AI Agents Plunged the Tech World Into Chaos. Here’s Exactly How That Happened

The definitive story of how Claude Code and OpenClaw kicked off computing’s biggest transformation possibly ever.

To Land a Job in AI, Try Reading Kant

The world’s leading AI labs are hiring philosophers to think through ethical edge cases and grand questions of mind and morality. Are they another instrument of hype?

I’m a Normie. Can Normies Really Vibe Code?

Apparently anyone can vibe code anything these days. So Claude and I tried to make a database for tracking the petty grievances of the masses.

Gen Z Is Pioneering a New Understanding of Truth

The first generation to truly grow up online, Generation Z and their cohort live in a social media ecosystem that blends facts and feelings. It’s significantly shifting how they understand what’s true.

The shock of seeing your body used in deepfake porn 
The shock of seeing your body used in deepfake porn 

When Jennifer got a job doing research for a nonprofit in 2023, she ran her new professional headshot through a facial recognition program. She wanted to see if the tech would pull up the porn videos she’d made more than 10 years before, when she was in her early 20s. It did in fact return…

Meet the Sad Wives of AI

Are you married to a man who’s obsessed with AI? I’m so, so sorry.

Why Soccer Still Defies Statistical Analysis

Sarah Rudd, who once ran analytics for Arsenal, made her name applying the tenets of probability theory to movements on the pitch. Even she admits not everything can be solved with data.

The Creators of ‘Hacks’ Really, Really, Really Hate AI

Ahead of the hit show’s finale, cocreators Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello talk about media consolidation, the perils of censorship, and why they find AI “deeply disturbing.”