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AI's errors may be impossible to eliminate – what that means for its use in health care
(THE CONVERSATION) In the past decade, AI's success has led to uncurbed enthusiasm and bold claims – even though users frequently experience errors that AI makes. An AI-powered digital assistant can misunderstand someone's speech in embarrassing ways, a chatbot could hallucinate facts, or, as I experienced, an AI-based navigat ... (full story)
Trump administration's immigrant detention policy broadly rejected by federal judges
(THE CONVERSATION) In federal courtrooms across America, a pattern has emerged in cases in which immigrants are being rounded up and jailed without a hearing. That's a departure from fundamental constitutional protections in the U.S. that provide the right to a hearing before indefinite imprisonment.
In response, federal judges ... (full story)
6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong
(THE CONVERSATION) Roughly 1 in 5 Americans live in rural areas – places the federal government defines based on small populations and low housing density.
Yet many people understand rural America through stereotypes. Media and political conversations often use words or terms such as "fading," "white," ... (full story)
How crime in Brazil drags down the economy and heaps economic pain on the nation's poor
(THE CONVERSATION) Brazil's "criminal economy" does not appear on any national balance sheet. Yet the cost of violence, contraband, tax evasion and environmental crime can be measured in the tens of billions of dollars every year and serves as a major drag on Brazil's economic growth and stability.
Attempts to quantify ... (full story)
Pope Leo XIV's visits to Turkey and Lebanon were about religious diplomacy
(THE CONVERSATION) On his visit to Turkey and Lebanon between Nov. 27 and Dec. 2, 2025, Pope Leo XIV met with political and religious leaders, celebrated Mass and visited historical sites.
The trip marked the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, which resolved core doctrinal differences, with the aim of advancing Christ ... (full story)