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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The Agony of Texting With Men
Many guys are bad at messaging their friends back—and it might be making them more lonely.
The Internet Is Worse Than a Brainwashing Machine
A rationale is always just a scroll or a click away.
We’re All in ‘Dark Mode’ Now
How light-on-black became a way of life
The MAGA Honeymoon Is Over
Silicon Valley and the nativist right worked together to elect Trump. Now the infighting has begun.
Hawk Tuah Wasn’t What It Seemed
What the meme of the year tells us about the state of online culture
The End of News
Legacy media has a trust problem, but it’s not too late to solve it.
Elon Musk’s X Endgame
The world’s richest man has become a new kind of oligarch.
An Autistic Teenager Fell Hard for a Chatbot
My godson was especially vulnerable to AI companions, and he is not alone.
A Gala for Right-Wing Revenge
The mood that dominated an annual soiree for the New York Young Republicans: gleeful promises of retribution for Trump’s perceived enemies.
The Pro-Eating-Disorder Internet Is Back
One of the thorniest content-moderation problems grows out of control on X.