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Elon Musk Is Playing God

The tech billionaire wants to shape humanity’s future. Not everyone has a place there.

At Least Two Newspapers Syndicated AI Garbage

Slop the presses.

Extreme Violence Without Genocide

The plight of white South Africans is part of a much larger problem.

Elon Musk Updated Grok. Guess What It Said?

After praising Hitler earlier this week, the chatbot is now listing the “good races.”

The End of Publishing as We Know It

Inside Silicon Valley’s assault on the media

The AI Birthday Letter That Blew Me Away

Google is ushering in an era of custom chatbots.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

Congrats on the New DOD Gig, MechaHitler!

Turns out, going on anti-Semitic tirades didn’t stop Grok from winning a big government contract.

The First Social-Media Babies Are Growing Up—And They’re Horrified

How would you feel if millions of people watched your childhood tantrums?

Big Tech’s AI Endgame Is Coming Into Focus

One app to rule them all

Judges Don’t Know What AI’s Book Piracy Means

Can AI companies keep stealing books to train their models?

Why Trump Can’t Make the Epstein Story Go Away

His brainwashing powers are finite.

I Left My Church—And Found Christianity

No one should have to choose between their community and their own integrity.

A Disaster for American Innovation

The Trump administration is jeopardizing the AI boom.

The Puzzling Gap Between How Old You Are and How Old You Think You Are

There are good reasons you always feel 20 percent younger than your actual age.

A Sea Story

One of the worst maritime disasters in European history took place in 1994. It remains very much in the public eye. On a stormy night on the Baltic Sea, more than 850 people lost their lives when a luxurious ferry sank below the waves. From a mass of material, including official and unofficial reports and survivor testimony, our correspondent has distilled an account of the Estonia’s last moments—part of his continuing coverage for the magazine of anarchy on the high seas.

The Gen Z Lifestyle Subsidy

In the 2010s, Millennials got cheap Ubers. Today’s young people are getting free SuperGrok.

Nobody Cares If Music Is Real Anymore

“​​Rubber burns, the map fades away / Chasing the ghosts of yesterday.” Sure, fine.

Google’s New AI Puts Breasts on Minors—And J. D. Vance

A feature that lets you virtually try on clothes has a dangerous flaw.

The Biggest Myth About the YIMBY Movement

There’s nothing centrist or conservative about the push to lower housing costs.