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.
The Most Powerful Man in AI Isn’t Worried at All
Jensen Huang: not a doomer
Destroying Humanity Is Against the Law
Don’t wait for a mass-extinction event before holding AI developers accountable.
The Only Thing Capable of Uniting Bernie and Bannon
They both fear that AI could wipe out humanity.
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Math Can’t Go On Like This
AI just solved one of the world’s hardest math problems.
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Trump’s Position on AI Makes No Sense
If the president is so concerned about staying ahead in the AI race, why is he letting Chinese companies buy American chips?
What Trump’s Bizarre Posts Are Teaching Us About AI
The president’s recent Truth Social barrage of fake images reflects the dangers—for all of us—of virtual self-aggrandizement.
Trump’s See-No-Evil AI Policy
Lawmakers from both parties are worried. But the president isn’t listening.
Who Needs Regulation When Trump Is President?
The president is turning the charge of personalism into a promise.
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It’s All Fun and Games Until You Give AI Your Credit Card
AI personal assistants are now acting on people’s behalf in the real world—and all sorts of strange things are going wrong.
AI’s Code-Red Moment
Anthropic’s CEO warns that the makers of artificial intelligence “owe it to humanity to try” to slow down.