Brian Merchant

Brian Merchant is a writer based in Los Angeles. He’s the author of The One Device, the book Blood in the Machine, and the newsletter of the same name.

AI as Bubble

AI Is the Bubble to Burst Them All

Oct 27, 2025 6:00 AM

Control Alt Escape

He Made a Movie About Humans Rising Up Against AI. Now He’s Doing the Real Thing

Aug 12, 2024 2:44 PM

Cookie Monster

This Machine Exposes Privacy Violations

Jul 24, 2024 6:30 AM

Mass Effect

AI Is Already Taking Jobs in the Video Game Industry

Jul 23, 2024 7:00 AM

privacy

How Email Open Tracking Quietly Took Over the Web

Dec 11, 2017 7:00 AM

China

The secret black-market afterlife of the iPhone

Jun 28, 2017 4:30 AM