Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: seen by hotshot / Getty.Silicon Valley’s Trillion-Dollar Leap of FaithTech companies are spending as if AI’s transformative uses are a foregone conclusion. They’re not.Matteo Wong7:00 AM ET
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe PaniOopsGPTOpenAI just announced a new search tool. Its demo already got something wrong.Matteo WongJuly 25, 2024
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani. Source: Getty.AI’s Real Hallucination ProblemTech executives are acting like they own the world.Charlie WarzelJuly 24, 2024
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty.AI Can’t Make MusicBut that doesn’t mean it poses an empty threat to musicians.Matteo WongJuly 22, 2024
Dan Kitwood / GettyTony Blair, Prophet of the Inevitable, Embraces AIHe pushed the British left to accept capitalism. Now he’s asking the world to make peace with artificial intelligence.Helen LewisJuly 21, 2024
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani. Sources: NBC / Getty; Steve Jennings / Getty.AI Has Become a Technology of FaithSam Altman and Arianna Huffington told me that they believe generative AI can help millions of suffering people. I’m not so sure.Charlie WarzelJuly 12, 2024
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe PaniEvery Time You Post to Instagram, You’re Turning on a Light Bulb ForeverEven simple actions online can take a toll on the environment.Arthur Holland MichelJuly 5, 2024
Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Sources: perets; Liyao Xie / Getty.We Need to Control AI Agents NowAutomated bots are about to be everywhere, with potentially devastating consequences.Jonathan ZittrainJuly 2, 2024
Illustration by Paul Spella / The Atlantic. Sources: Heritage Art / Getty; Olha Danylenko / Getty.Hot AI Jesus Is Huge on FacebookSynthetic images showing curiously handsome versions of Jesus Christ are flooding the internet.Caroline Mimbs NyceJune 28, 2024
Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Sources: csa-archive; kolotuschenko / Getty.Generative AI Can’t Cite Its SourcesHow will OpenAI keep its promise to media companies?Matteo WongJune 26, 2024
Illustration by Paul Spella / The Atlantic. Source: Getty.Google Is Turning Into a Libel MachineAnother reason not to trust the search engine in the generative-AI eraMatteo WongJune 21, 2024
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani. Source: Getty.A Generation of AI Guinea PigsAI is quickly becoming a regular part of children’s lives. What happens next?Caroline Mimbs NyceJune 14, 2024
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty.Excuse Me, Is There AI in That?Businesses and creators see a new opportunity in the anti-AI movement.Brian MerchantJune 12, 2024
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Apple.The iPhone Is Now an AI Trojan HorseGenerative AI has become truly inescapable.Matteo Wong and Charlie WarzelJune 10, 2024
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty.This Is What It Looks Like When AI Eats the WorldThe web itself is being shoved into a great unknown.Charlie WarzelJune 7, 2024
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty.OpenAI Is Just Facebook NowFacing one controversy after the next, the artificial-intelligence company enters a new phase.Matteo WongJune 5, 2024
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe PaniThe Near Future of Deepfakes Just Got Way ClearerIndia’s election was ripe for a crisis of AI misinformation. It didn’t happen.Nilesh ChristopherJune 5, 2024
Illustration by The AtlanticA Devil’s Bargain With OpenAIPublishers including The Atlantic are signing deals with the AI giant. Where does this lead?Damon BeresMay 29, 2024
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty.Google Is Playing a Dangerous Game With AI SearchThe search giant’s new tool is answering questions about cancer, heart attacks, and Ozempic.Caroline Mimbs NyceMay 24, 2024
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty.Media Companies Are Making a Huge Mistake With AINews organizations rushing to absolve AI companies of theft are acting against their own interests.Jessica LessinMay 24, 2024
Illustration by Paul Spella / The Atlantic. Sources: Jason Redmond / AFP; Paul Morigi / Getty.OpenAI Just Gave Away the Entire GameThe Scarlett Johansson debacle is a microcosm of AI’s raw deal: It’s happening, and you can’t stop it.Charlie WarzelMay 21, 2024
Illustration by Nick Little for The AtlanticThe Big AI Risk Not Enough People Are SeeingBeware technology that makes us less human.Tyler Austin HarperMay 21, 2024
Illustration by Ben Kothe / The AtlanticThe Toilet Theory of the InternetGoogle is serving an audience that wants quick and easy results. That may lead to disaster.Charlie WarzelMay 17, 2024
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty.The Horseshoe Theory of Google SearchNew generative-AI features are bringing the company back to basics.Matteo WongMay 14, 2024
Illustration by The AtlanticThis Is the Next Smartphone EvolutionOpenAI just killed Siri.Matteo WongMay 13, 2024
Illustration by The AtlanticThe End of the ‘Photoshop Fail’Adobe’s app was once synonymous with fake images online. Then came generative AI.Caroline Mimbs NyceMay 9, 2024
Daniel Stier for The AtlanticElevenLabs Is Building an Army of Voice ClonesA tiny start-up has made some of the most convincing AI voices. Are its creators ready for the chaos they’re unleashing?Charlie WarzelMay 4, 2024
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Rabbit; Getty.I Witnessed the Future of AI, and It’s a Broken ToyThe Rabbit R1 is a device defined by empty promises.Caroline Mimbs NyceApril 27, 2024
Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Sources: GettyWould Limitlessness Make Us Better Writers?AI embodies hypotheticals I can only imagine for myself. But I believe human impediments are what lead us to create meaningful art.Rachel KhongApril 25, 2024
Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Source: Getty.It’s the End of the Web as We Know ItA great public resource is at risk of being destroyed.Judith Donath and Bruce SchneierApril 22, 2024
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani. Source: Getty.The AI Revolution Is Crushing Thousands of LanguagesEnglish is the internet’s primary tongue—a fact that may have unexpected consequences as generative AI becomes central to daily life.Matteo WongApril 12, 2024
MANICO / GettyWhy a Cognitive Scientist Put a Head Cam on His BabyThe perspective of a child could help AI learn language—and tell us more about how humans manage the same feat.Sarah ZhangApril 5, 2024
Piyavachara Arunotai / GettyAI Has Lost Its MagicThat’s how you know it’s taking over.Ian BogostApril 4, 2024
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe PaniThe End of Foreign-Language EducationThanks to AI, people may no longer feel the need to learn a second language.Louise MatsakisMarch 26, 2024
Sergei Gapon / AFP / GettyElon Musk Just Added a Wrinkle to the AI RaceTransparency, or the appearance of it, is the technology’s new norm.Matteo WongMarch 18, 2024
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty.What to Do About the Junkification of the InternetSocial-media companies define how billions of people experience the web. The rise of synthetic content only makes their role more important.Nathaniel LubinMarch 12, 2024
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Samir Hussein / Getty.Kate Middleton and the End of Shared RealityNothing is true and everything is possible.Charlie WarzelMarch 11, 2024
Illustration by Petra PéterffyConscious AI Is the Second-Scariest KindA cutting-edge theory of mind suggests a new type of doomsday scenario.Peter WattsMarch 9, 2024
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani. Source: Getty.Why We Must Resist AI’s Soft Mind ControlWhen I tried to work out how Google’s Gemini tool thinks, I discovered instead how it wants me to think.Fred BauerMarch 8, 2024