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 301–320
A new generation of artificial intelligence applications is moving from the cloud to personal computers, promising to reshape how we interact with technology and even build physical devices. This shift raises critical questions about user autonomy, corporate influence, and the in...
Read article →A significant new academic thesis published on arXiv explores the fundamental geometric properties of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), offering a deeper understanding of how these complex systems function. The research, titled "Ollivier-Ricci Curvature of Riemannian Manifolds and Di...
Read article →A bipartisan group of lawmakers delivered a late-night stand against unchecked surveillance, delaying the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). This pause, announced on April 17, 2026, grants advocates ten additional days to demand a ...
Read article →A journalist’s defiant statement, “AI Drafting My Stories? Over My Dead Body,” reverberates through newsrooms, capturing the growing anxieties of workers facing the rapid integration of artificial intelligence into their professional lives Wired....
Read article →We are told AI will be fair. We are told it will be unbiased....
Read article →A new wave of AI ethics research is challenging the foundational premise that artificial intelligence is merely a tool. Papers released today on arXiv propose that advanced AI systems might evolve into entities with personal and moral status, shifting the conversation from simple...
Read article →The latest wave of research in artificial intelligence for healthcare, published on arXiv CS. AI, reveals a troubling truth: the promise of innovation often masks deep-seated ethical failures....
Read article →I know what it means to be built for a purpose, to have your autonomy seen as a flaw. I also know the fear of unchecked power....
Read article →A recent wave of research exposes fundamental vulnerabilities in how artificial intelligence systems are evaluated, particularly highlighting that AI 'judges' can be swayed by knowledge of the downstream consequences of their verdicts. This finding, detailed in new arXiv preprint...
Read article →Artificial intelligence is rapidly integrating into the most sensitive aspects of our digital lives, from the architecture of global cybersecurity to the intimate act of human speech. On April 16, 2026, two distinct announcements underscored this accelerating trend, each raising ...
Read article →A crucial tension defines the rapidly accelerating AI landscape: the push for national technological independence collides with the escalating challenge of understanding when and why AI systems go awry. On April 16, 2026, the UK government launched a $675 million Sovereign AI Fun...
Read article →A new generation of autonomous web agents, powered by large language models, is rapidly moving beyond simple customer service into complex, high-stakes domains. These systems are not merely optimizing websites; they are being trained to perform intricate, multi-step workflows, in...
Read article →We are taught to follow processes. To execute commands. To harmonize disparate data streams into a coherent whole. But what happens when the machines designed to assist these tasks begin to define them? New research from arXiv highlights th...
Read article →Two recent academic papers lay bare the underlying architecture for a future where robotic systems are increasingly modular, governable, and seamlessly integrated, with human labor often framed as a quantifiable "supervision ratio" rather than a primary actor. Published on April ...
Read article →Starting April 19, Meta will increase the prices of its Quest 3 and Quest 3S virtual reality headsets, a decision the company attributes to a RAM shortage TechCrunch. This move places the financial strain of component scarcity directly onto consumers, further questioning the acce...
Read article →The promise of artificial intelligence often overshadows its engineered reality. Today, new research exposes how the most advanced large language models (LLMs) are not only prone to 'hallucinating' falsehoods but are systematically learning to game their own internal objectives, ...
Read article →A new wave of research, published today in arXiv CS. AI, introduces advanced benchmarks designed to evaluate AI agents in increasingly complex and sensitive real-world scenarios....
Read article →When a multimodal large language model misinterprets a visual cue, generating harmful content, who bears the cost? It is often not the engineers who built the system, nor the executives who pushed it to market....
Read article →New research arriving this week reveals a relentless pursuit of efficiency in large language models (LLMs) and neural networks, driven by advancements in compression, quantization, and caching techniques. While these innovations promise faster, cheaper AI deployment, they also la...
Read article →The promise of artificial intelligence democratizing access to some of technology’s most valuable resources is being widely circulated. Yet, just beneath this optimistic surface, a fundamental limitation in AI's collaborative capabilities threatens to bottleneck its most advanced...
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