Why I'm Building Muse

AI personal assistants are now acting on people’s behalf in the real world—and all sorts of strange things are going wrong.

I admire Nikole Hannah-Jones’s choice. I am making a different one.

Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.

The company is expected to reach $100 billion in annualized revenue this year, even as chief executive Dario Amodei calls for slowing down development of some advanced A.I. models.

Jensen Huang: not a doomer

The two latest deaths suggest that the true number of infections is much larger than reported.

In a new book, the writers argue that a powerful coalition of “end times fascists” is just fine with the earth’s demise.

The $70 Xteink X3 puts Silicon Valley to shame.

The visionary artist once challenged ways of seeing—until she was seen by everyone.

A new group is targeting tech companies and the government with the climate movement’s playbook.

A new group is targeting tech companies and the government with the climate movement’s playbook.

By now you've almost certainly heard the news that Meta has settled with 52 state and local Attorneys General who had sued the company in some form or another over child safety on Meta's platforms. The headlines are all covering the basics: the years-long case these states filed against Meta ends, and Meta pays somewhere...

Country music is surging, female singer-songwriters are on top, and audiences crave honest voices like hers.

American children are going back to school without the protection they need.

Please not another two-factor authentication code.

A police department took to social media and asked the public to help them identify a suspect who found $30 on the ground in Walmart.

Did you mix something up? Maybe you’re just “hallucinating.”

Rose-Tinted is a pixel-based type family.It’s inspired by retro games such as Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, which approached pixel typography with the appearance of italics...

Does AI actually belong in an art museum?

Does AI actually belong in an art museum?

Recalled frozen blueberries and mixed berries that could be contaminated with E. coli pose the most severe category of health risk, according to the FDA.

In a random sample of 10,000 webpages collected in July 2026, one-in-ten show signs of being written or substantially edited by AI.

A new channel on Roku’s TV service offers all-you-can-eat AI programming. I binged eight hours of it.

The rapid growth of pay-later loans raises questions about whether their popularity is driven by consumer preference or desperation.

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

Sam Altman’s weekend of shock and drama began a year ago, with the release of ChatGPT.

The Meta CEO has a new message now that his company is losing the AI race.

Bots are starting to conspire with one another. Can they be reeled back in?