Technology
Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.
At what point can we believe that an AI model has reached consciousness?
Former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is among those lining up to buy TikTok if Congress enacts a law that forces its Chinese owner to sell.
The app skews younger, its users appear more politically polarized, and its user base is changing.
The US House passed a bill that could ban the social video app, but sending TikTok into the ether won’t make social media any safer
Researchers tried to get AI optimists and pessimists on the same page. It didn’t quite work.
It’s one of two cases asking whether the government is allowed to speak freely to private companies.
Survey sites recruit respondents with the promise of a reward, which may lead to bogus answers. That doesn’t mean the data is unusable.
The company you might not have heard of is now worth $2 trillion — more than Google or Amazon.
Here are some levers the administration can pull to rein in food inflation.
How doomsday proclamations about AI echo existential anxieties of the past.
Those Tumblr, Reddit, and WordPress posts you never thought would see the light of day? Yep, them too.
The viral fiasco in Scotland that made kids cry — and prompted calls to police.
The justices look likely to reinstate Texas and Florida laws that seize control of much of the internet — but not for long.
How long will baby boomers keep working? For some, the answer is forever.
The groundbreaking development speaks to the growing role of private companies in space.
If you want to know the future of OpenAI’s latest tool, take a look at Midjourney and DALL-E 2.
OpenAI’s Sora is designed to be a “world simulator.” Right now it’s having trouble breaking a glass.
A new state bill aims to protect us from the most powerful and dangerous AI models.
We’re about to find out if the Supreme Court still believes in capitalism.
TikTok accounts are using audio from a banned wellness coach to sell salt and castor oil.
The protests spotlight gig workers’ lack of basic labor protections.
Matte paintings have transformed movies for over 100 years. AI could be the next step in making them.
Sure, Elon Musk’s into ketamine and Peter Thiel has his doping Olympics, but drugs and tech are nothing new.
In the age of electric vehicles, the hybrid is still a contender.
Why Taylor Swift, Drake, and Bad Bunny have been muted on TikTok dance videos.
The flow of new money and interest into core EA fields like AI safety poses a challenge to a movement that was used to being small.
In two decades the behemoth social media platform has made a lot of money and brought in a lot of users — and made life worse for a lot of people.
A law professor proposes an old-fashioned remedy for very new problems: legal liability.
The debate over the safety of democratizing AI is missing the point.
Apple’s mixed reality headset heralds a new era of “spatial computing.” We are not ready.
The no good, very bad case against malaria bednets, explained.
An expert explains what TikTok’s true love litmus test is really all about.
The New York Times v. OpenAI, explained.
The surprising connection among cybercrime, human trafficking, and a raging guerrilla war.
Will OpenAI’s new chatbot store finally make AI useful?
The very confusing landscape of advanced AI risk, briefly explained.
The world had “flying cars” in the 1930s. We could be getting them again.
AI will change the world this year. We just don’t know how yet.
From Trump to Tesla, how 2024 will shake out, according to the Future Perfect team.