https://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3msyaka2j422rBenchmarks and measurements for AI oversight can be valuable, but “they also share a critical structural vulnerability that AI governance has not yet adequately absorbed,” authors Urs Gasser, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, and Fabienne Marco write. Read: https://issues.org/ai-measurement-oversight-gasser-mayer-schonberger-marco/13 Aug 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyaka2j422rhttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3msta53ckbc26“A century ago, the arrival of the automobile threw cities out of balance,” Lina Moe and Clinton J. Andrews from Rutgers University write. Today, urban centers are being disrupted by another new technology: urban robots. Read: https://issues.org/urban-robots-moe-andrews/11 Aug 2026 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msta53ckbc26https://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3msbhsyon2s24In “Prompts for a Perfect Daughter,” this month’s Future Tense Fiction story, writer @aijiang.bsky.social takes this idea literally, imagining a brain implant system that allows parents to embed a sort of operating manual for living. Read here: https://issues.org/futuretensefiction/prompts-for-a-perfect-daughter-ai-jiang/04 Aug 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbhsyon2s24https://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mrscjpq4n22tIn their revised emissions standards for stationary combustion turbines, “EPA estimated the costs the regulation would impose on industry but did not estimate the health benefits of reducing exposure to air pollution,” writes Jana B. Milford, professor emerita at the University of Colorado Boulder. https://issues.org/epa-cost-benefit-clean-air-milford/29 Jul 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrscjpq4n22thttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mrn6ulcuis2m“Surveillance used to be associated with the work of trench-coated government agents conducting wiretaps from vans. It now hides inside sleek packaging, personalized recommendations,” Big Tech accountability advocate J.B. Branch writes. https://issues.org/data-self-surveillance-review-branch/27 Jul 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrn6ulcuis2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mre5dy4x222aM. Anthony Mills, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, looks at the recent firing of the National Science Board as an opportunity to “establish a new balance between democratic accountability and protection from partisan meddling.” Read the piece here: https://issues.org/nsb-nsf-democratic-accountability-mills/24 Jul 2026 00:55 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mre5dy4x222ahttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mquej47fsk2j“I am an unabashed optimist when it comes to thinking about the long-term future of science,” Neil Shubin, the new president of the National Academy of Sciences says. “When you look at what science has been able to accomplish, increasingly so over the millennia it’s truly stunning and remarkable.” https://issues.org/nas-president-interview-shubin/17 Jul 2026 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mquej47fsk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mqtwa4t62k26Join Future Tense Fiction and Andrés Martinez for a live conversation about how once-fictional technology is coming to life in the World Cup, from video-assisted refereeing to AI agents that make match-tailored recommendations and analyze opponents. Register Here: https://open.substack.com/live-stream/27799217 Jul 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtwa4t62k26https://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mqpjvdtius2tJoin Future Tense Fiction and Andrés Martinez for a live conversation about how once-fictional technology is coming to life in the World Cup, from video-assisted refereeing to AI agents that make match-tailored recommendations and analyze opponents. Register Here: https://open.substack.com/live-stream/27799215 Jul 2026 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpjvdtius2thttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mqmio45hrs2nDucking out of the path of delivery robots has become part of normal life in cities across the United States. As these devices integrate into urban landscapes, local officials must ensure that they merge safely. Which existing rules in cities should apply to robots?14 Jul 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmio45hrs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mpmzf546ts2vISSUES editor Megan Nicholson discusses open research infrastructure—its disaggregated nature and vulnerable financial position—and working with Jennifer Gibson and Kaitlin Thaney on their essay and podcast about creating a more stable model. Read: https://issues.org/open-data-research-%20infrastructure-gibson-thaney/02 Jul 2026 02:48 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpmzf546ts2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mpjn2xhvmk2xIn a decade, “the United States will face a workforce shortage of more than 141,000 physicians," with similar shortages in oral health, behavioral health, and allied health. Authors from Baylor College of Medicine offer a model to address these needs. Read: https://issues.org/baylor-health-science-programs-moreno-newell-blank-klotman/30 Jun 2026 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjn2xhvmk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mpgrxxc6cc2jWhat happens when you hold someone’s gaze—really hold it? In “Mirror, Mirror” by Sofia Samatar, an artist and an inventor try to recreate that experience but neglect a more fundamental question: Will they be ready to see what their technology reflects back to them? Read: https://issues.org/futuretensefiction/mirror-mirror-sofia-samatar/29 Jun 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgrxxc6cc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mp2gvwwses27Shanthi Chandrasekar “Maya – Hridaya Kamalam,” 201124 Jun 2026 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2gvwwses27https://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3molgwtpcws2vWhat allows us to depict the Tyrannosaurus rex as violence incarnate? ISSUES editor Jason Lloyd shares a review by Max Dresow, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Minnesota, of Elana Shever’s “Making Our Beasts.”18 Jun 2026 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3molgwtpcws2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3modo2amiis23“Although the late 2020s may feel more like a dumpster fire than a garbage can, there are still many opportunities for policy innovation in today’s turbulent streams and whorls of scandal and reaction,” ISSUES editor-in-chief @lisamargonelli.bsky.social writes. Read: https://issues.org/mohole-moments-margonelli/15 Jun 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3modo2amiis23https://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mnxhhcdbyc2iImagine a legal system where punishment literally matches the crime. In “Golden Rule,” this month’s Future Tense Fiction story, writer @monicabyrne13.bsky.social explores what it really means to seek justice for devastating crimes. Read the full story here: https://issues.org/futuretensefiction/fiction-golden-rule-monica-byrne/10 Jun 2026 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxhhcdbyc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/issuesinst.bsky.social/post/3mnkapchmqs2xToday at 12 PM ET! Join the live conversation with @monicabyrne13.bsky.social to discuss worldbuilding in speculative fiction—how she thinks about the scientific and policy dimensions of her fictional worlds, and the tools she uses to create them. Register here: https://open.substack.com/live-stream/21989905 Jun 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:6ccfypyybsfziselvv7jypfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkapchmqs2x