Who Needs Regulation When Trump Is President?
The president is turning the charge of personalism into a promise.
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Artificial Intelligence
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It’s All Fun and Games Until You Give AI Your Credit Card
AI personal assistants are now acting on people’s behalf in the real world—and all sorts of strange things are going wrong.
AI’s Code-Red Moment
Anthropic’s CEO warns that the makers of artificial intelligence “owe it to humanity to try” to slow down.
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AI Is Running Laps Around Our Political System
The technology is moving faster than elected officials can handle—and Anthropic’s CEO says the industry should slow down.
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It’s All Fun and Games Until You Give AI Your Credit Card
AI personal assistants are now acting on people’s behalf in the real world—and all sorts of strange things are going wrong.
AI’s Code-Red Moment
Anthropic’s CEO warns that the makers of artificial intelligence “owe it to humanity to try” to slow down.
Okay, Sure, a Folding iPhone
Apple needs to learn to take risks again.
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This Tiny E-Reader Is the Single Best Piece of Technology in Years
The $70 Xteink X3 puts Silicon Valley to shame.
There’s No Such Thing as an AI ‘Lab’
The term lends an air of scientific rigor to what are really billion-dollar corporations.
OpenAI Wants to Talk About The Federalist Papers
The AI giant is worried about what all-powerful bots could mean for our constitutional rights.
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The Dead-Internet Theory Is Back
Am I talking to you, or ChatGPT?
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The Singularity Is Not What It Seems
Whatever the AI future is, we’re in it right now.
We Are Living in the Fantasy World of 13-Year-Old Boys
Many of the tech billionaires who built our world have taken the wrong lessons from their favorite science fiction.
The AI Backlash Gets Professional
A new group is targeting tech companies and the government with the climate movement’s playbook.
