Suggested Stories: Information and Artificial Intelligence

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Information and Artificial Intelligence includes stories on the latest technologies, including how algorithms work, who benefits from these systems, and who is harmed. Explore the stories below to find one that interests you. Then, use this worksheet to support you with writing a letter that asks a decisionmaker to take action.

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Stories for Grades 3 and Up

Story	Media	Publication	Content Warnings
“A Crisis of Connectivity: Internet Access in Rural PA” by Jordan Wolman	Photo, Text	WLVR: Lehigh Valley Public Media	N/A
"Digital Age Ticket Scalping Leaves Fans Out in the Cold" by Grace Rivera	Text	Pulitzer Center	N/A

Stories for Grades 6 and Up

STORY	MEDIA	PUBLICATION	CONTENT WARNINGS
“Blind Internet Users Struggle With Error-Prone AI Aids” by Joanna Kao	Text, Graphs	Financial Times	N/A
"Artists Reckon With Themes—and Use—of AI in Their Work" by Ava Echard	Text	Pulitzer Center	N/A
“Tracked and Traced: How Thousands of American Muslims Ended up on the Terrorist Watch List” by Nargis Rahman and David Leins	Audio, Text	WDET	N/A
“AI-Powered Productivity Tools That Can Make Life Harder” by Joanna Kao	Text, speech-to-text audio, ASL video	Financial Times	N/A
“How Your Data Ends Up in AI Training Sets” by Niamh McIntyre	Text	The Bureau of Investigative Journalism	N/A
“Tech Giants Made a Home in Ghana. Now They’re Quiet on Its Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill.” by Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu	Photo, Text	protocol	N/A
“Companies Are Selling AI Therapy. Should You Buy It?” by Ben Rein	TikTok video with transcript	OpenMind Magazine	N/A

Stories for Grades 9 and Up

STORY	MEDIA	PUBLICATION	CONTENT WARNINGS
“Data Centers: The Heat Behind the Cloud” by Gabriel Farías and Miguel Dobrich	Photo, Text	Amenaza Roboto	N/A
“Moderators Received 7 Cents per Task To Comb Through and Extreme Content on X” by Tatiana Dias and Sofia Schurig	Text	The Intercept Brasil	References to disturbing online content
“India’s Facial Recognition Drive On Hungry Children Is Erasing Them” by Hera Rizwan	Photo, Text	Decode	N/A
“American AI Arrives on Fortress Europe’s Borders. At What Cost?” by Katy Fallon et al.	Text	Inkstick	N/A
“Texas Officers Invested Millions in a Shadowy Phone-Tracking Software. They Won’t Say How They’ve Used It.” by Francesca D'Annunzio	Text	The Texas Observer	N/A
“The War on Poaching Has Gone Full Tech Dystopia—and It May Not Be Working” by Sam Schramski, Benon Herbert Oluka, and Tulani Ngwenya	Photo, Text	Gizmodo	Brief description of torture
“Data Centers Threaten To Change Small Texas County. Local Officials Say They Have No Power To Stop Them.” by Alejandra Martinez et al.	Photo, Text	The Texas Tribune	N/A
“From Algorithms to Addiction: How AI Is Fueling Underage Sports Betting, Mental Health Crisis” by Adetokunbo Abiola	Text	The Cable	Discussion of suicide
“AI Psychosis: A Mental Health Crisis for the 21st Century” by Patricia Clarke and Owen Thomas	Text	The Observer	Discussion of suicide, disordered eating, and other mental health crises