The Ugly Lessons of Silicon Valley Bank’s Collapse
Notoriously smart risk-takers missed a huge threat under their own noses, while avowed libertarians begged for government help.
How to Start an AI Panic
The Center for Humane Technology stoked conversation about the dangers of social media. Now it’s warning that artificial intelligence is as dangerous as nuclear weapons.
A Native Son of Palo Alto Thinks His Hometown Will Kill Us All
Author Malcolm Harris argues that the economic and technological ills of society can all be traced back to one city in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Who Should You Believe When Chatbots Go Wild?
Microsoft and others ask us to ignore their glitchy bots’ pleas for personhood. But we need better explanations—and guardrails.
Google Pioneered Stratospheric Loon Balloons. Was China Watching?
The search company helped revolutionize balloon technology to beam internet access to global blank spots. Now, China seems to have lofted a similar project.
Down the Chatbot Rabbit Hole
The founder of social Q&A site Quora is experimenting with Poe, an app that answers questions using AI. What role is left for people?
Startup T2 Wants to Terminate Twitter
Cofounder Gabor Cselle says his upstart social network can offer a “2007 Twitter” community vibe that Elon Musk’s platform no longer supplies.