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Are humanoid robots all hype?
Podcast
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AI is making them better — but they’re not going to be doing your chores anytime soon.

By Avishay Artsy and Sean Rameswaram
Are humanoid robots all hype?
Podcast
Podcasts

AI is making them better — but they’re not going to be doing your chores anytime soon.

By Avishay Artsy and Sean Rameswaram
Future Perfect
The old tech that could help stop the next airborne pandemicThe old tech that could help stop the next airborne pandemic
Future Perfect

Glycol vapors, explained.

By Shayna Korol
Future Perfect
Elon Musk could lose his case against OpenAI — and still get what he wantsElon Musk could lose his case against OpenAI — and still get what he wants
Future Perfect

It’s not about who wins. It’s about the dirty laundry you air along the way.

By Sara Herschander
Technology
The rise of artificial intelligence, explainedThe rise of artificial intelligence, explained
Technology

Understand how ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion, and DALL-E are transforming our world — from text and image generation to how we live and work.

By Shira Tarlo

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Life
Why banning kids from AI isn’t the answerWhy banning kids from AI isn’t the answer
Life

What kids really need in the age of artificial intelligence.

By Anna North
Culture
Anthropic owes authors $1.5B for pirating work — but the claims process is a Kafkaesque messAnthropic owes authors $1.5B for pirating work — but the claims process is a Kafkaesque mess
Culture

“Your AI monster ate all our work. Now you’re trying to pay us off with this piece of garbage that doesn’t work.”

By Constance Grady
Future Perfect
Some deaf children are hearing again because of a new gene therapySome deaf children are hearing again because of a new gene therapy
Future Perfect

A medical field that almost died is quietly fixing one disease at a time.

By Bryan Walsh
Health
A major new study found AI outperformed doctors in ER diagnosis — but there’s a catchA major new study found AI outperformed doctors in ER diagnosis — but there’s a catch
Health

An Open AI model posted impressive results in emergency care. But we still need human doctors.

By Dylan Scott
Podcasts
Anthropic just made AI scarierAnthropic just made AI scarier
Podcast
Podcasts

Why the company’s new AI model is a cybersecurity nightmare.

By Dustin DeSoto and Sean Rameswaram
Politics
The Supreme Court will decide when the police can use your phone to track youThe Supreme Court will decide when the police can use your phone to track you
Politics

Chatrie v. United States asks what limits the Constitution places on the surveillance state in an age of cellphones.

By Ian Millhiser
Future Perfect
The simple question that could change your careerThe simple question that could change your career
Future Perfect

Making a difference in the world doesn’t require changing your job.

By Bryan Walsh
Technology
The case for AI realismThe case for AI realism
Technology

AI isn’t going to be the end of the world — no matter what this documentary sometimes argues.

By Shayna Korol
Politics
OpenAI’s oddly socialist, wildly hypocritical new economic agendaOpenAI’s oddly socialist, wildly hypocritical new economic agenda
Politics

The AI company released a set of highly progressive policy ideas. There’s just one small problem.

By Eric Levitz
Future Perfect
Human bodies aren’t ready to travel to Mars. Space medicine can help.Human bodies aren’t ready to travel to Mars. Space medicine can help.
Future Perfect

Protecting astronauts in space — and maybe even Mars — will help transform health on Earth.

By Shayna Korol
Podcasts
The importance of space toilets, explainedThe importance of space toilets, explained
Podcast
Podcasts

Houston, we have a plumbing problem.

By Peter Balonon-Rosen and Sean Rameswaram
What happened when they installed ChatGPT on a nuclear supercomputer
Technology

How they’re using AI at the lab that created the atom bomb.

By Joshua Keating
Future Perfect
Humanity’s return to the moon is a deeply religious missionHumanity’s return to the moon is a deeply religious mission
Future Perfect

Space barons like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk don’t seem religious. But their quest to colonize outer space is.

By Sigal Samuel
Podcasts
Why people are having such strong reactions to Lindy West’s new memoirWhy people are having such strong reactions to Lindy West’s new memoir
Podcast
Podcasts

The book has left many readers feeling baffled and disappointed.

By Kelli Wessinger and Noel King
Podcasts
The contradiction at the heart of OpenAIThe contradiction at the heart of OpenAI
Podcast
Podcasts

Can OpenAI serve humanity — and investors?

By Danielle Hewitt and Sean Rameswaram
Politics
Courts are finally punishing Big Tech for harming kids. Here’s the catch.Courts are finally punishing Big Tech for harming kids. Here’s the catch.
Politics

The legal breakthrough that could reshape social media — for better or worse.

By Eric Levitz
Future Perfect
Hey Google, stop trying to write my emails!Hey Google, stop trying to write my emails!
Future Perfect

How AI-generated email creates a synthetic version of you.

By Marina Bolotnikova
Podcasts
We’re entering dangerous territory with AIWe’re entering dangerous territory with AI
Podcast
Podcasts

The AI hype is real. We’re not prepared for what’s next.

By Sean Illing
Politics
The Supreme Court is scared it’s going to break the internetThe Supreme Court is scared it’s going to break the internet
Politics

This is a good thing.

By Ian Millhiser
The Highlight
4 reasons why AI (probably) won’t take your job4 reasons why AI (probably) won’t take your job
The Highlight

What the AI jobs panic is missing.

By Eric Levitz
Future Perfect
What baseball’s “robot umpires” tell us about the future of workWhat baseball’s “robot umpires” tell us about the future of work
Future Perfect

Can MLB split the difference between humans and machines?

By Bryan Walsh
Podcasts
How Iran’s cheap drones are changing warfareHow Iran’s cheap drones are changing warfare
Podcast
Podcasts

The drone math giving Iran an edge, explained.

By Hady Mawajdeh and Noel King
Future Perfect
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI for betraying its mission. He has a point.Elon Musk is suing OpenAI for betraying its mission. He has a point.
Future Perfect

The battle over what OpenAI owes the public.

By Sara Herschander
Technology
The internet fractured reality. AI might put it back together.The internet fractured reality. AI might put it back together.
Technology

How chatbots could reverse social media’s worst consequence.

By Eric Levitz
Climate
How gas prices might drive more people to switch to an EVHow gas prices might drive more people to switch to an EV
Climate

And the magic number when owning an EV starts to pay off.

By Tik Root
Podcasts
These coders want AI to take their jobsThese coders want AI to take their jobs
Podcast
Podcasts

Vibe coding and what it means for the future of programming, explained.

By Ariana Aspuru and Sean Rameswaram
Future Perfect
4 ways people try to make their lives meaningful — and the one that works best for you4 ways people try to make their lives meaningful — and the one that works best for you
Future Perfect

A new theory about why human beings evolved the need to feel purpose.

By Sigal Samuel
Future Perfect
150 years ago, nine words changed the world150 years ago, nine words changed the world
Future Perfect

Why the telephone is the most important technology you’ve stopped thinking about.

By Bryan Walsh
Future Perfect
The AI threat costing Americans $16.6 billion a yearThe AI threat costing Americans $16.6 billion a year
Future Perfect

AI is already a weapon of mass fraud.

By Bryan Walsh
Podcasts
The influencer circus around Nancy Guthrie’s homeThe influencer circus around Nancy Guthrie’s home
Podcast
Podcasts

Are they harming the investigation — or just doing the same thing as CNN?

By Kelli Wessinger and Sean Rameswaram
Technology
Teen boys are using ChatGPT as their wingman. What could go wrong?Teen boys are using ChatGPT as their wingman. What could go wrong?
Technology

AI is teaching teenagers about love now.

By Anna North
Podcasts
How the US might be using AI in IranHow the US might be using AI in Iran
Podcast
Podcasts

Are Claude and ChatGPT helping the US fight a war?

By Peter Balonon-Rosen and Sean Rameswaram
Future Perfect
The biggest drawback of driverless carsThe biggest drawback of driverless cars
Future Perfect

Driverless cars could save thousands of lives. They might also break our cities.

By Marina Bolotnikova
Politics
The AI industry’s civil warThe AI industry’s civil war
Politics

What Anthropic and OpenAI really believe.

By Eric Levitz
Future Perfect
The one question everyone should be asking after OpenAI’s deal with the PentagonThe one question everyone should be asking after OpenAI’s deal with the Pentagon
Future Perfect

The US said we can’t afford to let a surveillance state like China win the AI race. Well...

By Sigal Samuel
Politics
Trump’s Iran war is uniting a strange new anti-war allianceTrump’s Iran war is uniting a strange new anti-war alliance
Politics

How Trump might finally be breaking the manosphere.

By Christian Paz
Politics
The nuclear nightmare at the heart of the Trump-Anthropic fightThe nuclear nightmare at the heart of the Trump-Anthropic fight
Politics

Should we trust Claude to stop a missile attack?

By Joshua Keating
Technology
This is AI’s actual endgameThis is AI’s actual endgame
Technology

Science fiction promised us humanoids. Do we even want them?

By Adam Clark Estes
Politics
Why Wall Street panicked over a sci-fi blog postWhy Wall Street panicked over a sci-fi blog post
Politics

An AI doom scenario so compelling, it shaved billions off the stock market.

By Eric Levitz
Life
How to use AI for your taxes — and how not to use itHow to use AI for your taxes — and how not to use it
Life

Don’t let ChatGPT do your taxes. But do let it help.

By Adam Clark Estes