Is There Such A Thing As Accountable AI?

Wharton’s latest foray into studying Artificial Intelligence looks at the regulatory, ethical and governmental considerations of these technologies

By Malcolm Burnley
Business for Good

Growing More Wealth With WealthMore

A new financial planning app aims to advise non-affluent investors — especially women and people of color, like its founder, Mical Jeanlys-White

By Courtney DuChene
The New Urban Order

Could AI Help Cities Win Back the Middle Class?

Promising new jobs, new skills and new technology, is artificial intelligence the new economic development?

By Diana Lind

Where to Find Trump’s Disappeared Data

The administration removed hundreds of federal web pages containing critical information about Americans. Fortunately, it still lives at Philly-based PolicyMap, whose director walks us through what just happened — and why it’s too soon to panic

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Business for Good

Nido Turns Renters Into Homeowners

A new app lets Philadelphia landlords help their renters save for a home of their own. The system is not perverse: It’s a perk

By Courtney DuChene
Listen

Ali Velshi Asks Can Meta Ever Be Trusted?

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member speaks with two third-party fact-checkers formerly working with Meta about the real threats facing social media in this new era.

By Ali Velshi

“A Pathway Into Wealth”

Hopeworks and other local programs are training Philadelphians for jobs in the growing healthcare industry while creating financial stability — and mobility

By Jessica Blatt Press
The New Urban Order

Will the Key to Climate Resilience be AI — or Dopamine?

How emerging tech can help cities fight climate change

By Diana Lind
Ideas We Should Steal

Fix the Damn Potholes … with AI

Vialytics is user-friendly software that quickly identifies and maps potholes, sinkholes and other roadway problems. Could the app fix Philly streets — or would our City simply run a pilot and then throw it away?

By Courtney DuChene
The Citizen Recommends

Text Your Friends, Get Out the Vote

Who among your friends is a voter — and who is not? A new tech platform helps you find out, and gives tips on how to nudge them to the polls. What are you waiting for?

By Natalie Pompilio