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The Markup wins SABEW Award for Best in Business Journalism

The 18-month-long investigation about how Tinder, Hinge, and their corporate owner kept rape under wraps won in the ...
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How we tested and evaluated AI-generated dance videos

Artificial intelligence models can produce lifelike video footage with a simple text prompt. But these tools still struggle with generating realistic videos of complex natural movements, like human ...
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Dating App Rape Survivors File Lawsuit Accusing Hinge, Tinder of “Accommodating Rapists”

The Dating Apps Reporting Project produced this story in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network and The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, and copublished with The Guardian ...
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His students suddenly started getting A’s. Did a Google AI tool go too far?

The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, uses investigative reporting, data analysis, and software engineering to challenge technology to serve the public good. Sign up for Klaxon, a newsletter that ...
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Prison inmates can take college classes, but often with no internet and limited tech

The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, uses investigative reporting, data analysis, and software engineering to challenge technology to serve the public good. Sign up for Klaxon, a newsletter that ...
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California colleges spend millions to catch plagiarism and AI. Is the faulty tech worth it?

The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, uses investigative reporting, data analysis, and software engineering to challenge technology to serve the public good. Sign up for Klaxon, a newsletter that ...
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The NYC Algorithm Deciding Which Families Are Under Watch for Child Abuse

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Trump Is Creating a Deportation Army of Local Cops

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Are AI Models Advanced Enough To Translate Literature? The Debate Is Roiling Publishing

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1 in 6 Congresswomen Targeted by AI-Generated Sexually Explicit Deepfakes

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Landlords Are Using AI To Raise Rents — and Cities Are Starting To Push Back

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ID Scanners Can Change How Your Local Bar Treats You—and Whether It Lets You In

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