The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
Security Experts Are ‘Losing Their Minds’ Over an FAA Proposal
The Trump administration is considering hiring foreigners as air traffic controllers.
The AI Mirage
For decades, tech companies have promised that AI will make our computers easier to use. That hasn’t happened yet.
Why Is Dad So Mad?
A father dares to explore his rage.
The Wrecking of the FBI
The former FBI official Peter Strzok on how President Donald Trump is destroying U.S. counterintelligence from the inside.
How Trump Primed His Base to Turn Against Him
The president spent years undermining voters’ belief in the government. Now he’s asking them to just trust him.
The AI Industry Is Radicalizing
The tech industry and its critics occupy parallel universes.
Why Do So Many People Think Trump Is Good?
The work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre helps illuminate some central questions of our time.
Elon Musk Updated Grok. Guess What It Said?
After praising Hitler earlier this week, the chatbot is now listing the “good races.”
How Putin Humiliated Trump
The real reason the president suddenly sounds tougher on Russia
The End of Publishing as We Know It
Inside Silicon Valley’s assault on the media
Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think
Here’s how to make the most of it.
Trump Is Trying to Steamroll the Tennessee Valley Authority
Earlier this week, the White House told the board of America’s largest public-energy provider to fire the CEO, or be fired.
The Entire Internet Is Reverting to Beta
The AI takeover is changing everything about the web—and not necessarily for the better.
The Conversations Doctors Are Having About Vaccination Now
Pediatricians’ advice on vaccination hasn’t changed. What happens when the government’s does?
The Computer-Science Bubble Is Bursting
Artificial intelligence is ideally suited to replacing the very type of person who built it.
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.
Elon Musk’s Grok Is Calling for a New Holocaust
The chatbot is also praising Hitler and attacking users with Jewish-sounding names.
Andrea Gibson Refused to ‘Battle’ Cancer
The last years of the poet’s life were among their most joyful.
Chatbots Are Cheating on Their Benchmark Tests
AI programs train on questions they’re later tested on. So how do we know if they’re getting smarter?