How AI is used in agriculture: precision farming and beyond
Crop monitoring, precision spraying, yield prediction, livestock health, robotics and climate adaptation: how AI is changing farming, and the barriers for smaller farms.
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Society, Policy & Ethics — Page 3
Regulation, safety, ethics, law, work and the social impact of AI.
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AI for smallholder farmers: phones, local languages and practical impact
How mobile AI tools help small farmers diagnose crop disease, get weather and market advice in local languages, and access credit — plus the limits and risks.
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How governments use AI — and lessons from public-sector failures
Public services, tax and benefits, health, policing and administration: how governments use AI, what went wrong in cases like Robodebt and the Dutch benefits scandal.
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How AI is used in the energy sector: grids, renewables and efficiency
Forecasting wind and solar, balancing grids, predictive maintenance and efficiency: how AI supports the energy transition — and its own power demand.
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AI in defense: intelligence, drones and the autonomous weapons debate
How militaries use AI for intelligence analysis, logistics, cyber defense and drones, and why lethal autonomous weapons are one of the most contested issues in AI.
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AI surveillance and facial recognition: uses, risks and the rules
How facial recognition and AI video analytics are used by police and businesses, what accuracy and bias research shows, and how the EU AI Act and courts restrict them.
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AI and cybersecurity: how attackers and defenders use it
AI-written phishing, deepfake fraud and automated vulnerability discovery on one side; threat detection, security copilots and AI bug hunting on the other.
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AI in hiring and HR: how it works, the bias risks and the rules
Résumé screening, video interviews, chatbots and workforce analytics: how employers use AI in HR, why Amazon scrapped its recruiting tool, and the laws that now apply.
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AI scam calls and texts: how they work and how to protect yourself
Voice cloning, AI-written texts and automated scam conversations are making phone fraud more convincing. How the scams work, what networks do, and how to stay safe.
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AI for social good: what works, from flood forecasts to conservation
Flood forecasting, wildlife conservation, humanitarian aid, poverty mapping and health access: real examples of AI for social impact, and the lessons for doing it well.
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AI job roles explained: from ML engineer to AI product manager
What machine learning engineers, AI engineers, data scientists, research scientists, MLOps engineers and AI product managers actually do, and the skills each role needs.
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Case study: Be My Eyes and AI visual assistance for blind people
How Be My Eyes added an AI assistant that describes photos for blind and low-vision users, what it changed, its limits, and lessons for designing accessible AI.
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