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    How AI Hijacked the Venezuela StoryAI news slop is less about tricking people than feeling good.
    By John Herrman
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    How Elon Musk’s X Shapes the AI BoomLike it or not, the artificial-intelligence race is playing out on X. That fact has some big implications.
    By John Herrman
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    Gamers Are Extremely Mad About AIIn-game slop is widely despised, and now AI is driving up prices.
    By John Herrman
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    ChatGPT Got Your Attention. Now It’ll Do Anything to Keep It.The AI engagement wars are here. Get ready for a lot of glazing.
    By John Herrman
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    How AI Companies Are Simulating the Robot TakeoverShort on data and shut out of the web, tech companies are training in a replicated internet.
    By John Herrman
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    Watched, Tracked, and Targeted in GazaLife under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime.
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    Why Sam Altman Declared ‘Code Red’ at OpenAIWhat happens when the avatar of the AI boom loses its juice?
    By John Herrman
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    How Spam Ate American PoliticsScores of MAGA influencers on X have been caught posting — and monetizing — from abroad.
    By John Herrman
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    The Droids Taking Over One of England’s Strangest TownsWant a glimpse of our robot-filled future? Just go to Milton Keynes.
    By Joanna Kavenna
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    Inside the AI BubbleHow big tech’s big bets became everybody’s problem.
    By John Herrman
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    A Theory of DumbWhat if the cause of Americans’ collective cognitive decline is, simply, each other?
    By Lane Brown
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    The Global Internet Is Coming ApartMore and more countries are following China’s lead, limiting digital access and building their own “everything apps.”
    By John Herrman
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    Gambling Ate Sports Media. Is Politics Next?Prediction markets let you bet on news. Now they’re writing it, too.
    By John Herrman
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    ‘There’s Just No Reason to Deal With Young Employees’AI is taking entry-level jobs. What happens when Gen-Z-ers can’t start their careers?
    By James D. Walsh
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    Elon Musk’s Grokipedia Is a WarningThe centibillionaire’s Wikipedia clone is ridiculous. It’s also a glimpse of the future.
    By John Herrman
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    7 Reasons to Think Social Media Has PeakedThe platforms have big problems.
    By John Herrman
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    Humans Only: Why Amazon Is Mad About AI ShoppersThe new standoff between Amazon and Perplexity is a taste of the AI agent wars to come.
    By John Herrman
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    Why Sam Altman Really Wants You to Use OpenAI’s New BrowserThis isn’t just about taking on Chrome.
    By John Herrman
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    Why Is Amazon Watching Us?The retail giant just can’t help but monitor people!
    By John Herrman
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    Wikipedia Is Getting Pretty Worried About AIWikipedia content is everywhere, but fewer people are visiting the site.
    By John Herrman
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    Get Ready to See Yourself in AdsThanks to generative AI, the future may look like Minority Report.
    By John Herrman
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    Users Have One Big Problem With SoraIt turns out a TikTok for deep fakes needs an awful lot of rules.
    By John Herrman
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    Can an AI ‘Tinder for Jobs’ Make Looking for Work Suck Less?Maybe, but not before making it worse.
    By John Herrman
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    The Techno Optimist’s Guide to Futureproofing Your ChildAI doomers and bloomers are girding themselves for what’s coming — starting with their kids.
    By Benjamin Wallace
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    Sam Altman Is Trying to Manifest a New NvidiaThe booming AI industry wants more than one giant chip supplier.
    By John Herrman
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    The Big Advantage Humans Have Over AIArtificial-intelligence researcher Ethan Mollick says the robot job apocalypse isn’t happening anytime soon.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Sora and the Sloppy Future of AIWhat’s a little deep-fake shitposting between friends?
    By John Herrman
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    AI’s Go-for-Broke Regulation StrategyCompanies like OpenAI wants to bend the law in one area, then use it as a liability shield in another.
    By John Herrman
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    Sam Altman’s Plan to Turn ChatGPT Into a FeedWhat do you call a chatbot that talks first?
    By John Herrman
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    AI Investment Is Starting to Look Like a Slush FundEveryone is everyone else’s customer, investor, vendor, and partner. That could create problems.
    By John Herrman
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    We’re Finally Getting a Clearer Look at the Future of WearablesThe tech industry’s new pitch: Put down your phone, and put on all these other gadgets.
    By John Herrman
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    The AI Kids Take San FranciscoBrilliant, workaholic teenagers are flooding the city — and reshaping our future in their image.
    By Kerry Howley
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    Reddit Wants a Lot More Money From AI CompaniesGoogle and OpenAI are building empires on Reddit’s data. The platform would like a cut, please.
    By John Herrman
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    The TikTok Ban Was Never What It SeemedA strange and tortuous saga may end with Trump allies controlling another social-media platform.
    By John Herrman
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    What Has ChatGPT Become?New research tells us what people are really doing with their chatbots.
    By John Herrman
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    The AI-Scraping Free-for-All Is Coming to an EndThe web is tired of getting harvested for chatbots.
    By John Herrman
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    Finally, a New iPhone That’s InterestingApple ushers in the thin smartphone era.
    By John Herrman
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    The Brain-Rotting Dystopia of RobloxWhat if the world’s most beloved video-game app is turning children into mindless hyperconsumers?
    By Sam Biddle
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    How Investors Think AI Will Actually Make Money“Learn to code” is taking on new meaning in Silicon Valley.
    By John Herrman
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    Why Everything’s an AI ‘Agent’ NowThe fuzzy buzzword has quickly become an irresistible rebranding opportunity for companies trying to get in on the AI boom.
    By John Herrman
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    Suddenly, Silicon Valley Is Lowering AI ExpectationsSam Altman is talking bubbles now, and Eric Schmidt is over the term “AGI.”
    By John Herrman
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    How Meta Became Uniquely Toxic for Top AI TalentMark Zuckerberg’s nine-figure job offers were just one of multiple bad signs.
    By John Herrman
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    Maybe AI Chatbots Shouldn’t Flirt With ChildrenMeta’s track record with young users is bad. Will its chatbots be even worse?
    By John Herrman
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    Why Is Apple Planning to Make a Robot?The company has set the tech agenda for years. Now it’s playing catch-up.
    By John Herrman
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    What’s Going to Happen to TikTok?Trump wants a sale. He might also want control.
    By John Herrman
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    What’s the Deal With GPT-5?While OpenAI’s long-awaited new model may not impress everyone, there are still a few ways it’s a sign of things to come.
    By John Herrman
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    Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole InternetAround the world, more users are being asked the same question: Can we see some ID?
    By John Herrman
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    Mark Zuckerberg Finally Submits His AI ManifestoHe’s trying to wax poetic about the future like other AI CEOs. The result is both derivative and weird.
    By John Herrman
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    The AI Boom Is Expanding Google’s DominanceIt’s been good for Google, but at great cost to the company’s partners and the web.
    By John Herrman
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    Dating Apps Are Struggling to Reinvent ThemselvesBut how do you make an app for dating-app fatigue?
    By John Herrman
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