Technology

Shh, ChatGPT. That’s a Secret.

Your chatbot transcripts may be a gold mine for AI companies.

North Carolina’s Coming Run on Electric Cars

More than 1 million Americans are still without electricity. EV owners are using their cars to keep the lights on.

The Next Big Thing Is Still … Smart Glasses

A computer for your face—now with AI. What could go wrong?

The Playwright in the Age of AI

Ayad Akhtar’s new play, McNeal, starring Robert Downey Jr., subverts the idea that artificial intelligence threatens human ingenuity.

Does AI Actually Understand Language?

The world through the eyes of a chatbot.

AI Is a Language Microwave

Easy, convenient, and far from perfect

Malcolm Gladwell, Meet Mark Zuckerberg

The writer’s insistence on ignoring the web is an even bigger blind spot today than it was when The Tipping Point came out.

High School Is Becoming a Cesspool of Sexually Explicit Deepfakes

AI-generated child-sexual-abuse images are flooding the web.

OpenAI Takes Its Mask Off

Another restructure, and the clearest signal yet of what the company really is

AI Could Still Wreck the Presidential Election

Regulators have largely taken a hands-off approach to the use of AI in political ads—and the consequences may be severe.

The Trump Posts You Probably Aren’t Seeing

His Truth Social posts are even worse than you think.

For Now, There’s Only One Good Way to Power AI

Chatbots are saving America’s nuclear industry.

Elon Musk Has Reached a New Low

Welcome to the darkest timeline.

The Secret to Getting Men to Wear Hearing Aids

Too many people delay dealing with hearing loss because they think the devices make them look old.

Don’t Fool Yourself About the Exploding Pagers

Your phone is not a bomb.

The Death of the Minivan

It was a perfect vehicle.

I Really Can’t Tell If You’re Serious

The latest style of engagement-bait video is designed to be confusing—but why?

Productivity Is a Drag. Work Is Divine.

The machines can have our chores, but we can’t afford to outsource creation.

The Trump Sons Really Love Crypto

The former president and his family are launching a crypto business just weeks before the election.

Smartphones Are So Over

Snap is trying to make computers fun again.