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.
Claude Mythos Is Everyone’s Problem
What happens when AI can hack everything?
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One Giant Leap for Brand Kind
Companies are sending their products into orbit and plastering their logos on spacecraft. Will space ads dull our sense of wonder about the universe?
EVs Make Parking Even More Annoying
Drivers will have to share access to public chargers. That could get ugly.
The Future of Writing Is a Lot Like Hip-Hop
A new kind of literary curation will be the defining skill for the next era of human creativity.
How to Build (And Destroy) a Social Network
Status means everything to platforms like Twitter and Facebook. But contrary to what Elon Musk thinks, it doesn’t come from a blue checkmark.
The Free-Returns Party Is Over
Generous return policies lured Americans to online shopping. Now who pays?
The Billion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme That Hooked Warren Buffett and the U.S. Treasury
How a small-town auto mechanic peddling a green-energy breakthrough pulled off a massive scam
America Forgot About IBM Watson. Is ChatGPT Next?
The AI conquered Jeopardy before it was sanded down into business tools. The same trajectory is playing out again.
AI Is About to Make Social Media (Much) More Toxic
We must prepare now.
Bing Is a Trap
Tech companies say AI will expand the possibilities of searching the internet. So far, the opposite seems to be true.
The Goopification of AI
A new generation of chatbots is poised to become the next frontier of self-help—and could reveal the truth behind Americans’ obsession with lifestyle gurus.