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Nicholas Carr: Is the Internet Making Us Stupid?

January 30, 2025

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Where Biden Turned the Battleship

January 17, 2025

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We’re All in ‘Dark Mode’ Now

January 2, 2025

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The Words That Stop ChatGPT in Its Tracks

Jonathan L. Zittrain

December 17, 2024

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Book Recommendations

Read These Six Books—Just Trust Us

December 11, 2024

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Atlantic Intelligence

What Breaking Up Google’s Search Monopoly Could Do to AI

November 29, 2024

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The Most Controversial Game on the Internet

November 28, 2024

A photo of Wyna Liu interposed on a jumbled Connections board

The AI War Was Never Just About AI

November 26, 2024

Interconnecting shapes in red, cyan, green, and yellow—Google's colors

The Case Against Spinning Off Chrome

November 22, 2024

The Death of Search

November 8, 2024

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The AI Boom Has an Expiration Date

October 17, 2024

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Revenge of the Office

October 2, 2024

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The Next Big Thing Is Still … Smart Glasses

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

October 1, 2024

Photograph of Meta's Orion smart glasses

Atlantic Intelligence

Four Theories That Explain AI Art’s Default Vibe

August 16, 2024

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Google Already Won

August 6, 2024

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Google Wins the Gold Medal for Worst Olympic Ad

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

July 30, 2024

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Whoops! The Internet Broke.

July 19, 2024

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Do Navigation Apps Think We’re Stupid?

July 4, 2024

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Google Is Turning Into a Libel Machine

June 21, 2024

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Google Is Playing a Dangerous Game With AI Search

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

May 24, 2024

The Toilet Theory of the Internet

May 17, 2024

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Atlantic Intelligence

Google and OpenAI Are Battling for AI Supremacy

May 15, 2024

The Horseshoe Theory of Google Search

May 14, 2024

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It’s the End of the Web as We Know It

Judith Donath and Bruce Schneier

April 22, 2024

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Did You Feel That?

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

April 5, 2024

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Why We Must Resist AI’s Soft Mind Control

March 8, 2024

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I Am in Cloud-Storage Hell

March 8, 2024

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The Deeper Problem With Google’s Racially Diverse Nazis

February 26, 2024

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Why It’s So Hard to Search Your Email

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

December 13, 2023

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Atlantic Intelligence

Generative AI Is Confusing Google

November 9, 2023

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AI Search Is Turning Into the Problem Everyone Worried About

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

November 6, 2023

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We Finally Have Proof That the Internet Is Worse

October 7, 2023

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The Tragedy of Google Search

September 22, 2023

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The Atlantic Daily

U.S. v. Google

September 7, 2023

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Would You Drive an Extra Five Minutes to Save the Planet?

August 3, 2023

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America Already Has an AI Underclass

July 26, 2023

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