech companies Palantir and Anduril provide expertise on digital freedom-of-speech issues is raising eyebrows among some experts—even if it’s unclear specifically what Palantir and other partners involved would actually work on. Under the Freedom Tech Excellence Program, private-sector employees would work limited-term assignments at the U.S.
Akash Kapur: Digital Public Infrastructure Could Make a Better Internet (Foreign Policy)
Submitted by grace@benton.org on Mon, 04/28/2025 - 14:40DOGE Is Hacking America (Foreign Policy)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Thu, 02/13/2025 - 11:17AI Is Bad News for the Global South (Foreign Policy)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Tue, 12/17/2024 - 13:49Trump’s Victory Has Opened the Disinformation Floodgates (Foreign Policy)
Submitted by grace@benton.org on Mon, 11/25/2024 - 10:41How AI Can Undermine Democracy (Foreign Policy)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Thu, 10/31/2024 - 16:01If Kamala Harris Was the Czar of Anything, It Would Be AI
The Democratic party’s presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris (D-CA), was never the border czar, despite her political opponents’ attempts to label her as such. If VP Harris has ever had a Biden administration czarship (although not with an official title) it was in artificial intelligence (AI). AI might lack the political resonance of the border today, but it is time we reconsider its significance to the average voter. When AI is recast as a sweeping change that could affect jobs, income equality, national security, and the rights of ordinary citizens, it is rather quickly tran