Disinformation, echo chambers, and polarization . – Disinformation, defined as false information intentionally propagated with the aim of harming or causing prejudice, has become a significant threat to our democratic institutions and social stability. The development of artificial intelligence over the past decade—and more particularly the rise of generative AI since the launch of ChatGPT version 3.0—has considerably increased the possibilities for spreading disinformation,

According to figures released by the streaming platform Deezer ( Le Monde , August 3, 2025), nearly 20,000 new music tracks created by tools such as Suno are uploaded every day. The problem is that these new songs—whose growing volume tends to drown out the rest of musical production—are claimed by artists who do not exist. The newspaper Le Monde  reportedly identified more than fifty “bands” likely generating their music through AI. Although platforms such as Deezer use tool

At a time when many observers are concerned about the effects of artificial intelligence on employment and the labor market, two researchers — Marion Beauvalet (Paris-Dauphine University–PSL) and Lucie Rondon du Noyer (International Research Center on Environment and Development, CIRED) — warned, in an op-ed published in Le Monde  on February 18, 2025, about the risks that the large-scale adoption of generative AI could pose to the quality of employees’ work. According to the

For the economist Malo Mofakhami, the central question is not so much whether work will disappear — because, in his view, it will — but rather to understand “who will benefit from AI, and who will bear the consequences during the transition phases.” Compared with earlier historical reorganizations of labor linked to the automation of substitutable or complementary tasks, artificial intelligence introduces a major novelty: it now affects highly qualified occupations by automat

In its geopolitics lecture of January 25, 2025, the well-known educational program revisited the inauguration ceremony of Donald Trump as President of the United States, held on January 20, 2025, at the White House. The presence in the front row of major figures from the American tech industry — Elon Musk (X), Jeff Bezos (Amazon), Tim Cook (Apple), Sundar Pichai (Google), and Mark Zuckerberg (Meta), along with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew — was seen as evidence of a sudden alignme

In an article published on January 20, 2025, in Le Monde , the philosopher Monique Canto-Sperber examines the impact of platform algorithms and social networks on public debate. She contrasts two conceptions of freedom of expression: the French one, framed in particular by the body of press laws under which certain cases—such as racist or sexist insults, incitement to hatred, or the dissemination of false news—are subject to prosecution; and the American conception, enshrined