NEWS & INSIGHTS
The Digital Footprint Crackdown: How ICE Turns AI Into a Targeting Tool
2026-01-26
By the time an ICE investigator opens a case file, the “search” may already be done. Instead of chasing one tip at a time, modern enforcement increasingly runs on an AI-assisted surveillance stack that can stitch together faces, phones, cars, and online activity into a single, searchable web.
We’re Optimized, Curated, and Lonely
2026-01-23
Recommendation algorithms are no longer just “nice to have” features. They’re the default infrastructure of modern life, shaping what we watch, buy, and believe. At the same time, the old bargain of “pay to avoid ads” is collapsing, with more platforms layering promotions and ad tiers into services people already subscribe to. The result is a constant, engineered hum of persuasion.
Resisting Replacement: Artists at the Frontline of the AI Revolution
2026-01-22
As AI becomes ever more capable of producing convincing artistic outputs, from images to music and more, a growing wave of artists is fighting back, arguing that human creativity remains unique, and pushing for legal and cultural protections against what they see as exploitation and replacement.
Innovators Lab Spring 2026 Program Kickoff
2025-11-15
Meet the talented students selected for our 10-week Innovators Lab program.
Launching “Walk + Connect” Program to Bring Neighbors Together
2025-10-26
We are excited to announce the launch of our new Walk and Connect program, a simple but meaningful initiative designed to help people reconnect with one another in real life.