What is the purpose of AI alarmism if the individuals warning the world aren’t altering course?
A collection of warnings from synthetic intelligence (AI) trade insiders reveals how the controversy round AI drives excessive information cycles, swinging between hype and alarm.
The result’s media protection that overlooks the intricacies of this know-how and its influence on on a regular basis life. We study the actual dangers, what’s being overstated, and what main tech firms stand to achieve from all of the fearmongering.
Contributors:
Rumman Chowdhury – Founder, Humane Intelligence
Mutale Nkonde – Founder, AI for the People
Chris Stokel-Walker – Author of the guide How AI Ate the World
On our radar
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations’ particular rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, has discovered herself within the center of a political firestorm, all as a result of of feedback she by no means really made.
After a manipulated video of Albanese calling Israel the “enemy of humanity” went viral, there have been requires her resignation throughout Europe. The UN has labelled these allegations half of a wider smear marketing campaign to discredit Albanese and the UN itself.
A curated view of Israel for African journalists
For a long time, the Israeli authorities and pro-Israel organisations have sponsored journeys for politicians, celebrities and journalists, inviting them to go to and, as they put it, inform the “real story” about Israel. In the previous, these invites largely focused figures from Western nations. But since October seventh, there was a noticeable shift in direction of African journalists and social media influencers.
The goal is evident: to form protection in African media and affect audiences throughout the continent.
The Listening Post’s Nic Muirhead stories on the African journalists participating in these absolutely funded, tightly managed visits to Israel.
Featuring:
Hassen Lorgat – Media critic and activist
Makhudu Sefara – Editor, Sunday Times
Timnit Gebru – Founder, the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)
Njahira Gitahi – Reporter, The Standard
Published On 22 Feb 2026