
TikTok
There might be a TikTok deal
After three extralegal extensions, Trump closes in on gifting ByteDance's jewel to his allies
Founder and editor of Platformer, a publication about the intersection of tech and democracy. Prior to founding Platformer in October 2020, Newton was the longtime Silicon Valley editor of The Verge.
TikTok
After three extralegal extensions, Trump closes in on gifting ByteDance's jewel to his allies
AI
A new FTC inquiry into chatbots and children shows that some within the Trump Administration may be reconsidering their anti-regulation approach
AI
The authors of an influential paper on AI timelines stand by their view that societal transformation will take decades — but hasn't it already arrived?
What the company's accidental legal filing and the Browser Company's acquisition tell us about the true future of the web
Mark Zuckerberg
One year out from Trump's threat to imprison him, Zuckerberg now has the administration fighting battles for him around the world
OpenAI
The chatbot mental health crisis is here
xAI
Stanford's Mark Lemley on xAI's whiny lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI
Productivity
What I gave up, what I kept, and what's new. PLUS: How I'm using AI
Labor
What new surveys tell us about the messy state of AI diffusion
AI
It's clear that therapy chatbots can benefit people — but states may have good reason to intervene anyway
OpenAI
In a wide-ranging conversation with reporters, OpenAI's CEO discusses the GPT-5 backlash, the AI bubble, and whether he would build a social network
xAI
Trailing ChatGPT on the charts, and suspended by its own maker, Elon Musk asks: is this Apple's fault?
OpenAI
In which an industry obsessed with benchmarks and evals finds that its products are being used by real people
OpenAI
It's big news for free users of ChatGPT, but AGI remains elusive. PLUS: one AI safety idea other labs should borrow
OpenAI
An industry leader releases a powerful model that runs on a laptop. Should we worry?
OpenAI
It’s almost certainly not enough — but it’s a start.