He Wanted to Save Children. Instead, He Unleashed Chaos.
The American tragedy of Edgar Maddison Welch
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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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Why Wouldn’t Google Tell Me Who Won the 2020 Election?
The world’s most popular AI tool dodged a consequential question.
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AI Is Running Laps Around Our Political System
The technology is moving faster than elected officials can handle—and Anthropic’s CEO says the industry should slow down.
The AI Pandemic Isn’t On Its Way
Yet plenty of others might be, thanks to evolution.
The Original Sin of AI
The harms of chatbots are clear enough to do something about them now.
The Thrill of Wanting AI to Destroy the World
An Anthropic researcher quit his job because he believes AI will destroy humanity. His story is going viral because so many others want to believe too.
Medicine Needs to Get Serious About AI
Let the robots try being doctors.
AI Is Already Changing What It Means to Be Human
As we learn to think more and more highly of the bots, we will learn to think less and less highly of our fellow humans.
Why I Want More AI at Dartmouth
Universities that hide from the technology will merely secure their irrelevance.
There’s No Such Thing as an AI ‘Lab’
The term lends an air of scientific rigor to what are really billion-dollar corporations.
OpenAI Wants to Talk About The Federalist Papers
The AI giant is worried about what all-powerful bots could mean for our constitutional rights.
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The Dead-Internet Theory Is Back
Am I talking to you, or ChatGPT?