
Wait—Laser Guns Are Real Now?
A staple of sci-fi and children’s entertainment is now being deployed by actual militaries in actual combat.

A staple of sci-fi and children’s entertainment is now being deployed by actual militaries in actual combat.

A few paths to success, many to failure

The pile-on of false accusations against Gavin Newsom is exactly what the right claims to condemn.

AI is too powerful and too new to be set free from human oversight.

When I became a father, I was forced to reckon with the emotion that consumed my days.

Even when companies vow to develop AI responsibly, geopolitics may force them to abandon that commitment.

Ann Godoff, who died this week, cared passionately about her writers—and much less about her own ego.

Presidential oratory once sought to elevate its audience, through high seriousness and artful rhetoric, but also by being high-minded and fair.

The president will need the Court to have a veneer of legitimacy for when it blesses other, more damaging parts of his agenda.

Our national project of elite impunity