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Katja Grace wants you to stop thinking of AI as an arms race
The 2023 Future Perfect 50

Grace argues AI researchers should slow down. They’re starting to agree with her.

By Sigal Samuel
Jerry Chow wants to make quantum computers you can actually count on
The 2023 Future Perfect 50

A reliable quantum computer system could unleash truly amazing technological progress, as long as the engineers can get it to work.

By Bryan Walsh
Alec Stapp and Caleb Watney have a plan for national progress
The 2023 Future Perfect 50

The co-founders and co-CEOs of the Institute for Progress want to kick-start America’s innovation engine.

By Bryan Walsh
Azeem Azhar is drawing a road map to a better future
The 2023 Future Perfect 50

The technologist and author is providing a guide to a world changing at an exponential rate

By Bryan Walsh
Priya Donti is harnessing AI to fight climate change
The 2023 Future Perfect 50

Donti is showing how machine learning can be a powerful ally to address the climate crisis.

By Oshan Jarow
Yoshua Bengio helped invent deep learning. Now he’s trying to make it safe.
The 2023 Future Perfect 50

How a renowned AI scientist became a voice for caution.

By Kelsey Piper
OpenAI’s Jan Leike is trying to ensure superintelligent AI remains on our side
The 2023 Future Perfect 50

It might just be the most important job in the world.

By Kelsey Piper
Paul Christiano and Beth Barnes are trying to make advanced AI honest, and safe
The 2023 Future Perfect 50

Christiano and Barnes have helped mainstream concerns about AI misalignment.

By Dylan Matthews
Future Perfect
The militarized AI risk that’s bigger than “killer robots”The militarized AI risk that’s bigger than “killer robots”
Future Perfect

The nuclear stakes of putting too much trust in AI.

By Jeffrey Lewis
Why it’s important to remember that AI isn’t human
Future Perfect

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
Future Perfect
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
Future Perfect

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
Technology

Now comes the hard part: Congress.

By Sara Morrison
Future Perfect
Why I let an AI chatbot train on my bookWhy I let an AI chatbot train on my book
Future Perfect

The battle over how large language models can use published works is just beginning. Copyright law isn’t ready.

By Bryan Walsh
Future Perfect
How AI will shape our children’s futureHow AI will shape our children’s future
Future Perfect

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
How TikTok profits off dangerous health trends
Technology

Castor oil won’t dissolve cysts and tumors. Some creators on TikTok Shop are earning commissions by suggesting otherwise.

By A.W. Ohlheiser
Technology
Turns out the government can fine you for trashing spaceTurns out the government can fine you for trashing space
Technology

The FCC is cracking down on space litterbugs, starting with Dish Network.

By Sara Morrison
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
Artificial Intelligence
Your AI personal assistant is almost here — assuming you actually want itYour AI personal assistant is almost here — assuming you actually want it
Artificial Intelligence

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.
Podcast
The Gray Area

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

By Sean Illing
Future Perfect
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.”
Future Perfect

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
Technology

Microsoft was first to AI search, but Google’s Bard can now pull stuff in from Gmail, Docs, Maps, and more.

By Sara Morrison
Technology
TikTok’s shopping push left my For You page in shamblesTikTok’s shopping push left my For You page in shambles
Technology

The new Shop feature appears to be transforming the entire app experience.

By A.W. Ohlheiser
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
Technology

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
Future Perfect
AI-discovered drugs will be for sale sooner than you thinkAI-discovered drugs will be for sale sooner than you think
Future Perfect

It takes forever to get drugs on the market. AI could help speed up the process.

By Rachel DuRose
Technology
San Francisco’s robotaxi experiment is getting out of handSan Francisco’s robotaxi experiment is getting out of hand
Podcast
Technology

The city’s bumpy experiment with self-driving taxis is spreading nationwide, too.

By Avishay Artsy
Future Perfect
What normal Americans — not AI companies — want for AIWhat normal Americans — not AI companies — want for AI
Future Perfect

Public opinion about AI can be summed up in two words: Slow. Down.

By Sigal Samuel
Technology
Is Zoom using your meetings to train its AI?Is Zoom using your meetings to train its AI?
Technology

Zoom returns to the office — and to its problematic privacy ways.

By Sara Morrison
Future Perfect
ChatGPT could make bioterrorism horrifyingly easyChatGPT could make bioterrorism horrifyingly easy
Future Perfect

Biological risks from artificial intelligence may be substantial and need to be monitored

By Jonas Sandbrink
Future Perfect
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
Future Perfect

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