The Strange Origin of AI’s ‘Reasoning’ Abilities
It involves 4chan, of all places.
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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?
The ChatGPT Symptom Spiral
Be careful asking chatbots about your health.
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A Never-Ending Conspiracy Theory in Remote Alaska
Why are some people convinced that nefarious experiments are happening at HAARP?
What Anthropic’s Clash With the Pentagon Is Really About
Who will take responsibility for the technology?
Insider Trading Is Going to Get People Killed
War markets are a national-security threat.
OpenAI Is Opening the Door to Government Spying
Whether it means to or not
A Technology for a Low-Trust Society
Polymarket and Kalshi promise the wisdom of the crowds. They deliver something very different.
Tesla’s Secret Weapon Is a Giant Metal Box
Elon Musk’s car company is quietly poised to power the AI boom.
A Dire Warning From the Tech World
Dean Ball, Trump’s former AI adviser, says that the targeting of Anthropic is just one piece of a much larger political breakdown.
Inside Anthropic’s Killer-Robot Dispute With the Pentagon
New details on precisely where the lines were drawn
What Happens to Anthropic Now?
The Trump administration is severing all ties with the “woke” AI firm.
How Meta Executives Talked About Child Safety Behind the Scenes
For years, employees acknowledged a problem with potential child groomers, but prioritized growth over fixes.