Artificial intelligence needs more power than America will give it, so the industry went looking for ground where nobody gets a vote. In Parsons, Kansas, where one in five residents lives in poverty, that means the first nuclear reactor in history designed to operate underground, drilled through the aquifer, on land where the Army still detonates waste explosives under federal permit.
Manus AI, China’s latest autonomous AI agent, is making waves with its ability to plan, execute, and complete complex tasks independently. As the U.S.-China AI race heats up, the tool is being hailed as a potential “Sputnik moment."
How St. Louis police are using AI facial recognition technology to extend America's legacy of anti-Black surveillance and control.
After a year of unreliable and inconsistent service from Student Transportation of America, KCPS contracts with Zum in getting students to and from school.
The expansion of KC's National Security Campus which produces at least 80% of the non-nuclear parts for the US nuclear weapons stockpile raises concerns amidst a global call for nuclear disarmament and a public health crisis.
In an era where technology is shaped and driven by violent capitalist incentives and the military-industrial-complex, Gaza faces a grim new reality: the world's first AI genocide. Armed with drone-mounted robot dogs, the Israeli military has crossed a terrifying threshold, utilizing conflict zones to experiment and "battle-test" technologies of extermination.
OpenAI's latest model, Sora, transforms text into hyperrealistic videos, igniting a firestorm of debate over AI ethics, the protection of creative labor, and the potential for misuse in an already volatile digital landscape.
Disinformation is not new to social media—it's a historic weapon of white supremacy, impacting Black communities since slavery. This piece explores its evolution and the vital role of community vigilance in response.
The Kansas City Defender is selected as a host newsroom for the 2023 Google News Initiative and Poynter's Fellowship Program. The program combats disinformation, offering a $10,000 stipend to the chosen fellow. Application deadline is July 21, 2023.
A massive surge of Twitter users is flocking to Spill, the #1 trending Black-owned social app founded by two ex-Twitter managers.
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