After Synagogue Attack, Web-Hosting Sites Suspend Gab Alleged synagogue shooter Robert Bowers was an avid user of Gab, the social media site that touts itself as a place for free speech. The site is popular with white nationalists and the alt-right. Jasmine Garsd
About Gab, the 'free speech' site where synagogue shooting suspect posted The website where the synagogue shooting suspect posted anti-Semitic messages has served as a home for the far-right online in Gab's quest to have few restrictions on speech. James Doubek
Should Self-Driving Cars Have Ethics? To design a "moral machine," researchers updated a classic thought experiment for the autonomous vehicle age. But do we really want artificial intelligence making decisions on who lives or dies? Laurel Wamsley
What if Alexa broke up with Seattle? Some have suggested that Amazon might move its mighty artificial intelligence division elsewhere. But the roots of AI in the Seattle region predate Amazon. And Seattle's AI industry, in turn, has become bigger than Amazon. Joshua McNichols
How to be a good citizen in the era of 'Big Tech' Jamie Susskind looks at how 21st century technology is changing who has power and how they wield that power. He asks, how might society demand big tech companies use their power to benefit citizens? Bill Radke
This Portrait Is Reminiscent Of A Rembrandt But Artificial Intelligence Created It NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with art appraiser Erin-Marie Wallace about how a piece of art that was created by an algorithm, but looks like a Rembrandt can be appraised.
Facebook, Exploited By Influence Campaigns, Tries To Clamp Down With 'War Room' The social networking behemoth says a new command center at its Silicon Valley headquarters will let it respond quicker to foreign disinformation operations ahead of Election Day. Tim Mak
Seattle is spying on you, but the city wants to come clean about it Included on the list of 29 technologies are the binoculars used by meter readers when they can’t get near your building. Carolyn Adolph
Amazon designing system for 'dangerous mass surveillance,' employee says Now an anonymous Amazon worker warns: “We will not silently build technology to oppress and kill people, whether in our country or in others.” Carolyn Adolph
As Midterms Approach, Facebook Ramps Up Disinformation Fight Facebook gave journalists a tour of a new command center dedicated to fighting disinformation ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. Will it make a difference? Tim Mak
