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.
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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Shadowbanning Is Big Tech’s Big Problem
Social-media companies deny quietly suppressing content, but many users still believe it happens. The result is a lack of trust in the internet.
Why Hunter Biden’s Laptop Will Never Go Away
Could anything that happens with this laptop bring us closure?
Elon Musk Already Showed Us How He’ll Run Twitter
For a hint at how Twitter will fare under its new owner, consider how he operates his other enterprises.
The Elon Musk Placebo Effect
Even if Twitter’s new owner changes nothing about the site, it will still feel different.
The Puzzle That Will Outlast the World
One move down, 1,298,074,214,633,706,907,132,624,082,305,022 to go.
Doxxing Means Whatever You Want It To
The word once defined a category of behaviors. Now it expresses an emotion.
I Went Surfing in an Office Park
Artificial wave pools have gone mainstream—and they’re changing surf culture as we know it.
The Many, Many Beautiful Cartoon Women of Web3
Is everyone finally welcome in the crypto community—or is this just non-fungible tokenism?
Will Elon Musk Go Full Future-of-Civilization on Twitter?
Of all the things Musk says are good for humanity, this one is not like the others.
Elon Musk, Baloney King
The world’s richest man has invented a new way to disregard the truth.