Technology

ChatGPT Is Turning the Internet Into Plumbing

What does life online look like filtered through a bot?

Is This How Amazon Ends?

An open embrace of cheap foreign products has helped Amazon take over the world. It also might guarantee Amazon’s eventual obsolescence.

Why It’s So Hard to Search Your Email

My flight receipt is in there somewhere.

The Rise and Fall of the ‘IBM Way’

What the tech pioneer can, and can’t, teach us

AI Astrology Is Getting a Little Too Personal

Cryptic life guidance is one thing. Telling me to ditch my therapist is another.

Please Stop Paying George Santos for Clout

Politicians should not be influencers.

Science Is Becoming Less Human

AI is accelerating the pace of discovery—but at what cost?

This Is What Happens to All the Stuff You Don’t Want

I ventured into the belly of the holiday-returns beast.

AI’s ‘Fog of War’

How can institutions protect Americans against a technology no one fully understands?

America’s Most Dystopian Halftime Show

How college football turns student debt into a game show

The Hybrid-Car Dilemma

Americans are falling in love with hybrids. Why don’t car companies want to make them?

Generative AI’s iPhone Moment

Google’s long-awaited Gemini model shows that the technology is losing its magic.

The Simple, Ancient Idea That Can Replace Concrete Walls

The energy intensity of concrete is an intractable climate problem. What about using stone instead?

Admit It, the Cybertruck Is Awesome

The world needs weirder EVs.

One Year In, ChatGPT’s Legacy Is Clear

The technology is less important than the ideas it represents.

Spotify Doesn’t Know Who You Are

It’s okay if you’ve listened to Steely Dan 42,031 times this year. Really.

Why Won’t OpenAI Say What the Q* Algorithm Is?

Supposed AI breakthroughs are frequently veiled in secrecy, hindering scientific consensus.

Watching a Line Cook Flip Eggs for Six Hours

TikTok has become a home to people broadcasting themselves live at work. Viewers are captivated.

The Money Always Wins

Sam Altman has retaken the throne at OpenAI.

OpenAI’s Chief Scientist Made a Tragic Miscalculation

What was Ilya Sutskever thinking when he tried to overthrow Sam Altman?