Caption: The Turnitin similarity score of a student essay in one of Adam Kaiserman's classes at College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita on May 6, 2025. Photo by Jules Hotz for CalMatters. In fact, ...

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As part of an investigation into the consequences of this software’s use in higher education, CalMatters and The Markup collected purchasing records from approximately 60 California institutions as ...

The lawmakers cite a Markup and CalMatters investigation that first revealed Covered California’s data practices in April.

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Pixel Hunt. We caught 4 more states sharing personal health data with Big Tech. Healthcare exchanges in Nevada, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island shared users’ sensitive health data with companies ...

Caption: An aerial view of Manhattan from Brooklyn. Credit: Via iStock Photo A separate 2023 report from the New York State Comptroller reviewing algorithmic tools also mentioned the ACS algorithm as ...

For all the worry, the moratorium is very unlikely to pass if it reaches the U.S. Senate, said Gus Rossi, director of public policy and strategy at Omidyar Network, which funds public interest AI ...