The Man Who Made Robots Dance Now Wants Them to Think for Themselves

The Man Who Made Robots Dance Now Wants Them to Think for Themselves

    05 Jan 2024

Some robots, including from Boston Dynamics, are already doing warehouse work. Do you expect...

Forget Growth. Optimize for Resilience

Forget Growth. Optimize for Resilience

    04 Jan 2024

Fleming believed that growth has natural limits. Things grow to maturity—kids into adults, saplings...

Sex, Drugs, and AI Mickey Mouse

Sex, Drugs, and AI Mickey Mouse

    03 Jan 2024

On January 1, Mike Neville gave Midjourney the following prompt: “Steamboat Willie drawn in...

AI May Not Steal Your Job, but It Could Stop You Getting Hired

AI May Not Steal Your Job, but It Could Stop You Getting Hired

    03 Jan 2024

If you’ve worried that candidate-screening algorithms could be standing between you and your dream...

The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2023

The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2023

    29 Dec 2023

In 2023, the world has felt like it was balanced on a precipice. A...

Generative AI Learned Nothing From Web 2.0

Generative AI Learned Nothing From Web 2.0

    28 Dec 2023

If 2022 was the year the generative AI boom started, 2023 was the year...

Cars Are Getting Bigger. Can Smarter Software Make Them Safer?

Cars Are Getting Bigger. Can Smarter Software Make Them Safer?

    27 Dec 2023

It’s not just you: American cars have gotten bigger. Over the past two decades,...

How to Use OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Create Your Own Custom GPT

How to Use OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Create Your Own Custom GPT

    27 Dec 2023

I was never afraid to train an AI chatbot on my writing, because OpenAI...

What Happens When Facebook Heats Your Home

What Happens When Facebook Heats Your Home

    26 Dec 2023

For Big Tech, there are few better places to experiment with data center heating...

The Obscure Google Deal That Defines America’s Broken Privacy Protections

The Obscure Google Deal That Defines America’s Broken Privacy Protections

    26 Dec 2023

Joseph Jerome, who left privacy advocacy to work on Meta’s augmented reality data policies...