Newly released federal records contain surprising Massachusetts connections involving Ghislaine Maxwell, a Quincy developer, law-enforcement database records and allegations sent to federal investigators. The documents do not prove a Massachusetts conspiracy, but they raise important questions about power, policing, prosecutorial independence and who investigates whom.

Boston police are now using artificial intelligence to monitor public social media — including tools that can analyze “sentiment.” Finding what someone wrote is one thing. Asking AI to decide whether those words are hostile, aggressive or dangerous is something else entirely.