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Sigal Samuel

Sigal Samuel

Senior Reporter

    Latest articles by Sigal Samuel

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    An AI system competed against a human debate champion. Here’s what happened.An AI system competed against a human debate champion. Here’s what happened.
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    IBM’s “Miss Debater” lectured a Silicon Valley audience on morality.

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    “Are they alive?”: Uighur Muslims demand videos of relatives in Chinese internment camps
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    How a “proof of life” video backfired on Beijing.

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    Finland gave people free money. It didn’t help them get jobs — but does that matter?Finland gave people free money. It didn’t help them get jobs — but does that matter?
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    Receiving a basic income had other great effects on the unemployed.

    By Sigal Samuel
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    Facebook is reckoning with its role in “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing”Facebook is reckoning with its role in “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing”
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    The company failed to act in Myanmar. Rohingya Muslims suffered horribly. Can it be held accountable?

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