In this review of Karen Hao’s Empire of AI, Tibor Dessewffy explores the origins of the prevailing AI model and the dominant ideas around its future course and assesses some of the normative proposals to tame its damaging effects on people and planet. He argues that while the current trajectory of AI development gives great cause for concern, the future form of this technology is anything but certain.

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Caitlín Otway breaks down the reasons behind the success of many far-right figures on TikTok and argues that progressive politicians should use the platform to their own advantage. For years, many of us working within progressive movements saw TikTok as culturally influential but politically secondary. It shaped trends, produced viral absurdities and occasionally embarrassed a candidate. It wasn’t a place where long-term political reputations were built. But that opinion now

Politics today operates in a media environment more chaotic, fragmented, and saturated than anything we've previously known. Content production is no longer the privilege of a few but a mass sport. For Tibor Dessewffy, these developments bear a stark warning. Like it or not, it’s in the AI-shaped environment of the here and now that impact must be made. Those who stay out of this space don’t just fall behind – they become invisible.