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Flavored Vapes Can Save Lives
High schoolers have turned away from vaping and smoking, so obsessing over flavored e-cigarettes is a waste of time.
Joe Nocera
Anthropic Doesn’t Decide Our Military’s Rules of Engagement
Tech companies should focus on protecting our soldiers, not fighting the Pentagon.
Ben Van Roo
Inside the Online Anti-Indian Hate Factory
A study traces the explosion of anti-Indian rhetoric on social media, including 24,000 posts that were viewed over 300 million times.
Tanner Nau
Taiwan Can Rescue the World from China
Taiwanese companies ignited China’s economic miracle. Now they can do it for the rest of the world.
Patrick McGee
Who’s Excited to Be Replaced By AI? These Guys!
At New York City’s inaugural ClawCon, those attempting to automate their lives gathered to dream of a utopia without work, where humans can just drink…
Evan Gardner
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 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
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
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
An AI Breakthrough that Will Go Down in History
If you think artificial intelligence has been advancing fast, just watch what happens as AIs start building their own code.
Tyler Cowen
How to Be Human
Go outside, say yes to things, be scared and excited and uncomfortable. Feel your hands shake before you speak, your legs ache after a long day, your…
Freya India
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