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Many used to worry about China’s power over the app — but American control is troubling, too.
If you believe there’s a soul trapped inside ChatGPT, I have good news for you.
Understand how ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion, and DALL-E are transforming our world — from text and image generation to how we live and work.
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Remember the TikTok ban? There’s a new deadline coming up.
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Our unmoderated online reality bares its teeth.
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Everyone underestimated AI progress. Now what?
The case for giving one to your 3-year-old is not as outlandish as it sounds.
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A very Future Perfect newsletter mailbag.
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AI in the classroom doesn’t have to be a catastrophe.
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A former Trump appointee alleges the DOJ is letting firms buy exemptions from anti-monopoly laws.
It’s so easy get addicted these days. The apps are counting on it.
This deal has everything: semiconductors, DeepSeek, constitutional violations.
AI will undoubtedly shape the next 25 years. We just don’t know how yet.
Vintage resellers are embracing livestream shopping.
AI wrote a sacred text for Buddhists — and it exceeded expectations. Can it write a good Bible?
We were promised flying cars. We got Instagram brain rot.
The cutting-edge of neurotech can read your mind. Sort of.
Republicans want to give Uber workers benefits. There’s a catch.
A philosopher on humanity’s need for a new story — and a new way to defy where we’re headed.
AI wants to fix your money problems. What could go wrong?
What chimp research can teach us about AI’s ability to “scheme.“
Companies can harvest everything from your location to your search history to determine how much you pay.
Americans say they want a third party — but making it happen is tricky.
Medical devices in the brain are already making a difference for countless patients.
You can get unfathomably rich building AI. Should you?
Two forces are reshaping the same future.
The flip phone returns with a few new tricks.
The obscure chip policy that could reshape US-China competition.
The end of mandatory shoe removal signals progress on airport security.