Reclaiming free speech in academia thecritic.co.uk/reclaiming-fre…

How the revised TikTok bill got on a fast track semafor.com/newsletter/04/…

Apple pulls social media giant Meta’s WhatsApp and Threads services from China App Store amid country’s tightened internet regulation scmp.com/tech/big-tech/…

Harvard Law Faculty Letter Calls for Protection of Speech From Administrative Action thecrimson.com/article/2024/4…

Canadian university teachers fear Alberta gatekeeping bill threatens academic freedom edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/… via Edmonton Journal

How Can We Address Campus Conflict? insidehighered.com/opinion/career…

Academic freedom should not be restricted to supposed core expertise timeshighereducation.com/blog/academic-… via Times Higher Education

Should researchers use AI to write papers? Group aims for community-driven standards science.org/content/articl…

University of Lincoln: Union to hold strike talks over staff cuts bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Artificial intelligence beats doctors in accurately assessing eye problems cam.ac.uk/research/news/…

Tony Burke looks at the issues that have led to the TUC’s special taskforce on AI and the concerns of organised workers in the sectors that are already being affected by this powerful new technology morningstaronline.co.uk/article/artifi…

UK House of Commons Library | Artificial intelligence: A reading list commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-brief…

China’s thirsty data centres, AI industy could use more water than size of South Korea’s population by 2030: report warns #paywalled scmp.com/news/china/sci…

OpenAI staff turn AI safety advocates semafor.com/newsletter/04/…

Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute closed down. 'It faced 'administrative headwinds' from the Oxford philosophy department, according to a farewell statement, and its fundraising and hiring were frozen in 2020.' semafor.com/newsletter/04/…

Arise robot overlords! A synergy of artificial intelligence in the evolution of scientific writing and publishing nature.com/articles/s4139… #paywalled

The authors of a new book argue that higher education institutions must adapt to the shifting legal landscape without losing sight of their fundamental values. insidehighered.com/news/faculty-i…

Hobart and William Smith Colleges professor suspended for comments on Israel-Hamas war wrvo.org/2024-04-16/hob…

Criticism mounts against Texas Gov. Abbott’s executive order on campus antisemitism highereddive.com/news/criticism…

AI for Impact: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Social Innovation weforum.org/publications/a…