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He Wanted to Save Children. Instead, He Unleashed Chaos.
The American tragedy of Edgar Maddison Welch
The Epstein-Pizzagate Connection
The seminal conspiracy theory of the Trump era gets a facelift 10 years later.
The Long, Weird Tale of Comet Ping Pong
Whatever happened to the D.C. pizza place that became a target for the internet’s darkest obsessives?
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A Startling Glimpse at AI’s Ruthless Efficiency
The Hugging Face hack reveals that the web is in a vulnerable new era.
Where Did All the Computer-Science Professors Go?
AI companies are stripping universities of their best researchers.
The AI Bubble Is No Ordinary Bubble
Tech companies need to generate huge revenues fast, or the economy could be in trouble.
Silicon Valley Has Lost Its Biggest Advantage
In the data-center age, the business of tech companies is more like oil-refining than coding.
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The Truth About AI’s Water Use
It’s complicated—and it might not matter that much.
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Anthropic Accidentally Made the Perfect Commercial
How a 90-second ad encapsulates the AI industry
Generative AI Is an Engineering Disaster
A shockingly inefficient trillion-dollar project
The Most Famous AI Writing Tic Is Also the Most Mysterious
Why chatbots love “it’s not X, it’s Y”
A New Phase of the AI-Jobs Panic
Silicon Valley is making a show of helping prepare the country for AI layoffs.
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The Corner of Hollywood That’s Most Susceptible to AI
Animators are figuring out whether to fight or accept the new technology that’s coming for their jobs.