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How Reality Destroyed Europe’s Green Energy Dreams
Just a few years ago, European economies were united in pushing for green energy at any cost—what changed?
Bjorn Lomborg
Why AI (Probably) Won’t Take Your Job
Doomsayers and tech accelerationists miss how automation makes us richer.
Charles Fain Lehman
Arthur Brooks: It’s 2028. AI Has Made You Much Happier.
The viral Citrini memo warned that artificial intelligence would crash the economy. But what if it does the opposite, freeing us from drudgery and…
Arthur Brooks
In the Pentagon Battle with Anthropic, We All Lose
AI companies and the government have followed informal principles to advance the industry and keep us safe. Pete Hegseth is putting that at risk.
Tyler Cowen
Will Robots Replace Women in the Bedroom?
Hardcore porn, OnlyFans, AI girlfriends, sex dolls—and all the reasons we’re not having sex
Rafaela Siewert
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Will AI Doom Us All? The Market Can't Decide
The Citrini memo, a viral essay, terrified investors who can’t decide if AI means human doom or salvation.
Bethany McLean
My Fully Automated Romance. Zuck’s Day in Court. Plus . . .
Confessions of a climate-change convert. A California camp where freedom reigns. A start-up that builds the American dream.
The Free Press
Mark Zuckerberg’s Courtroom Reckoning
In a Los Angeles courtroom, he tried to combat claims that Meta wants to keep teens chained to its apps.
Frannie Block and Maya Sulkin
Are We at an AI Precipice?
A viral essay argues AI is about to make most human work obsolete. We asked Noah Smith, Andrew Yang, Tyler Cowen, Gary Marcus, and others to weigh in.
The Editors
How America Blew It on EVs. The Trouble with Eileen Gu. Plus. . .
Tyler Cowen’s immigration test. Arthur Brooks explains why Gen Z is choosing OnlyFans over real relationships. And more.
The Free Press
The Car World Is Going Electric, Without America
After $50 billion in squandered investments, will U.S. auto companies finally get serious—or just watch while China wins?
Michael Dunne
You Are No Longer the Smartest Type of Thing on Earth
Rapidly advancing artificial intelligence means we may end up being one of the very last generations to remember what it was like for humans to be in…
Noah Smith
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