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Taylor Swift, Star Wars, Stranger Things, and Deadpool Have One Man in Common

The Big Interview

Taylor Swift, Star Wars, Stranger Things, and Deadpool Have One Man in Common

Angela Watercutter

Watch This Guy Work, and You’ll Finally Understand the TikTok Era

Nouveau Niche

Watch This Guy Work, and You’ll Finally Understand the TikTok Era

Brendan I. Koerner

‘Someone Is Using Photos of Me to Talk to Men’

Save Yourself

‘Someone Is Using Photos of Me to Talk to Men’

Lindsay Jones

In the War Against Russia, Some Ukrainians Carry AK-47s. Andrey Liscovich Carries a Shopping List

Game of Drones

In the War Against Russia, Some Ukrainians Carry AK-47s. Andrey Liscovich Carries a Shopping List

Samanth Subramanian

Patrick Stewart Boldly Explores His Own Final Frontier

The Big Interview

Patrick Stewart Boldly Explores His Own Final Frontier

Gideon Lichfield

Scientists Have an Audacious Plan to Map the Ancient World Before It Disappears

Crypt Sweepers

Scientists Have an Audacious Plan to Map the Ancient World Before It Disappears

Geoff Manaugh

What If the Robots Were Very Nice While They Took Over the World?

PEACE TALKS

What If the Robots Were Very Nice While They Took Over the World?

Virginia Heffernan

Confessions of a Viral AI Writer

Author's Note

Confessions of a Viral AI Writer

Vauhini Vara

Crispr Pioneer Jennifer Doudna Has the Guts to Take On the Microbiome

The Big Interview

Crispr Pioneer Jennifer Doudna Has the Guts to Take On the Microbiome

Jennifer Kahn

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