What Happens if Trump Seizes AI Companies
The administration could exert much greater control over the industry—but just how far would it go?
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AI’s Next Frontier: People Skills
Imagine a chatbot that actually knows how to talk to you.
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The Strange Origin of AI’s ‘Reasoning’ Abilities
It involves 4chan, of all places.
Is Schoolwork Optional Now?
Education is on the verge of becoming fully automated.
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MAGA World Is Splintering
Following the riot at the Capitol, Trump supporters are having an existential crisis on Twitter.
‘Secure the Capitol’ Misses the Point
More roadblocks and police officers won’t stop the next attempted coup.
Trump’s Tweets Were Never Just Tweets
After the Capitol riot, Twitter had no defense for keeping the president on the platform.
The Dark Reality of Betting Against QAnon
The conspiracy theory has been tied to real-life danger—but before it entered the mainstream, one man stumbled upon Q in a game of political predictions.
The Internet Is Starting to Turn on MLMs
Multilevel-marketing companies rely on social media for recruiting. TikTok just became the first major platform to ban it.
Facebook Is a Doomsday Machine
The architecture of the modern web poses grave threats to humanity. It’s not too late to save ourselves.
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Why Is There Financing for Everything Now?
Are the new online services that allow you to buy jeans or shampoo in installments—interest-free—too good to be true?
Dressed for the Plague. No, Not This One.
Young people are weathering the pandemic by posting photos of themselves in 17th-century plague-doctor outfits.
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The Secret Internet of TERFs
After they were banned from Reddit, trans-exclusionary radical feminists became the latest of many toxic communities to simply build their own platform.
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Dry Ice Is Hotter Than Ever
Solid carbon dioxide has long been essential to manufacturing, food processing, and high-school theater. Now it’s a key part of the race to get America vaccinated.