Opinion Columnist
Leila Grant writes about agency, access and the social choices embedded in technical systems. Her columns consider whose interests a technology serves and whose experience is absent from the debate. She combines an interest in possibility with close attention to power.
433 published articles · Showing 201–220
On a single day, two new research papers posted to arXiv detail innovative methods to overcome a persistent challenge in AI development: the scarcity of robust, labeled data. These papers, both published May 4, 2026, illuminate how researchers are pushing the boundaries of genera...
Read article →A recent Harvard study revealed that certain Large Language Models (LLMs) demonstrated more accurate diagnoses than human emergency room doctors in a variety of medical contexts TechCrunch. Published on May 3, 2026, this finding could herald a new era of AI integration into criti...
Read article →A new research paper introduces "AirFM-DDA," a wireless foundation model designed to overcome fundamental limitations in current 6G network development. This work, published in arXiv CS....
Read article →Imagine trusting a chatbot with your most sensitive health questions, believing it offers accessible, grounded information. For patients engaging with increasingly common AI-powered medical chatbots, this trust is often misplaced....
Read article →A new deep reinforcement learning framework, detailed in a recent arXiv paper arXiv CS. LG, proposes to manage the contentious coexistence of NR-U and Wi-Fi networks in unlicensed spectrum....
Read article →A new research paper published on arXiv outlines a critical vulnerability in Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, revealing how carefully crafted 'malicious documents' can compromise an AI's integrity and force it to generate attacker-specified answers arXiv CS. LG....
Read article →New research from arXiv suggests that the much-touted ‘human-in-the-loop’ paradigm in AI development is less about empowering people and more about cost-cutting and shifting accountability. As artificial intelligence becomes ever more integrated into our lives, its architects are...
Read article →When researchers speak of “human-machine symbiosis,” it sounds like progress. It suggests a seamless integration where artificial intelligence and human effort merge into a new, more powerful whole....
Read article →Academics are pushing new frameworks to address critical AI ethics challenges: Disentangled Safety Adapters (DSA) aim to make AI guardrails more efficient, while another paper proposes defining fairness through 'fair explanations' when feature constraints obscure bias arXiv CS. A...
Read article →Three significant papers released today, May 4, 2026, on arXiv, reveal a critical juncture in the development of AI agents. They expose a growing recognition within the research community that as AI systems gain autonomy and complexity, the fundamental challenges of accountabilit...
Read article →Groundbreaking research published on arXiv today, May 4, 2026, delves into the fundamental challenges of secure communication channels, revealing that without active feedback, “secrecy capacity is zero” in certain reversely-degraded systems. The paper, "Feedback Lunch: Learned Fe...
Read article →The relentless pursuit of AI performance is amplifying inequalities, hindering critical decisions, and imposing a severe environmental toll. New research published on arXiv CS....
Read article →A hidden hand is at work, shaping public opinion and the very fabric of truth in artificial intelligence. Executives from OpenAI and Andreessen Horowitz are reportedly bankrolling a dark-money campaign, paying influencers to spread fear about Chinese AI while promoting their own ...
Read article →The quiet halls of academic rigor are now facing a new kind of scrutiny. As of May 1, 2026, two new research papers from arXiv CS....
Read article →Minnesota has enacted a landmark ban on AI-generated fake nudes, imposing fines of up to $500,000 on app makers. This decisive legislative action marks a critical step in holding technology companies accountable for the real-world harm enabled by artificial intelligence [Ars Tech...
Read article →When the latest iterations of large language models like Llama 3. 1 or Qwen 3 are released, the headlines often tout modest performance gains – a 1....
Read article →Women are suing individuals who leveraged their Instagram profiles to generate AI-created pornographic influencers, revealing a chilling frontier of digital exploitation. This legal action surfaces as a separate report exposes how gig workers are pressured into generating low-qua...
Read article →A new computational method, "Hyper-Dimensional Fingerprints," has been introduced, promising to accelerate the discovery of new materials and molecules by overcoming limitations of existing AI approaches arXiv CS. LG....
Read article →Three new research papers published today on arXiv CS. AI reveal significant advancements in artificial intelligence's capacity to create and manipulate content, from generating nuanced Arabic poetry to seamlessly altering images....
Read article →New research published on arXiv CS. AI on May 1, 2026, casts a stark light on fundamental ethical challenges in artificial intelligence development....
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