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

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The militarized AI risk that’s bigger than “killer robots”The militarized AI risk that’s bigger than “killer robots”
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The nuclear stakes of putting too much trust in AI.

By Jeffrey Lewis
Why it’s important to remember that AI isn’t human
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ChatGPT can talk like a person. You shouldn’t think of it as one.

By Raphaël Millière and Charles Rathkopf
Technology
What to know about OpenAI’s failed coupWhat to know about OpenAI’s failed coup
Technology

Sam Altman is back at OpenAI. What happens to its safety mission?

By Sara Morrison and Peter Kafka
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OpenAI’s board may have been right to fire Sam Altman — and to rehire him, tooOpenAI’s board may have been right to fire Sam Altman — and to rehire him, too
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The alternative — a mass exodus of OpenAI’s top talent to Microsoft — would have been worse.

By Sigal Samuel
Technology
President Biden’s new plan to regulate AIPresident Biden’s new plan to regulate AI
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Now comes the hard part: Congress.

By Sara Morrison
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Why I let an AI chatbot train on my bookWhy I let an AI chatbot train on my book
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The battle over how large language models can use published works is just beginning. Copyright law isn’t ready.

By Bryan Walsh
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How AI will shape our children’s futureHow AI will shape our children’s future
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AI will play a major role in how children born today experience the world. It’s up to us whether that’s for the better, or the worse.

By Kelsey Piper
The $1 billion gamble to ensure AI doesn’t destroy humanity
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

The founders of Anthropic quit OpenAI to make a safe AI company. It’s easier said than done.

By Dylan Matthews
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Your AI personal assistant is almost here — assuming you actually want itYour AI personal assistant is almost here — assuming you actually want it
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Google, Amazon, and Microsoft have a vision for generative AI. Will it work?

By Sara Morrison
The Gray Area
Stuart Russell wrote the textbook on AI safety. He explains how to keep it from spiraling out of control.Stuart Russell wrote the textbook on AI safety. He explains how to keep it from spiraling out of control.
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The Gray Area

AI doesn’t have to be superintelligent to cause serious havoc.

By Sean Illing
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AI that’s smarter than humans? Americans say a firm “no thank you.”AI that’s smarter than humans? Americans say a firm “no thank you.”
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Exclusive: 63 percent of Americans want regulation to actively prevent superintelligent AI, a new poll reveals.

By Sigal Samuel
Technology
Google’s free AI isn’t just for search anymoreGoogle’s free AI isn’t just for search anymore
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Microsoft was first to AI search, but Google’s Bard can now pull stuff in from Gmail, Docs, Maps, and more.

By Sara Morrison
What if AI treats humans the way we treat animals?
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

The dehumanizing philosophy of AI is built on a hatred of our animal nature.

By Marina Bolotnikova
What the stories we tell about robots tell us about ourselves
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

From R.U.R. to Mrs. Davis, humans have feared — and identified with — robots for over a century.

By Constance Grady
Can AI learn to love — and can we learn to love it?
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

Fiction has long wondered if AI can love. We just might find out.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Silicon Valley’s vision for AI? It’s religion, repackaged.
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

It’s no accident — the intertwining of religion and technology is centuries old.

By Sigal Samuel
What will love and death mean in the age of machine intelligence?
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

We already rely on AI to find our soulmate, and soon we might use it to hack death. But we risk losing what it means to be human.

By Tahmima Anam
Technology
Don’t upgrade your iPhone until you have toDon’t upgrade your iPhone until you have to
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Once again, this year’s phones will look a lot like last year’s. But real innovation is on the horizon.

By Adam Clark Estes
Technology
Is the AI boom already over?Is the AI boom already over?
Technology

Generative AI tools are generating less interest than just a few months ago.

By Sara Morrison
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AI-discovered drugs will be for sale sooner than you thinkAI-discovered drugs will be for sale sooner than you think
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It takes forever to get drugs on the market. AI could help speed up the process.

By Rachel DuRose
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Is Zoom using your meetings to train its AI?Is Zoom using your meetings to train its AI?
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Zoom returns to the office — and to its problematic privacy ways.

By Sara Morrison
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ChatGPT could make bioterrorism horrifyingly easyChatGPT could make bioterrorism horrifyingly easy
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Biological risks from artificial intelligence may be substantial and need to be monitored

By Jonas Sandbrink
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Why Meta’s move to make its new AI open source is more dangerous than you thinkWhy Meta’s move to make its new AI open source is more dangerous than you think
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If AI really is risky, then opening it up could be a major mistake.

By Kelsey Piper
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained
The AI rules that US policymakers are considering, explainedThe AI rules that US policymakers are considering, explained
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

ChatGPT, Midjourney, and other tools are forcing Biden and Congress to take AI seriously.

By Dylan Matthews
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained
How “windfall profits” from AI companies could fund a universal basic incomeHow “windfall profits” from AI companies could fund a universal basic income
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

Companies like OpenAI and Google could make unthinkable profits from successful AI. Will they share the wealth?

By Dylan Matthews
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained
Why Meta is giving away its extremely powerful AI modelWhy Meta is giving away its extremely powerful AI model
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

The AI debate splitting the tech world, explained.

By Shirin Ghaffary
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained
The tricky truth about how generative AI uses your dataThe tricky truth about how generative AI uses your data
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

AI systems train on your data. What can you do about it?

By Sara Morrison
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained
Biden sure seems serious about not letting AI get out of controlBiden sure seems serious about not letting AI get out of control
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

A handful of AI companies have made safety commitments. Is that enough?

By Sara Morrison
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained
The hottest new job is “head of AI” and nobody knows what they doThe hottest new job is “head of AI” and nobody knows what they do
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

America’s biggest companies are hiring AI leadership as fast as they can.

By Rani Molla
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Telephone operation was a good career for women. Then it got automated.Telephone operation was a good career for women. Then it got automated.
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How automation wiped out a whole career for young women — and how young women adapted.

By Dylan Matthews
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained
You’re going to see more AI-written articles whether you like it or notYou’re going to see more AI-written articles whether you like it or not
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

Why G/O Media thinks we should have more stories written by bots.

By Peter Kafka
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The rise of artificial intelligence, explainedThe rise of artificial intelligence, explained
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Understand how ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion, and DALL-E are transforming our world — from text and image generation to how we live and work.

By Shira Tarlo
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained
An unusual way to figure out if humanity is toastAn unusual way to figure out if humanity is toast
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

A group of experts and “superforecasters” try to estimate the probability humans will go extinct by 2100.

By Dylan Matthews
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained
AI is a “tragedy of the commons.” We’ve got solutions for that.AI is a “tragedy of the commons.” We’ve got solutions for that.
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

“Arms race” is the wrong mental model for AI. Here’s a better one.

By Sigal Samuel
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained
Panic about overhyped AI risk could lead to the wrong kind of regulationPanic about overhyped AI risk could lead to the wrong kind of regulation
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

There’s something missing in the heart of the conversation about AI.

By Divyansh Kaushik and Matt Korda
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained
AI is supposedly the new nuclear weapons — but how similar are they, really?AI is supposedly the new nuclear weapons — but how similar are they, really?
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

What the history of nuclear arms can — and can’t — tell us about the future of AI.

By Dylan Matthews
The ad industry is going all-in on AI
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

At Cannes Lions, the year’s biggest ad event, you couldn’t escape talk of ChatGPT or Midjourney, even at the yacht parties.

By Shirin Ghaffary
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained
Scared tech workers are scrambling to reinvent themselves as AI expertsScared tech workers are scrambling to reinvent themselves as AI experts
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

The AI specialist is the new “it” girl in tech.

By Rani Molla
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained
Black Mirror’s big AI episode has the wrong villainBlack Mirror’s big AI episode has the wrong villain
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

Joan Is Awful — but AI is magic?

By Rebecca Ackermann
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained
How AI could spark the next pandemicHow AI could spark the next pandemic
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

New research highlights how language-generating AI models could make it easier to create dangerous germs.

By Kelsey Piper