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 Dumb Truth at the Heart of the Epstein Scandal
When QAnon meets Veep
Why Hotel-Room Cancellations Disappeared
The age of travel flexibility is over.
The Criminal Enterprise Behind That Fake Toll Text
Beware the smishing triad.
The New Brutality of OpenAI
The company is pursuing aggressive legal tactics against its opponents.
The Opposite of Slop Politics
Zohran Mamdani ran an online campaign based on real people and a real message. It worked.
The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here
The social-media era is over. What’s coming will be much worse.
Why Students Are Obsessed With ‘Points Taken Off’
Students and professors are in a drawn-out battle over grade inflation. It may never end.
The Company Quietly Funneling Paywalled Articles to AI Developers
“You shouldn’t have put your content on the internet if you didn’t want it to be on the internet,” Common Crawl’s executive director says.
Enjoy CarPlay While You Still Can
The auto industry is at war with Apple.
The Firewall Against Nick Fuentes Is Crumbling
The white-supremacist influencer is entering the MAGA mainstream.