The use of AI-generated images has risen rapidly in recent years, with over 34 million images generated per day as of December 2023. However, AI image tools have a tendency to reproduce stereotypes, and recent attempts to mitigate these embedded biases have backfired in different ways. Jeremy Baum and John Villasenor illustrate some examples of the challenges in using this technology.
Bolstering Social Security and Medicare. As the U.S. population ages, the solvency of Social Security and Medicare is in jeopardy. Immigration policy cannot fully address this problem, but expansions in immigration can help address the shortfall, argues Tara Watson.
The local ingredients that fuel misinformation. “Factors that underpin despair can make individuals more susceptible to extremism; they can also make entire towns, counties, and regions more prone to radicalization and violence,” write Carol Graham, Amy Liu, and Isabel Shaheen O’Malley in Bloomberg.
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