The Canadian Progressive

Give this AI a few words of description and it produces a stunning image – but is it art?

The "art" generated using DALL·E 2 and other AI-powered text-to-image programs "comes not just from the final text prompt, but in the entire creative process that led to that prompt".

Guest Blog
Sep 29, 2022

Confirmation bias in journalism: What it is and strategies to avoid it

"In journalism, confirmation bias can influence a reporter’s assessment of whether a story is worth pitching and an editor’s decision to greenlight a story pitch," a Harvard behavioral scientist writes.

Guest Blog
Sep 22, 2022

Enduring colonialism has made it harder to end the COVID-19 pandemic

While COVAX has claimed, “no one is safe until everyone is safe,” colonial attitudes remain a key obstacle to global COVID-19 vaccine equity as rich countries in the West continue to hoard life-saving vaccine doses while poor countries of the Global South "become breeding grounds for new COVID-19 variants."

Guest Blog
Sep 18, 2022

Across 18 countries surveyed, most people have confidence in U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris

In Sweden, where Harris drew the most positive reviews, 77% of adults have confidence in the first African American person, first Indian American person, and first daughter of immigrants to serve as Vice President of the United States.

Obert Madondo
Aug 1, 2022

A new Declaration for the Future of the Internet

Meanwhile, Internet freedom declined for the fifth time in a row in the U.S., and for the 11th consecutive year globally, according to Freedom House

Obert Madondo
Jun 20, 2022