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AI scams are everywhere now. Here’s how to protect your family.
It’s hard to tell exactly when AI slop stopped being just a punchline involving Will Smith eating spaghetti and started feeling dangerous. That’s actually part of the problem.This year,...
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Anthropic should walk away from the AI race
We’re living through an AI-fueled “Black October,” and things are changing fast. Hackers are using AI to breach countless companies. AI tools have uncovered...
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How Chattanooga built some of America’s best internet
Most Americans hate their cable companies. But not the 200,000-odd residents of Chattanooga, Tennessee, a city nestled in the Appalachian foothills.For many people, the...
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Will AI take your job? You have more agency than you think
It feels like the skies above our AI-frenzied world have darkened in the past month. Employees at Anthropic and Google started quitting, citing fears...
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Do ChatGPT and Claude give good financial advice? Depends on what you ask
A complaint I hear a lot from my millennial peers is that our parents didn’t teach us enough about money. I can say that...
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AI agents like Muse and Instinct can do your tedious tasks. But should they?
If there’s one thing a busy person doesn’t need, it’s more information. More emails, more notifications, more infinite feeds — the steady drip of...
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AI “deadbot” chatbots can help us feel like we’re talking with the dead
It’s now possible to create AI chatbots of loved ones to interact with after their death. But that raises some difficult questions, like: If...
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Ron DeSantis vs. the AI industry: How Florida Republicans are defying Trump
If President Donald Trump had his way, the Republican Party would be top-to-bottom the party of AI — or, in his preferred branding, “super...
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ChatGPT brain isn’t inevitable: How to use AI without getting dumber
For many people, using AI chatbots is incredible at first. It makes them feel productive, confident, maybe even smarter. But later, there’s a hangover....
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More kids are using ChatGPT and Claude for companionship. AI is making them lonely.
There’s a lot to be anxious about as AI agents and bots get more integrated into every aspect of our lives. Meta, which recently...
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How scared should we be about AI and bioweapons?
AI will be the death of me. And you. And everyone we know.At least, this is what a growing number of technologists and policymakers...