
Great Replacement Grok and the age of adversarial AI
An obsession with “white genocide” in X’s chatbot is only the latest example of platforms using artificial intelligence against their users
An obsession with “white genocide” in X’s chatbot is only the latest example of platforms using artificial intelligence against their users
And maybe not the ones you're thinking of
Silicon Valley can't wait for a tiny company powered by AI agents. The companies who are trying it have a lot of regrets
A startling statistic from Google’s antitrust trial raises fears that a long-predicted decline has now begun
In winning a $167 million judgment against NSO Group, the company has struck a significant blow against illegal surveillance
The company is dropping an effort to separate itself from its nonprofit parent — but courts may still be skeptical of its new plan
Meta's CEO has some surprising takes on "healthy" bot companions, loneliness as a market opportunity, and that whole benchmark cheating controversy
Meta AI, ChatGPT, and the dangers of being glazed and confused
Celebrities, minors, and sexually explicit chats are a dangerous combination — a lesson the company is determined to learn the hard way
The beleaguered body’s influence has been waning — and now its independence may be, too
Revelations that the company pursued pre-install deals for Gemini are giving the government fresh ammunition just as the trial heats up
After two blistering losses in court, a new era for the internet may be coming into view
And other revelations from day two of Meta's antitrust trial. PLUS: the OpenAI social network
More than four years after it was first filed, the government's case is only getting harder to prove
From Meta to Nvidia, tech CEOs are paying the president to get the outcomes they want — and it's working
"Llama con" just got a whole new meeting
Meta
Seemingly caught gaming a key benchmark, and defending allegations it taught to the test, Meta sees a rocky launch for its latest AI model
TikTok
Trump is holding out ByteDance's app as a bargaining chip. Will China take the bait?
AI
Scrapers caused the online encyclopedia's bandwidth to increase by 50 percent last year — and its plan to fight back may not be enough
OpenAI
A new book offers the most thorough explanation to date. Would it have mattered if we knew at the time?
Anthropic
Exclusive data from Anthropic about Claude usage finds that AI is both automating and augmenting human labor — and people are increasingly using it to educate themselves
AI
A parable about responsibility in the AI age
OpenAI
New research from OpenAI shows that heavy chatbot usage is correlated with loneliness and reduced socialization. Will AI companies learn from social networks' mistakes?
AI
Tech platforms got a rare opportunity to present President Trump with a wishlist — and they're using DeepSeek's success to push for controversial policies
AI
New data from Adobe offers evidence for a big shift away from traditional search engines. Will the internet's vast public commons survive?
Meta
Crowdsourced moderation is better than nothing — but how much better remains an open question
TikTok
One has been banned by the federal government and awaits a forced sale. The other keeps shipping
AI
What the hype cycle around a new Chinese AI model tells us about the state of competition in agents
The next phase of AI's takeover of search offers plenty of links to the web — but will anyone click?
For companies that rely on Google, the company's collapse offers a warning
OpenAI
PLUS: What AI policy is for
Apple
In creating an age assurance API, the company raises hopes that platforms can keep kids safer without sacrificing everyone else's privacy