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China has its own AI worries — but a robot apocalypse isn’t one of them.

China has its own AI worries — but a robot apocalypse isn’t one of them.


The addictive power of “live auction” shopping, explained.


We asked an etiquette expert how to use your phone around other people.


Understand how ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion, and DALL-E are transforming our world — from text and image generation to how we live and work.
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The White House sees a fast-growing AI school network as the future. But a conservative tech backlash is building.


Trump, Xi, and the UN are all talking AI this week. Here’s the question they need to answer.

Health insurers are deploying AI to deny claims — and putting people’s health at risk.


What Big Tech’s sci-fi dream reveals about the infrastructure America actually needs.


A physician explains how AI is helping in the doctor’s office and the lab.


The Pentagon wants AI models that can’t say no.

Claude, design a doomsday bioweapon. Make no mistakes.


Writer Jasmine Sun offers some clarity on the AI panic.


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David Sacks has clashed with safety advocates. He’s no fan of Anthropic or OpenAI. Here’s what he wants.


America’s infrastructure was already hackable. Then came AI.


Death is scary and all. But there are non-speculative problems with AI we should be addressing now.


AI can’t fix all the infrastructure aid cuts broke. But maybe it can help.

The AI risk debate has become pointlessly tribal. There’s a way out.


AI experts want guardrails. Trump wants to go full speed ahead.


The leaders of several AI companies called for new safeguards over the weekend. Here are three things government could do.


Warnings about AI killing many people, or everyone, are going viral. Here are 3 things the government could do.


There’s a bright side to the enshittification of everything.


It’s time to end the mandatory QR code.


And politicians can’t run away fast enough.


Screens have atrophied our reading muscles. Here’s how to get them back.


Why the social media giant is trying to rope its competitors into a settlement.


The AI buildout is bruised but still far from broken.


A high-stakes battle over the future of “killer robots” comes down to semantics.


It’s possible to harness technology while respecting an older person’s privacy and autonomy.


It offers a way to reset.


How the tech buildout became a defining midterm issue.


AI comes for the last real place on the internet.


Cloud storage is less permanent than it seems, and your favorite memories deserve to exist IRL.


How AI traffic cameras sparked a vigilante vandalism movement.


In the future, kids won’t receive anesthesia for minor surgeries. They’ll get put into virtual reality.


How can we reap AI’s benefits without melting our brains in the process?


The plight of owning “pervert glasses” when you’re not a pervert.

Apps like Indyx say they’ll help you shop less. They might be promising too much.


Why AI’s scariest-ever month made one leading pessimist more hopeful.


Iran almost certainly hacked into water systems in a dozen states. How scared should you be?

Silicon Valley’s newest billionaires have a plan to save the world.

