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Why Did a $10 Billion Startup Let Me Vibe-Code for Them—and Why Did I Love It?

Code Monkey

Why Did a $10 Billion Startup Let Me Vibe-Code for Them—and Why Did I Love It?

Lauren Goode

AI Isn’t Coming for Hollywood. It's Already Arrived

Cut!

AI Isn’t Coming for Hollywood. It's Already Arrived

Zoë Schiffer

The Rise of the US Military’s Clandestine Foreign War Apparatus

Book Excerpt

The Rise of the US Military’s Clandestine Foreign War Apparatus

Seth Harp

Lisa Su Runs AMD—and Is Out for Nvidia’s Blood

chips ahoy

Lisa Su Runs AMD—and Is Out for Nvidia’s Blood

Lauren Goode

Psychedelic Therapy Crashed and Burned. MAHA Might Bring It Back

What a Trip

Psychedelic Therapy Crashed and Burned. MAHA Might Bring It Back

John Semley

Bryan Johnson Is Going to Die

Intv With a Vampire

Bryan Johnson Is Going to Die

Katie Drummond

There's Neuralink—and There's the Mind-Reading Company That Might Surpass It

Mind Control

There's Neuralink—and There's the Mind-Reading Company That Might Surpass It

Emily Mullin

The Next Thing You Smell Could Ruin Your Life

Full TILT

The Next Thing You Smell Could Ruin Your Life

Lexi Pandell

Does Anyone Know What ‘Wellness’ Means Anymore?

Beyond Wellness

Does Anyone Know What ‘Wellness’ Means Anymore?

Katie Drummond

Where Are All the AI Drugs?

Dose in the Machine

Where Are All the AI Drugs?

Veronique Greenwood

The Enshittification of American Power

Hegemonetize!

The Enshittification of American Power

Henry Farrell and Abraham L. Newman

Cloning Came to Polo. Then Things Got Truly Uncivilized

Ultra-rich

Cloning Came to Polo. Then Things Got Truly Uncivilized

Matt Reynolds

My Couples Retreat With 3 AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them

Prompt Daddy

My Couples Retreat With 3 AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them

Sam Apple

The Definitive, Insane, Swimsuit-Bursting Story of the Steroid Olympics

Drug Dealers

The Definitive, Insane, Swimsuit-Bursting Story of the Steroid Olympics

Amit Katwala

How Steve Jobs Wrote the Greatest Commencement Speech Ever

School's Out

How Steve Jobs Wrote the Greatest Commencement Speech Ever

Steven Levy

The Blind Leading the Gamers

Next Level

The Blind Leading the Gamers

Dexter Thomas

What Really Happened in the Aftermath of the Lizard Squad Hacks

Book Excerpt

What Really Happened in the Aftermath of the Lizard Squad Hacks

Joe Tidy

ICE Quietly Scales Back Rules for Courthouse Raids

Bearing Witness

ICE Quietly Scales Back Rules for Courthouse Raids

Dhruv Mehrotra and Dell Cameron

Demis Hassabis Embraces the Future of Work in the Age of AI

The Big Interview

Demis Hassabis Embraces the Future of Work in the Age of AI

Steven Levy

The Epic Rise and Fall of a Dark-Web Psychedelics Kingpin

Business Trip

The Epic Rise and Fall of a Dark-Web Psychedelics Kingpin

Andy Greenberg