Alex Karp Goes to War
Palantir's CEO is good with ICE and says he defends human rights. But will Israel and Trump ever go too ...
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Millions Are Confessing Their Secrets to Chatbots. Is That Therapy?
I.Quentin in the DesertQuentin awoke on a thin mattress, beneath a collection of scavenged blankets, in an abandoned RV deep ...
Ed Zitron Gets Paid to Love AI. He Also Gets Paid to Hate AI
In his day job, Ed Zitron runs a boutique public relations firm called EZPR. This might surprise anyone who has ...
The Future of AI Filmmaking Is a Parody of the Apocalypse, Made by a Guy Named Josh
The AI kept getting things wrong. In one shot, Tiggy looked inexplicably jacked. In another, his back was too dry. ...
The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession
From a young age, Palaver was a peace activist, registering as a conscientious objector at 18 and then organizing against ...
I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong
Of course, Silicon Valley was never all flowers and psychedelics. “For all that it might flatter itself with counterculture roots, ...
Why Did a $10 Billion Startup Let Me Vibe-Code for Them—and Why Did I Love It?
Sitting a few feet away was Simon Last, one of Notion’s three cofounders. He is gangly and shy, an engineer ...
AI Isn’t Coming for Hollywood. It Has Already Arrived
Mostaque had answers for all of this, but investors lost confidence anyway. Four months after the article came out, VCs ...
There’s Neuralink—and There’s the Mind-Reading Company That Might Surpass It
Mark Jackson is playing a computer game with his mind. As he reclines in bed, three blue circles appear on ...
Bryan Johnson Is Going to Die
At first, the two bowls of fruit on Bryan Johnson’s kitchen island look perfect. They’re brimming with plump kiwis, hardy ...
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