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Artificial Intelligence
China’s Robots vs. America’s Chatbots
The U.S. could spend a trillion dollars on data centers and still lose the real AI war.
Patrick McGee
Grok Is Making Porn from People’s Pictures
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X means anyone can digitally undress a picture of you. That’s illegal. So why is no one getting punished?
River Page
Niall Ferguson: Maduro’s Capture Takes Us Back to the Future
Interventions in Latin America. Tariffs. Antisemitism. Socialism. Corruption. Vaccines. Arms races. Welcome to the politics of 1900.
Niall Ferguson
A Flashing Warning for the Economy
As the U.S. becomes a source of disorder, investors turn to silver and gold.
Tyler Cowen
What We Learned This Year
Allie Beth Stuckey, Amanda Knox, H.R. McMaster, Natan Sharansky, Vinay Prasad, Emily Oster, and others on their takeaways from 2025.
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Man over Machine: Why AI Firms Are Hiring Writers
AI may eventually render writers obsolete, but for now, tech companies prefer man-made words to chatbots.
Maya Sulkin
Will AI Erotica Make Us Less Lonely, or More?
‘Our community is amazing,’ says the founder of Janitor AI, where 15 million users can build erotic fantasy worlds with AI companions.
Evan Gardner
AI Is No Way to Revive the Dead
A controversial new company promises to let us speak to dead loved ones. It cheapens our relationships with the living.
Peter Savodnik
Is AI a Bubble? Not So Fast.
It’s far too early to say if AI is a bubble. But the technology’s power to transform society means that believing it’s a bubble can be something of a…
Tyler Cowen
Niall Ferguson: OpenAI’s House of Cards
AI may be driving markets and GDP growth. But Sam Altman’s hype is pure Roaring ’20s.
Niall Ferguson
The Cruelty of the TikTok Prank
What used to be a harmless joke has become a mutant strain of content—humiliating, dangerous, morally unmoored, and effortless.
Sascha Seinfeld
Letters to the Editor: The Right’s Reckoning
Readers discuss how the right should respond to its radicals, the secret to Mamdani’s success, the ethics of AI, and more.
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