UC Press Blog

Author Colin Rhinesmith on how community coalitions can reduce technological harms and inequality by building local power and advancing digital equity.

Lauren M. E. Goodlad discusses what literary theory can teach us about large language models, why language is more than data, and what it means to put the “humanities in the loop” in debates about AI.

Toffoli discusses the images & technologies that helped construct the Border Patrol's public image, the historical roots of today's surveillance culture along the U.S.–Mexico border, & why visual history remains essential for understanding contemporary debates over immigration & state power.

The pressures facing influencers—like visibility, algorithmic anxiety, and self-branding—has spread to artists and creative workers navigating platform-dependent worlds.

Author Olivier Alexandre on writing “a slow study of a fast-moving industry” and the future of Silicon Valley.

Learn more about UC Press's new journal, "Music and Data," from the journal's editors.

Author Isak Ladegaard on how large, shadowy groups undermine state control and present new capacities for collective action.

UC Press has great news to share about FirstGen program growth and seeks your support for its continued success. Here’s how our program has benefitted first-gen authors so far.

Author James N. Gilmore on the limits, possibilities, and realities of wearable tech, like Fitbits, Apple Watches, and Oura Rings.

As historians of science, we consider the potential impact of AI on our own scholarly writing and the training of students, along with viewing AI in the context of a longer historical conversation about the nature of knowledge, the rules of authorship, and human interactions with technology.