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Trump and the press boycott each other

We're back in the children's sandbox. President Trump has banned CNN, MS Now, and Politico from covering him. The three have filed a First Amendment lawsuit. The president has retaliated with "Trump TV: The Essentials Station" on YouTube. American presidents have been complaining about the ...

As Trump and Xi meet, can we get some clarity on trade policy?

Chinese President Xi Jinping landed at Joint Base Andrews just outside Washington on Wednesday and was met personally on the tarmac by President Donald Trump. The agenda included an elaborate Rose Garden military review and official state dinner in the White House's East Room. Most of that ...

Many influencers are money-grubbing con artists

Not all of them. Some influencers simply want to persuade and perhaps help others better their lives or their community. Their subject could be politics, economics, music, health or fashion. But social media has become inundated with influencers who harm their devotees, some on purpose. Or ...

While the world is on fire, the media are still obsessed with Israel

No one likes to think they're being hysterical. And nothing makes hysterical people angrier than being described as such. So, let me offer my apologies in advance for what follows. Jeremy Musighi, an independent researcher, recently released a study analyzing 14.7 million news articles ...

The rise of AI populism

Last week, the unlikely duo of Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon keynoted a Washington conference to demand a stop to AI, its data centers, and the risks AI poses to jobs and even to the human species. Notably, both lambasted the corporate oligarchs behind AI. The most potent force in American ...

Future shock: Is this Team Humanity’s last chance to stand up to AI?

Since we last visited the artificial intelligence industry in this column, a lot has happened, much of it seeming to confirm my worst fears. Seven weeks ago, I wrote about the "Hugging Face" breach, so called for the company that got hacked with no human intervention by "rogue" AI agents ...