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Despite what tech CEOs might say, large language models are not smart in any recognizably human sense of the word.

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The Super Bowl of Internet Beefs

Nobody wins in the Trump-Musk breakup.

The Travel Ban Shows That Americans Have Grown Numb

Less than a decade ago, a similar policy sparked an outcry. Today, people seem far more accepting.

When Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon Tenure Started Going Sideways

The defense secretary annoyed Donald Trump with a favor for Elon Musk. Hegseth’s problems only grew from there.

Every Election Is Now Existential

A nationalist’s narrow victory in Poland offers a preview of many knife-edge contests to come, all across the democratic world.

Fast Times and Mean Girls

What the great teen movies tell us about American adolescence