The Time Sam Altman Asked for a Countersurveillance Audit of OpenAI
Dario Amodei’s AI safety contingent was growing disquieted with some of Sam Altman’s behaviors. Shortly after OpenAI’s Microsoft deal was...
With AI Mode, Google Search Is About to Get Even Chattier
Last year, I wrote about how one of my articles, previously appearing at the top of search results, was swallowed...
Google’s AI Boss Says Gemini’s New Abilities Point the Way to AGI
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, says that reaching artificial general intelligence or AGI—a fuzzy term typically used to describe...
How Peter Thiel’s Relationship With Eliezer Yudkowsky Launched the AI Revolution
Two members of the Extropian community, internet entrepreneurs Brian and Sabine Atkins—who met on an Extropian mailing list in 1998...
‘A Billion Streams and No Fans’: Inside a $10 Million AI Music Fraud Case
Almost no one hits it big in music. The odds are so bad it’s criminal. But on a late spring...
Is He Really Mad at Me? Maybe ChatGPT Knows
Kate’s real-life therapist is not a fan of her ChatGPT use. “She's like, ‘Kate, promise me you'll never do that...
How to Watch Google I/O 2025
The apple blossoms are sprouting, the sun is finally rising before your alarm goes off, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai...
How to Win Followers and Scamfluence People
As soon as Format Boy answers the phone, I recognize his booming voice. I’ve spent weeks immersed in the influencer’s...
‘Fortnite’ Players Are Already Making AI Darth Vader Swear
On Friday, Epic Games announced Darth Vader would be returning to Fortnite as an in-game boss—but this time, players would...
OpenAI Launches an Agentic, Web-Based Coding Tool
OpenAI is launching a cloud-based software engineering agent called Codex in an attempt to ride a wave of hype surrounding...
