The Flip-Phone Cleanse
I spent a month with a group of people who aspire to a state of offline bliss.
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The dawn of a new machine age.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Endgame
The world’s richest man is accruing more power than ever before.
Is Hurry the Great Enemy of Spiritual Life?
Pastor John Mark Comer has won a massive audience by encouraging his followers to free themselves from the gnawing sense that there is always more to do.
The Allbirds Pivot Is a Terrible Idea … Right?
Its turn to AI could be an escape hatch for a company with nothing to lose.
The Tech That’s Radically Reimagining the Public Sphere
In her new book about facial recognition, Kashmir Hill shows how our expectations of privacy have been rewritten over the past few years.
A Tool to Supercharge Your Imagination
New technologies for making pictures can be prosthetics for your mind.
The White House Is Preparing for an AI-Dominated Future
President Biden’s big swing on AI is as impressive and confusing as the technology itself.
The Future of AI Is GOMA
Four companies are taking over everything.
AI Has a Hotness Problem
In the world of generated imagery, you’re either drop-dead gorgeous or a wrinkled, bug-eyed freak.
AI Is About to Photoshop Your Memories
The smartphone camera roll is a digital diary. What happens when the images inside are more perfect than real?
We Don’t Actually Know If AI Is Taking Over Everything
A test of AI transparency gave every major company an F.
Computers Are Learning to Smell
AI could revolutionize our understanding of one of the most mysterious human senses.
The New AI Panic
Washington and Beijing have been locked in a conflict over AI development. Now a new battle line is being drawn.
A Robot’s Nightmare Is a Burrito Full of Guac
Chipotle’s new machine can make a burrito bowl—and not much else.