AI’s Next Frontier: People Skills
Imagine a chatbot that actually knows how to talk to you.
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The Strange Origin of AI’s ‘Reasoning’ Abilities
It involves 4chan, of all places.
Is Schoolwork Optional Now?
Education is on the verge of becoming fully automated.
Claude Mythos Is Everyone’s Problem
What happens when AI can hack everything?
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The Great Language Flattening
Chatbots learned from human writing. Now it’s their turn to influence us.
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
AI Executives Promise Cancer Cures. Here’s the Reality
The technology is genuinely useful for scientific discovery, but its applications are less dramatic than you might think.
Tesla’s Remarkably Bad Quarter Is Even Worse Than It Looks
Reality is catching up with Elon Musk.
Who Reads Entire Lawsuits for Fun?
Celebrity legal disputes are juicier than gossip, less stressful than true crime, and unavoidable on social media.
The Great AI Lock-In Has Begun
OpenAI is coming of age.
The Gen Z Lifestyle Subsidy
In the 2010s, Millennials got cheap Ubers. Today’s young people are getting free SuperGrok.
One Simple Hack to Ruin Your Easter
The price of eggs has some online creators suggesting that potatoes are a suitable alternative. Please believe me, they are wrong.
What the Josh Shapiro Attack Reveals
Donald Trump condemns political violence only when he has nothing to gain from it.
A Disaster for American Innovation
The Trump administration is jeopardizing the AI boom.