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Benj Edwards, Ars Technica

Benj Edwards is an AI and Machine Learning Reporter for Ars Technica. In his free time, he writes and records music, collects vintage computers, and enjoys nature. He lives in Raleigh, NC.

Writing Wrongs

A Wikipedia Group Made a Guide to Detect AI Writing. Now a Plug-In Uses It to ‘Humanize’ Chatbots

Jan 22, 2026 7:00 AM

Punch Line

A Computer Science Professor Invented the Emoticon After a Joke Went Wrong

Nov 21, 2025 7:00 AM

Hidden Gem

Arkansas Hosts the Planet’s Only Public Diamond Mine

Aug 20, 2025 10:29 AM

AI Therefore I Am

Why You Can’t Trust a Chatbot to Talk About Itself

Aug 14, 2025 5:00 AM

Goodbye

AOL Will Shut Down Dial-Up Internet Access in September

Aug 12, 2025 6:55 PM

A:\fly.exe

Air Traffic Control in the US Still Runs on Windows 95 and Floppy Disks

Jun 12, 2025 7:30 AM

Chat Botched

An AI Customer Service Chatbot Made Up a Company Policy—and Created a Mess

Apr 19, 2025 11:47 AM

bad vibes

An AI Coding Assistant Refused to Write Code—and Suggested the User Learn to Do It Himself

Mar 15, 2025 5:00 AM

turn back time

The $50 Million Movie Here De-Aged Tom Hanks With Generative AI

Nov 6, 2024 7:30 AM

doctored

OpenAI’s Transcription Tool Hallucinates. Hospitals Are Using It Anyway

Oct 30, 2024 8:00 AM

texas two-step

Some Mad Genius Put ChatGPT on a TI-84 Graphing Calculator

Sep 21, 2024 5:30 PM

fakes empire

Welcome to the Era of ‘Deep Doubt’

Sep 20, 2024 5:21 PM

open sesame

OpenAI Threatens to Ban Users Who Probe Its ‘Strawberry’ AI Models

Sep 17, 2024 7:00 PM

shine on

A Diamond-Making Machine Will Cost You $200,000 on Alibaba

Sep 12, 2024 7:30 AM

reality bytes

A Popular iOS Illustration App Is Saying No to Generative AI

Aug 22, 2024 3:41 PM

code break

Stack Overflow Users Are Revolting Against an OpenAI Deal

May 11, 2024 9:30 AM

buying power

Want to Buy a Decommissioned Supercomputer? Here’s Your Chance

May 2, 2024 5:07 PM

fire sale

Somehow This $10,000 Flame-Thrower Robot Dog Is Completely Legal in 48 States

Apr 24, 2024 5:30 PM

talk talk

OpenAI Can Re-Create Human Voices—but Won’t Release the Tech Yet

Mar 30, 2024 1:30 PM

Obits

Sci-Fi Author Vernor Vinge, Who First Wrote of the AI Singularity, Dead at 79

Mar 25, 2024 2:07 PM