
The Strange Origin of AI’s ‘Reasoning’ Abilities
It involves 4chan, of all places.
Atlantic writers help you wrap your mind around artificial intelligence and a new machine age.

The first in a wave of legal cases alleging that social media is dangerously addictive is now on trial.

The White House took 12 hours to remove a video depicting the former president and his wife as apes.

Prediction markets are turbocharging America’s obsession with sports gambling.

Moltbook is the chaotic future of the internet.

Even the administration’s budget proposals read like Truth Social posts.

Using LLMs to talk with your friends is efficient. It’s also bad etiquette.

According to some predictions, 2026 is the year that an all-powerful AI will arrive.

The chaotic end to the files’ release is really just a beginning.

The Model S deserved better than this.

Go to a small liberal-arts college if you can.