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.
Artificial Intelligence
The dawn of a new machine age.
The Allbirds Pivot Is a Terrible Idea … Right?
Its turn to AI could be an escape hatch for a company with nothing to lose.
AI’s Next Frontier: People Skills
Imagine a chatbot that actually knows how to talk to you.
A New Kind of Hybrid Car Is About to Hit America’s Streets
The car industry says it has an answer for drivers wary of going electric.
The AI Industry Is Stuck on One Very Specific Way to Use a Chatbot
OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft are dying to help plan your next trip.
Neal Stephenson’s Most Stunning Prediction
The sci-fi legend coined the term metaverse. But he was most prescient about our AI age.
The New Luddites Aren’t Backing Down
Activists are organizing to combat generative AI and other technologies—and reclaiming a misunderstood label in the process.
The Real AI Weapons Are Drones, Not Nukes
Hollywood imagined that computers would launch a nuclear missile, but self-guided aircraft are what’s truly changing the nature of combat.
AI in Politics Is So Much Bigger Than Deepfakes
Presidential campaigns have long tailored their ads and emails to specific groups. Now any politician can.
Don’t Talk to People Like They’re Chatbots
AI could make our human interactions blander, more biased, or ruder.
ChatGPT’s FarmVille Moment
The immediate future of generative AI looks a bit like Facebook’s past.
The Flaw That Could Ruin Generative AI
A technical problem known as “memorization” is at the heart of recent lawsuits that pose a significant threat to generative-AI companies.
Plagiarism Is the Next ‘Fake News’
Something much simpler than generative AI is driving the new culture war.
What If We Held ChatGPT to the Same Standard as Claudine Gay?
The problem with generative AI is plagiarism, not copyright.