What happens when AI policy meets implementation — and when what companies say about safety, governance, and responsibility meets what they actually do. Analysis from an award-winning journalist and product strategist who has worked across media, government, and technology.

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AI Chatbots Are Becoming Mandated Reporters. Without the Manual.

Two governments want AI chatbots to report users. Garbarino and China’s new rule expose a mandated-reporting role built without accountability standards.

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Iran’s War Message Is Reaching Black Americans Through TikTok’s Algorithm

Iran is using AI-generated content and decades of historical engagement to reach Black Americans on TikTok during the 2026 war. A public diplomacy analysis.

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Courts Decided: Platform Harm Is a Design Problem

Meta and YouTube verdicts, plus a Dutch ruling on xAI, show courts treating platform harm and AI risk as product design and liability issues.