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AI’s giant pool of hype
In Tuesday’s episode, novelist Bruce Holsinger imagined the moral fallout of an autonomous car crash in his new book Culpability. Today, we leave fic…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Examining AI’s ‘Culpability’
What happens when an algorithm doesn’t just crunch data, but reshapes morality? In his new novel Culpability — an Oprah Book Club pick — Bruce Holsin…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Cloudy with a chance of algorithms
Tech giants say artificial intelligence can outsmart the storm, predicting tomorrow’s weather faster than ever. We talk to Paris Perdikaris of the Un…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Forecast, interrupted
Artificial intelligence is rewriting the rules of weather forecasting — spotting storms sooner, warning us faster, and increasing the potential to sa…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
The GoLaxy Papers: Inside China’s AI persona army
Leaked Chinese documents from a company called GoLaxy reveal a chilling new playbook for information war: an army of A.I. personas, engineered to loo…
1 year ago
The scientist we sent away
Visa denials. Frozen grants. Whispers of disloyalty. It all feels strangely familiar. This week: the story of Qian Xuesen—an exiled Chinese scientist…
1 year ago
Cyber attacks may have us seeing double
For decades, the U.S. has led the world in cyber innovation. But when it comes to resilience — the ability to withstand and recover from an attack — …
1 year ago
The scam next door
Scams aren’t always loud. They don’t always come with pop-ups, typos, or promises of instant riches. The most effective ones whisper and tap into our…
1 year ago
The veterans who worry Putin
The Kremlin has mastered controlling the message online. But now, tens of thousands of soldiers are coming home from Ukraine with stories the state c…
1 year ago
The internet Putin always wanted
The Kremlin claims it’s slowing mobile internet to keep Ukrainian drones at bay. But that’s just the cover story. What’s really happening is Vladimir…
1 year ago