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Artificial Intelligence

Vox’s coverage of how AI is shaping everything from text and image generation to how we live.

The Case for Growth
How AI could create “a world without work”How AI could create “a world without work”
The Case for Growth

The world is on the precipice of a technological revolution. But how much disruption can a society take?

By Jonquilyn Hill
The Case for Growth
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
The Case for Growth

What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?

By Bryan Walsh
Podcasts
When your AI boyfriend gets you better than your spouseWhen your AI boyfriend gets you better than your spouse
Podcast
Podcasts

Love, actually…is a chatbot?

By Peter Balonon-Rosen and Noel King
Future Perfect
Will AI make research on humans…less human?Will AI make research on humans…less human?
Future Perfect

It’s been a long road to ensure that testing on human subjects is ethical. AI could send us backward.

By Shayna Korol
Politics
The fierce debate behind Trump’s move on selling AI chips to ChinaThe fierce debate behind Trump’s move on selling AI chips to China
Politics

China hawks were no match for the world’s most valuable company.

By Joshua Keating
Technology
America’s war on data centers is comingAmerica’s war on data centers is coming
Podcast
Technology

AI is causing electricity prices to surge. No one is happy about it.

By Miles Bryan
Podcasts
Does the fate of the US economy now hinge on one company?Does the fate of the US economy now hinge on one company?
Podcast
Podcasts

The entire stock market, and therefore the entire economy, depends on it maintaining pretty impossible growth metrics.

By Hady Mawajdeh and Noel King
Technology
Here’s a glimmer of hope about AI and jobsHere’s a glimmer of hope about AI and jobs
Technology

What history can teach us about the AI job apocalypse.

By Adam Clark Estes
The Highlight
The most likely AI apocalypseThe most likely AI apocalypse
The Highlight

How artificial intelligence could be leading most humans into an inescapable trap.

By Eric Levitz
When it comes to nukes and AI, people are worried about the wrong thing
Politics

It’s more subtle than Skynet.

By Joshua Keating
Is AI being shoved down your throat at work? Here’s how to fight back.
Future Perfect

Resistance to exploitative AI starts with building a movement.

By Sigal Samuel
Politics
The scary implications of the world’s first AI-orchestrated cyberattackThe scary implications of the world’s first AI-orchestrated cyberattack
Politics

How Chinese hackers tricked Claude into hacking governments and companies all on its own.

By Joshua Keating
Future Perfect
AI is resurrecting the voices of dead famous peopleAI is resurrecting the voices of dead famous people
Future Perfect

If you don’t want a synthesized AI voice outliving you, get a lawyer now.

By Bryan Walsh
Podcasts
How AI might actually start a nuclear warHow AI might actually start a nuclear war
Podcast
Podcasts

Movies like A House of Dynamite get a lot right. But they’re missing an important danger.

By Kelli Wessinger and Noel King
Podcasts
When the AI bubble popsWhen the AI bubble pops
Podcast
Podcasts

The world after the AI bubble, explained.

By Kelli Wessinger and Noel King
Technology
Elon Musk made his own Wikipedia. What could go wrong?Elon Musk made his own Wikipedia. What could go wrong?
Technology

What the billionaire’s new encyclopedia tells us about the future of knowledge.

By Adam Clark Estes
Future Perfect
There’s a bigger story in the OpenAI for-profit newsThere’s a bigger story in the OpenAI for-profit news
Future Perfect

AI can help create bioweapons. So can we use AI to create safeguards?

By Shayna Korol
Technology
ChatGPT’s new mission is to fix the broken webChatGPT’s new mission is to fix the broken web
Technology

ChatGPT Atlas is a glimpse into the future, even if it doesn’t work right.

By Adam Clark Estes
Technology
How you’re paying for big tech’s AI speculationHow you’re paying for big tech’s AI speculation
Technology

Electric bills were already rising. AI data centers are making it worse.

By Cameron Peters and Umair Irfan
Future Perfect
Think your AI chatbot has become conscious? Here’s what to do.Think your AI chatbot has become conscious? Here’s what to do.
Future Perfect

If you believe there’s a soul trapped inside ChatGPT, I have good news for you.

By Sigal Samuel
Technology
Don’t get too excited about AI’s downfallDon’t get too excited about AI’s downfall
Technology

In this scary economy, everything is computer.

By Adam Clark Estes
Technology
We’re swimming in AI slop. Here’s how to tell the difference.We’re swimming in AI slop. Here’s how to tell the difference.
Podcast
Technology

AI-generated video slop is filling feeds. It’s time to learn how we can tell if something is real.

By Ariana Aspuru and Sean Rameswaram
Culture
The AI-generated actress that has Hollywood panickingThe AI-generated actress that has Hollywood panicking
Culture

Is Tilly Norwood a threat to the film industry? It’s complicated.

By Kyndall Cunningham
Future Perfect
OpenAI’s Sora 2 is an unholy abominationOpenAI’s Sora 2 is an unholy abomination
Future Perfect

The age of AI slop is upon us.

By Bryan Walsh
Technology
We shouldn’t let kids be friends with ChatGPTWe shouldn’t let kids be friends with ChatGPT
Technology

OpenAI still isn’t doing enough to protect young people.

By Adam Clark Estes
Future Perfect
This California law will require transparency from AI companies. But will it actually prevent major disasters?This California law will require transparency from AI companies. But will it actually prevent major disasters?
Technology
I study AI cheating. Here’s what the data actually says.I study AI cheating. Here’s what the data actually says.
Technology

What the panic about kids using AI to cheat gets wrong.

By Victor R. Lee
Future Perfect
We’ve been wrong about new technology before. Are we wrong about AI?We’ve been wrong about new technology before. Are we wrong about AI?
Future Perfect

Why current AI usage data might mislead us about the future.

By Dylan Matthews
Technology
Your doctor might be using ChatGPT for a second opinion. Should you?Your doctor might be using ChatGPT for a second opinion. Should you?
Technology

The do’s and don’ts of asking an AI for health advice.

By Adam Clark Estes
“AI will kill everyone” is not an argument. It’s a worldview.
Future Perfect

How rational is Eliezer Yudkowsky’s prophecy?

By Sigal Samuel
Future Perfect
A tournament tried to test how well experts could forecast AI progress. They were all wrong.A tournament tried to test how well experts could forecast AI progress. They were all wrong.
Future Perfect

Everyone underestimated AI progress. Now what?

By Dylan Matthews
Today, Explained podcast
How AI is coming for your jobHow AI is coming for your job
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

Executives are preparing to slash their workforces. Workers are just trying to cope.

By Sean Rameswaram and Miles Bryan
Future Perfect
Is AI lying? (And other reader questions, answered.)Is AI lying? (And other reader questions, answered.)
Future Perfect

A very Future Perfect newsletter mailbag.

By Izzie Ramirez, Sigal Samuel and 2 more
Podcasts
Mark Zuckerberg is burning billions to chase the holy grail of AIMark Zuckerberg is burning billions to chase the holy grail of AI
Podcast
Podcasts

The metaverse didn’t stick. Can “superintelligence”?

By Gabrielle Berbey and Sean Rameswaram
ChatGPT isn’t just for cheating anymore
Even Better

AI in the classroom doesn’t have to be a catastrophe.

By Adam Clark Estes
Future Perfect
The Nvidia chip deal that has Trump officials threatening to quitThe Nvidia chip deal that has Trump officials threatening to quit
Future Perfect

This deal has everything: Semiconductors, DeepSeek, constitutional violations.

By Dylan Matthews
Are we living in the movie Her yet?
Culture

AI will undoubtedly shape the next 25 years. We just don’t know how yet.

By Adam Clark Estes
Technology
Mark Zuckerberg’s unbelievably bleak AI visionMark Zuckerberg’s unbelievably bleak AI vision
Technology

We were promised flying cars. We got Instagram brain rot.

By Dylan Matthews
The Gray Area
How the fight over what it means to be human has dramatically changedHow the fight over what it means to be human has dramatically changed
Podcast
The Gray Area

A philosopher on humanity’s need for a new story — and a new way to defy where we’re headed.

By Sean Illing
Future Perfect
AI experts think chatbots are trying to trick us. Are they?AI experts think chatbots are trying to trick us. Are they?
Future Perfect

What chimp research can teach us about AI’s ability to “scheme.“

By Sigal Samuel