The Allbirds Pivot Is a Terrible Idea … Right?
Its turn to AI could be an escape hatch for a company with nothing to lose.
Artificial Intelligence
The dawn of a new machine age.
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 Guitar Sounds New Again
The grungy, extraterrestrial “Mk.gee tone” is everywhere and depends on a decades-old device.
AI’s Emerging Teen-Health Crisis
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman promises that parental controls and age verification are coming to ChatGPT—though the announcement is scant on specifics.
Grok’s Responses Are Only Getting More Bizarre
Elon Musk’s chatbot is a slow-motion train wreck.
AI Is Grown, Not Built
Nobody knows exactly what an AI will become. That’s very bad.
The Question All Colleges Should Ask Themselves About AI
How far are they willing to go to limit its harms?
Search Millions of YouTube Videos Used to Train Generative AI
Inside the data sets training new video-creating tools
AI Is Coming for YouTube Creators
At least 15 million videos have been snatched by tech companies.
I’m a High Schooler. AI Is Demolishing My Education.
The end of critical thinking in the classroom
Do AI Companies Actually Care About America?
“Democratic AI” is great branding for the Trump era.
A Better Way to Think About AI
Artificial intelligence is ready to collaborate. Why fixate on automation?
YouTube’s Sneaky AI ‘Experiment’
The video platform is quietly using AI to “improve clarity” in uploaded content. Why?