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Why Wouldn’t Google Tell Me Who Won the 2020 Election?

October 28, 2026

An illustration of Joe Biden's face that is buffering,

Who Said It: Marissa Mayer, or Odysseus?

Alexandra Petri

October 27, 2026

Illustration of Odysseus typing on computer

America Is About to See What Happens When Voters Turn to AI

October 22, 2026

An illustration of a glitchy "I voted" sticker.

Hi, I’m Your New Press Secretary, and It’s My First Time Reading Words Out Loud

Alexandra Petri

October 13, 2026

Katie Zacharia at the podium

The Missing Ingredient of Modern Life

October 2026 Issue

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Google Just Ruined One of Its Most Important Tools

July 31, 2026

A collage of false AI images showing explosions

Behind the Curtain at Google

July 31, 2026

A graphic illustration of host Charlie Warzel and podcast guest Claire Stapleton

The Millions of Songs Mashed Into AI-Generated Music

June 14, 2026

An animated illustration of musical notation being sucked into a vortex

Your Search Results Are Getting Sloptimized

June 10, 2026

A GIF of a glitching search bar

Deepfakes Are Coming for Your Bank Account

May 2, 2026

A fake ID made by AI

Claude Mythos Is Everyone’s Problem

April 9, 2026

A GIF of locks on top of the globe.

The Man Who Thought He Could Keep AI Safe

Sebastian Mallaby

March 29, 2026

Illustration with a black-and-white photograph of Demis Hassabis with green pixels behind him

What Is Twitter’s Legacy, 20 Years Later?

March 27, 2026

Image of Charlie Warzel side-by-side with Jason Goldman

A Legal Decision That Could Change Social Media

Kaitlyn Tiffany

March 25, 2026

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The Hypocrisy at the Heart of the AI Industry

March 20, 2026

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The Myspace Dilemma Facing ChatGPT

March 18, 2026

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The Fake Images of a Real Strike on a School

Mahsa Alimardani

March 13, 2026

An image of graves in Iran, distorted with fog and digital glitches.

A Reckoning for the Tech Right

January 27, 2026

An illustration of Tim Cook, Andy Jassy, and Sam Altman

Will Google Ever Have to Pay for Its Sins?

January 14, 2026

Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This

Charlie Warzel and Matteo Wong

January 13, 2026

Black-and-white photograph of Elon Musk wearing a suit and tie, looking up.

@Grok, Did Venezuela ‘Deserve It’?

Gary Marcus and Damon Beres

January 5, 2026

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The Roomba Was a Disappointment

December 17, 2025

A photo of a cat watching a Roomba on a carpet

I Am Time Magazine’s Person of the Year

December 11, 2025

A black-and-white aerial photo shows dozens of people walking across a large open plaza, their long shadows stretching diagonally across the ground. The scene is framed by a bold red border resembling a Time magazine cover, with the date “Dec. 29, 2025” printed at the top.

OpenAI Is in Trouble

December 9, 2025

Welcome to the Slopverse

November 26, 2025

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Chatbots Are Becoming Really, Really Good Criminals

November 25, 2025

Animation of a chatbot putting on a burglar outfit

The Criminal Enterprise Behind That Fake Toll Text

November 12, 2025

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The Perks of Morbid Curiosity

Coltan Scrivner

October 28, 2025

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The Age of De-Skilling

Kwame Anthony Appiah

October 26, 2025

An animation of hands playing a piano keyboard that turns into a computer keyboard.

Move Fast and Break Nothing

October 2, 2025

Photo-illustration of a Waymo car

Is This the End of the Dictionary?

October 2025 Issue

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YouTube’s Sneaky AI ‘Experiment’

August 22, 2025

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Don’t Believe What AI Told You I Said

August 15, 2025

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Meta Swears This Time Is Different

July 18, 2025

A photo of Mark Zuckerberg with a colorful mosaic over his face

The AI Mirage

July 14, 2025

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Artificial Intelligence

Sexting With Gemini

August 2025 Issue

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