Who are these Nones?
Nanette Nelson, Economic Transformation Signals
Read Burge’s insightful book to meet this increasingly significant group – Americans who say they have no religious affiliation. Read the review here.
Who’s Going to the Library Now?!
Nan Nelson, Upward Mobility Signals Team
A recent American Library Association report found younger generations using public libraries, both in person and digitally, at higher rates than older ones. And they’re not just reading, but gaming, playing music, hanging out — essentially reimagining learning. Read the story here.
Prevent Data Theft: Poison it!
Nan Nelson, Upward Mobility Signals Team
With AI’s future still unwritten, Nightshade, a project from the University of Chicago, gives artists recourse from AI theft by rendering data useless or disruptive to AI model training. Ben Zhao, a professor who led the project, compared it to “putting hot sauce in your lunch so it doesn’t get stolen from the workplace fridge.” Read the story here.