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How AI is coming for your jobHow AI is coming for your job
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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
Science
Headphones that scan your brainwaves and keep you focused? It’s not science fiction.Headphones that scan your brainwaves and keep you focused? It’s not science fiction.
Science

The cutting-edge of neurotech can read your mind. Sort of.

By Adam Clark Estes
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
Tech policy
The surprisingly sound financial advice I got from a chatbotThe surprisingly sound financial advice I got from a chatbot
Tech policy

AI wants to fix your money problems. What could go wrong?

By Adam Clark Estes
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
Future Perfect
The brain tech revolution is here — and it isn’t all Black MirrorThe brain tech revolution is here — and it isn’t all Black Mirror
Future Perfect

Medical devices in the brain are already making a difference for countless patients.

By Bryan Walsh
Future Perfect
Top AI engineers are being offered $100 million by companies like Meta. But there’s a giant catch.Top AI engineers are being offered $100 million by companies like Meta. But there’s a giant catch.
Future Perfect

You can get unfathomably rich building AI. Should you?

By Kelsey Piper
Economy
Do falling birth rates matter in an AI future?Do falling birth rates matter in an AI future?
Economy

Two forces are reshaping the same future.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Technology
Smartphones are getting fun againSmartphones are getting fun again
Technology

The flip phone returns with a few new tricks.

By Adam Clark Estes
Future Perfect
Trump just handed China a major advantage on AITrump just handed China a major advantage on AI
Future Perfect

The obscure chip policy that could reshape US-China competition.

By Dylan Matthews
Future Perfect
Grok’s MechaHitler disaster is a preview of AI disasters to comeGrok’s MechaHitler disaster is a preview of AI disasters to come
Future Perfect

Musk trained Grok to be right wing. We’re lucky he wasn’t more subtle.

By Kelsey Piper
Future Perfect
Will we know if the next plague is human-made?Will we know if the next plague is human-made?
Future Perfect

AI could make bioweapons more dangerous. It could also be the key to stopping them.

By Joshua Keating
The Gray Area
Is ChatGPT killing higher education?Is ChatGPT killing higher education?
Podcast
The Gray Area

AI is creating a cheating utopia. Universities don’t know how to respond.

By Sean Illing
Technology
Don’t let AI steal your jobDon’t let AI steal your job
Technology

It’s okay to hate AI’s encroachment into work. Learn to use it anyway.

By Adam Clark Estes
Future Perfect
The One Big Beautiful Bill is one big disaster for AIThe One Big Beautiful Bill is one big disaster for AI
Future Perfect

A bill that will give China the lead in the race for advanced AI.

By Dylan Matthews
Future Perfect
AI systems could become conscious. What if they hate their lives?AI systems could become conscious. What if they hate their lives?
Future Perfect

How to not torture ChatGPT and Claude’s successors.

By Sigal Samuel
Technology
I covered my body in health trackers for 6 months. It ruined my life.I covered my body in health trackers for 6 months. It ruined my life.
Technology

Are gadgets like Apple Watches and Oura Rings making us any healthier?

By Adam Clark Estes
Future Perfect
AI doesn’t have to reason to take your jobAI doesn’t have to reason to take your job
Future Perfect

Academia has gotten philosophical about AI. But they should focus more on what it can do.

By Kelsey Piper
Technology
How smart do toys need to be, really?How smart do toys need to be, really?
Technology

There’s no need to panic about AI Barbie yet.

By Adam Clark Estes
Technology
Your iPhone is about to get uglierYour iPhone is about to get uglier
Technology

And that’s not even Apple’s biggest problem right now

By Adam Clark Estes
Future Perfect
The right refuses to take AI seriouslyThe right refuses to take AI seriously
Future Perfect

Republicans are gutting the safety net as job-killing mass automation looms.

By Dylan Matthews
Politics
Why Trump probably can’t cut Musk looseWhy Trump probably can’t cut Musk loose
Politics

If America wants a space program, it needs SpaceX.

By Joshua Keating
Future Perfect
AI can now stalk you with just a single vacation photoAI can now stalk you with just a single vacation photo
Future Perfect

Artificial intelligence could weaponize the data we’ve been sharing for decades.

By Kelsey Piper
Defense & Security
Why the Pentagon just can’t quit Elon MuskWhy the Pentagon just can’t quit Elon Musk
Defense & Security

How Musk’s SpaceX became too big to fail for US national security.

By Joshua Keating
Technology
Amazon would like you to hand over your palm print, pleaseAmazon would like you to hand over your palm print, please
Technology

What to know about the tech giant’s growing biometric business.

By Adam Clark Estes
Future Perfect
These stories could change how you feel about AIThese stories could change how you feel about AI
Future Perfect

From disaster warnings to drug development, how AI is generating real-world wins.

By Bryan Walsh
Technology
Google as you know it is slowly dyingGoogle as you know it is slowly dying
Technology

The search giant’s midlife crisis is now your problem.

By Adam Clark Estes
Future Perfect
One chilling forecast of our AI future is getting wide attention. How realistic is it?One chilling forecast of our AI future is getting wide attention. How realistic is it?
Future Perfect

Rapid changes from AI may be coming far faster than you imagine.

By Kelsey Piper
Even Better
This life-changing piece of health tech is getting cheaper — and more advancedThis life-changing piece of health tech is getting cheaper — and more advanced
Even Better

Hearing aids are cool now.

By Adam Clark Estes
ChatGPT or Grok? Gemini or Claude?: Which AIs do which tasks best, explained.
Future Perfect

From image generation to writing, ranking the best — and worst — of AI.

By Kelsey Piper
Technology
Mark Zuckerberg’s surreal new AI app is the futureMark Zuckerberg’s surreal new AI app is the future
Technology

Like it or not, the billionaire gets to decide how half the world uses technology.

By Adam Clark Estes
Future Perfect
The future to fighting airborne viruses is in…lamps?The future to fighting airborne viruses is in…lamps?
Future Perfect

How to block the next Covid in mid-air.

By Dylan Matthews
Future Perfect
Why humans are still much better than AI at forecasting the futureWhy humans are still much better than AI at forecasting the future
Future Perfect

AI is the future. It just can’t predict it.

By Dylan Matthews
Future Perfect
The life-or-death case for self-driving carsThe life-or-death case for self-driving cars
Future Perfect

Sorry, a robot is probably a safer driver than most humans.

By Bryan Walsh