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The AI Detection Arms Race Is On—and College Students Are Building the Weapons

To Catch a Bot

The AI Detection Arms Race Is On—and College Students Are Building the Weapons

Christopher Beam

Sundar Pichai on Google’s AI, Microsoft’s AI, OpenAI, and … Did We Mention AI?

The Big Interview

Sundar Pichai on Google’s AI, Microsoft’s AI, OpenAI, and … Did We Mention AI?

Steven Levy

The End of Burning Man Is Also Its Future

flame on

The End of Burning Man Is Also Its Future

Alden Wicker

Unhinged Conspiracies, AI Doppelgangers, and the Fractured Reality of Naomi Klein

The Big Interview

Unhinged Conspiracies, AI Doppelgangers, and the Fractured Reality of Naomi Klein

Kate Knibbs

What OpenAI Really Wants

COME IN PEACE

What OpenAI Really Wants

Steven Levy

She Sacrificed Her Youth to Get the Tech Bros to Grow Up

Empathy Exam

She Sacrificed Her Youth to Get the Tech Bros to Grow Up

Lexi Pandell

How to Use AI to Talk to Whales—and Save Life on Earth

Big Whup

How to Use AI to Talk to Whales—and Save Life on Earth

Camille Bromley

Beauty Filters Aren’t Trying to Fool Anyone

Face Forward

Beauty Filters Aren’t Trying to Fool Anyone

Charlotte Shane

The World Is Going Blind. Taiwan Offers a Warning, and a Cure

Looking Ahead

The World Is Going Blind. Taiwan Offers a Warning, and a Cure

Amit Katwala

The Dark History Oppenheimer Didn’t Show

Raw Materials

The Dark History Oppenheimer Didn’t Show

Ngofeen Mputubwele

To Navigate the Age of AI, the World Needs a New Turing Test

Hello, other mind

To Navigate the Age of AI, the World Needs a New Turing Test

Ben Ash Blum

Grimes on Living Forever, Dying on Mars, and Giving Elon Musk Ideas for His Best (Worst) Tweets

big interview

Grimes on Living Forever, Dying on Mars, and Giving Elon Musk Ideas for His Best (Worst) Tweets

Steven Levy

The Cloud Is a Prison. Can the Local-First Software Movement Set Us Free?

Post-Docs

The Cloud Is a Prison. Can the Local-First Software Movement Set Us Free?

Gregory Barber

Uber’s CEO Says He’ll Always Find a Reason to Say His Company Sucks

Big Interview

Uber’s CEO Says He’ll Always Find a Reason to Say His Company Sucks

Steven Levy

The Real Reason Steph Curry Is So Damn Good

Big Interview

The Real Reason Steph Curry Is So Damn Good

Hemal Jhaveri

The AI-Powered, Totally Autonomous Future of War Is Here

Bot Voyage

The AI-Powered, Totally Autonomous Future of War Is Here

Will Knight

The Dark Secrets Buried at Red Cloud Boarding School

What Lies Beneath

The Dark Secrets Buried at Red Cloud Boarding School

Rowan Moore Gerety

Meet the Psychedelic Boom’s First Responders

Reality Check

Meet the Psychedelic Boom’s First Responders

Chris Colin

The Night 17 Million Precious Military Records Went Up in Smoke

Burn Notice

The Night 17 Million Precious Military Records Went Up in Smoke

Megan Greenwell

Boots Riley Says a ‘Gentler Capitalism’ Won’t Save Society

Backchannel

Boots Riley Says a ‘Gentler Capitalism’ Won’t Save Society

Jason Parham