Reading List 06/06/26

Can AI really spot the next football superstar – or is it changing the game in troubling ways?

Technology increasingly promises to make talent identification more efficient and more objective. But can talent can be reduced to numbers and can AI be bias-free?

We ran 100,000 computer simulations of the World Cup. And the winner will be …

Data science and machine learning algorithms can help us form probabilistic forecasts of things like sporting events.

My Queasy, Forest-Scented Stroll Through LA’s New AI Art Museum

Refik Anadol’s Dataland is a whirling, glaring, hyper-stimulating audio-visual-olfactory voyage that has more in common with Disneyland.

Lit Hub Daily: June 9, 2026

How remaining unmarried allowed Muriel Spark’s “intellectual monster” to run free. | Lit Hub Biography Dave Eggers talks to Jane Ciabattari about writing a novel that understands visual artists (as a visual artist). | Lit Hub In Conversation Books by

The quiet push to shield pesticide makers from lawsuits

How Big Tobacco Marketing Made it into Our Lunch Boxes

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