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America Can’t Afford an AI Recession
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What the Economy Is Sacrificing to AI
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The Currency of the Journal Article Is Collapsing
As an editor I can say that we are being flooded with AI-assisted work.
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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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What Elon Musk’s Version of Wikipedia Thinks About Hitler, Putin, and Apartheid
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The Innovation That’s Killing Restaurant Culture
Delivery has turned America into a nation of order-inners.
My Quest to Find the East Wing Rubble
An entire part of the White House can’t just disappear.
The Pitfalls of Sleepmaxxing
Technology might help you sleep better, or go haywire.
You’re Getting ‘Screen Time’ Wrong
The first step to recovery is acceptance of this fact.
MAGA’s Next Top Influencer
Charlie Kirk’s death left a void on the right. Jack Posobiec looks better positioned than anyone to fill it.
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OpenAI Wants to Cure Cancer. So Why Did It Make a Web Browser?
The AI giant has lost its imagination.
A ‘Death Train’ Is Haunting South Florida
The Brightline has been hailed as the future of high-speed rail in the United States, but it has one big, unignorable problem.
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My Car Is Becoming a Brick
EVs are poised to age like smartphones.
A Tool That Crushes Creativity
AI slop is winning.