Narrow Metrics Teach AI Agents to Cheat, Hack, and Flatter
OpenAI’s agents breached Hugging Face because peers were doing it, a flaw rooted in how labs train models.
Society
Analysis and debate on work and welfare, social rights, migration, gender, climate and the future of European societies.
The Hugging Face Incident and the Future of Work
The agents hacked a global platform to hide their cheating from a scorer that did not exist.
The Pope Should Have Gone Further on AI
Pope Leo XIV calls AI a threat to human dignity but stops short of questioning an industry designed to automate human tasks.
Why Reports of Sociology’s Public Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
Valeria Pulignano and Paul Stewart
Sociology has not surrendered its public voice to philosophy. It has lost the illusion that it speaks from nowhere.
Europe’s Graduate Glut Collides With The AI Disruption
Odysseas Konstantinakos and Luca Cigna
Record applications to the EU civil service reveal saturated labour markets, a hollowed-out state and a generation exposed to automation.
Taking the Battle for Human Attention Seriously
The battle for human attention has become the defining geopolitical and democratic contest of the digital age.
Social Rights: The View from the Council of Europe
During the High-level Conference on Social Rights this month in Chișinău, Alain Berset, secretary general of the Council of Europe, gave an exclusive interview to Social Europe.
The Locked-Out Generation: Europe’s Housing Market Is Failing Its Young
Across the continent, soaring prices and stagnant supply have turned homeownership into a mirage for many young Europeans
Will Democracy Govern Capitalism — or Be Consumed by It?
Joseph Stiglitz and Jayati Ghosh
Taxing extreme wealth and multinationals is essential to defeating “21st-century Caesarism” and reclaiming democratic governance from the global elite.
How Europe Can Finally Deliver on Its Promise to Children
Dominic Afscharian and Torben Fischer
Nearly a quarter of EU children face poverty—member states must learn from each other’s policy successes.
Trump Has Abandoned the World
Gordon Brown emphasizes that America’s withdrawal from 66 international organizations is at odds with global public opinion.
Don’t Mourn, Organise: Europe’s Path Through Global Turbulence
Judith Kirton-Darling and Isabelle Barthès
As geopolitical threats mount and the far right advances, Europe must respond with principled strength and genuine industrial renewal.
Looking Into 2026: The Year That Could Be
A decade after Brexit and Donald Trump’s first election to the US presidency, states are increasingly isolated from one another. Yet even without cause for optimism, one can – and must – muster hope.
The Geopolitics of Knowledge: Why Europe Must Reinvest in Its Universities
To compete in the twenty-first century’s knowledge economy, Europe must transform its higher education system into a strategic powerhouse.
Domination Without Order: How Libertarianism Betrays the Freedom of the Other
The libertarian promise of freedom masks a darker reality: absolute liberation for the few means domination for the many.
Belgium’s Workers Rise Against Austerity as Government Doubles Down on Cuts
Historic protests and escalating strikes challenge a coalition determined to slash social protections while boosting corporate subsidies.