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OpenAI

December 10, 2025

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Technology

OpenAI Is in Trouble

Matteo Wong

December 9, 2025

Culture

ChatGPT’s Self-Serving Optimism

Vauhini Vara

December 8, 2025

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Podcasts

When Chatbots Break Our Minds

Charlie Warzel

December 5, 2025

Technology

The Strange Disappearance of an Anti-AI Activist

Kaitlyn Tiffany

December 4, 2025

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Technology

The Chatbot-Delusion Crisis

Matteo Wong

December 4, 2025

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Technology

The People Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI

Lila Shroff

December 1, 2025

Technology

The World Still Hasn’t Made Sense of ChatGPT

Charlie Warzel

November 30, 2025

The Atlantic Daily

The Last Device You’ll Ever Need

Will Gottsegen

November 20, 2025

Technology

The New Brutality of OpenAI

Matteo Wong

November 10, 2025

Technology

The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here

Damon Beres

December 2025 Issue

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Technology

The Company Quietly Funneling Paywalled Articles to AI Developers

Alex Reisner

November 4, 2025

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Technology

Here’s How the AI Crash Happens

Matteo Wong and Charlie Warzel

October 30, 2025

Technology

A Tool That Crushes Creativity

Charlie Warzel

October 20, 2025

Books

Why So Many People Are Seduced by ChatGPT

Vauhini Vara

October 16, 2025

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Planet

A Surreal New Revelation About the L.A. Fires

Nancy Walecki

October 9, 2025

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The Atlantic Daily

The AI Money Vortex

Will Gottsegen

October 3, 2025

Technology

Move Fast and Break Nothing

Saahil Desai

October 2, 2025

Technology

The Alien Intelligence in Your Pocket

Webb Wright

October 1, 2025

Technology

AI’s Emerging Teen-Health Crisis

Kaitlyn Tiffany and Matteo Wong

September 18, 2025

Work in Progress

Just How Bad Would an AI Bubble Be?

Rogé Karma

September 7, 2025

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Technology

Do AI Companies Actually Care About America?

Matteo Wong

August 25, 2025

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Technology

The AI Takeover of Education Is Just Getting Started

Lila Shroff

August 12, 2025

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Technology

The New ChatGPT Resets the AI Race

Matteo Wong

August 7, 2025

Technology

ChatGPT Gave Instructions for Murder, Self-Mutilation, and Devil Worship

Lila Shroff

July 24, 2025

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Technology

Donald Trump Is Fairy-Godmothering AI

Matteo Wong

July 23, 2025

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Technology

Meta Swears This Time Is Different

Matteo Wong

July 18, 2025

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Artificial Intelligence

Sexting With Gemini

Lila Shroff

August 2025 Issue

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Technology

Elon Musk’s Grok Is Calling for a New Holocaust

Charlie Warzel and Matteo Wong

July 8, 2025

Technology

The AI Industry Is Radicalizing

Matteo Wong

July 8, 2025

A graphic illustration of an AI brain with one side splitting off into many branches.

Technology

The End of Publishing as We Know It

Alex Reisner

June 25, 2025

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Technology

The Entire Internet Is Reverting to Beta

Matteo Wong

June 18, 2025

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Technology

Good Taste Is More Important Than Ever

Nitin Nohria

June 10, 2025

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Technology

OpenAI Can Stop Pretending

Matteo Wong

May 30, 2025

Technology

OpenAI’s Ambitions Just Became Crystal Clear

Matteo Wong

May 21, 2025

Technology

‘We’re Definitely Going to Build a Bunker Before We Release AGI’

Karen Hao

May 15, 2025

A photo collage showing the eyes of Sam Altman, Benjamin Franklin as he appears on the 100 dollar bill, Ilya Sutskever and Mira Murati.

Sections

The Print Edition

Something Ominous Is Happening in the AI Economy

OpenAI Is in Trouble

ChatGPT’s Self-Serving Optimism

When Chatbots Break Our Minds

The Strange Disappearance of an Anti-AI Activist

The Chatbot-Delusion Crisis

The People Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI

The World Still Hasn’t Made Sense of ChatGPT

The Last Device You’ll Ever Need

The New Brutality of OpenAI

The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here

The Company Quietly Funneling Paywalled Articles to AI Developers

Here’s How the AI Crash Happens

A Tool That Crushes Creativity

Why So Many People Are Seduced by ChatGPT

A Surreal New Revelation About the L.A. Fires

The AI Money Vortex

Move Fast and Break Nothing

The Alien Intelligence in Your Pocket

AI’s Emerging Teen-Health Crisis

Just How Bad Would an AI Bubble Be?

Do AI Companies Actually Care About America?

The AI Takeover of Education Is Just Getting Started

The New ChatGPT Resets the AI Race

ChatGPT Gave Instructions for Murder, Self-Mutilation, and Devil Worship

Donald Trump Is Fairy-Godmothering AI

Meta Swears This Time Is Different

Sexting With Gemini

Elon Musk’s Grok Is Calling for a New Holocaust

The AI Industry Is Radicalizing

The End of Publishing as We Know It

The Entire Internet Is Reverting to Beta

Good Taste Is More Important Than Ever

OpenAI Can Stop Pretending

OpenAI’s Ambitions Just Became Crystal Clear

‘We’re Definitely Going to Build a Bunker Before We Release AGI’