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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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There Are Too Many Apps for That
An extraordinary number of vibe-coded apps are flooding the market. Is anyone actually using them?
What Should You Do With Your Money in the Age of AI?
Financial tips for AI doomers (and accelerationists)
A Mathematician Reads the AI Future
My field is as much an expression of the human spirit as music and literature. Is it for the machines now?
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Atlantic writers help you wrap your mind around artificial intelligence and a new machine age.
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The Myth of Safe AI
Silicon Valley promises to make AI benevolent. That may be technically impossible.
America Is About to See What Happens When Voters Turn to AI
Chatbots are adding a new layer of chaos ahead of the midterms.
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Read This Website While You Still Can
Parts of the internet are going dark to protect against a newly discovered vulnerability.
The Data-Center Rebellion Is Just Beginning
Infrastructure that once flew under the radar is now the subject of national and global outrage.
The Paradox of African Writing and AI
A past winner of the Caine Prize draws a hard lesson from the controversy over its latest recipient.
You Can Believe Everything
What do Elizabeth Holmes and Elon Musk’s flying car have in common?
Americans Are Spending More Money to Drive Worse Cars
If high gas prices won’t persuade drivers to go electric, what will?
Why the Internet Needs a Memory
Publishers have every right to challenge businesses that exploit their work—but the Wayback Machine has become collateral damage.
The Blog Post That Set the AI World on Fire
An incendiary post from a prominent researcher suggests that AI is actually more predictable than we thought.
AI Agents Are Here. Nobody’s Ready.
They were supposed to make our lives easier. Now they’re wreaking havoc on the internet.