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‘I Let the AI Run My Life.’ Plus. . .
Donald Trump’s plan to make Gaza great again. Will Rahn’s plan to make snow days great again. Tough Love with Abigail Shrier. Sally Satel on why we’re…
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AI Took Control of My Life and I Love It
I gave it my passwords, my calendar, and my money. It gave me my life back.
Molly Cantillon
Eric Adams’ Cryptocurrency Made No Sense. That Was the Point.
Meme coins are supposed to make you feel dumb.
Mark Gimein
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
Two Drinks with . . . the Youngest Female Self-Made Billionaire
Kalshi co-founder Luana Lopes Lara has a net worth of $1.3 billion. She couldn’t care less.
Maya Sulkin
The Year the Celebrity Apology Died
Plus, pop stars came back, indie dramas flopped, and AI was everywhere.
Suzy Weiss
The Debunking of Oliver Sacks
Stories that seem too good to be true are usually, well, too good to be true.
Tyler Cowen
Is Social Media the New Big Tobacco?
A sprawling lawsuit alleges—with revealing internal documents—that the firms behind TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and other platforms knowingly fueled a…
Maya Sulkin and Frannie Block
Harems Are Back
Plus: Everything that’s wrong with the new Avatar movie.
Suzy Weiss
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
Revenge of the Climate Realists
For years, those who questioned the calamity of climate change were treated like pariahs. Now, their day of vindication has come.
Peter Savodnik
Big Tech Made Peace with Trump. Reid Hoffman Didn’t.
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman talks candidly about being targeted by the president.
Coleman Hughes
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