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No one is ready for what Elon Musk’s platform could look like on Tuesday.
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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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It May Be Time to Panic About AI
Bots are starting to conspire with one another. Can they be reeled back in?
A Chatbot-Free Childhood Will Be a Status Symbol
AI is like ultra-processed food for developing brains.
The One Town That Wants a Data Center
The YIMBYism of Jay, Maine
Google Just Ruined One of Its Most Important Tools
Google Earth was a boon for researchers—and then came the deepfakes.
Something Weird Is Happening in Math
Why one of the world’s best mathematicians is joining OpenAI
The Return of ‘Move Fast and Break Things’
The AI industry is getting sloppier.
The Worst Way to Regulate AI
Abdicating power over the technology to this or any White House would be a mistake.
Automation Led to Economic Misery. AI Doesn’t Have To.
How to make AI work for workers
Is This What Comes After AI Slop?
Daggermouth could be the first best-selling novel partly written by a chatbot.
Why Would Meta Download So Much Porn?
Filings from a recent lawsuit allege that the tech company accessed—and distributed—copyrighted adult films, blueprints for 3-D-printable handguns, celebrity deepfakes, and more.