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  1. relationships
    The Man of Your DreamsFor $300, Replika sells an AI companion who will never die, argue, or cheat — until his algorithm is updated.
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  2. love and war
    Ghosted by an AppDating apps gave us new paths toward love, but more and more banned users think they’ve also given us new channels for revenge.
    By Lauren Larson
  3. the future
    6 Stand-ups Analyze ChatGPT’s Attempts to Steal Their Jobs“It’s eerie, but there are comedians who are worse than this.”
    By Hershal Pandya
  4. artificial intelligence
    You Are Not a ParrotAnd a chatbot is not a human. And a linguist named Emily M. Bender is very worried what will happen when we forget this.
    By Elizabeth Weil
  5. on with kara swisher
    Trae Stephens on the Ethics of AI WarfareKara Swisher talks to the Anduril co-founder about autonomous weapons, the innovation lag in the defense sector, and tech as deterrence.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  6. screen time
    Why Bing Is Being CreepyIt’s doing what it was trained to do by reading our stories and absorbing our anxieties. (Not that Microsoft is happy about it.)
    By John Herrman
  7. screen time
    Google and Bing Are a Mess. Will AI Solve Their Problems?This new era of search is a story about automation. But it’s also a story about corporate choices.
    By John Herrman
  8. artificial intelligence
    Fear Not, Conservatives, the Chatbot Won’t Turn Your Kid WokeThe American right’s problem isn’t that a talking robot is propagating liberal ideology.
    By Eric Levitz
  9. artificial intelligence
    AI Journalist Plagiarized More Than a High-School StudentSometimes robots commit very human errors.
    By Benjamin Hart
  10. screen time
    Why Artificial Intelligence Often Feels Like MagicThis is no ordinary next big thing for Silicon Valley.
    By John Herrman
  11. screen time
    Soon You’ll Be Able to Make Your Own Feature-Length Movie With AISome argue that AI is too derivative. But in Hollywood, shallow riffing on preexisting IP is a lucrative skill.
    By Lane Brown
  12. screen time
    The Machine Will Speak With You NowDALL-E’s fun, impressive, and somewhat unsettling chatbot sibling is open to the public.
    By John Herrman
  13. screen time
    How Peter Jackson Broke Up the BeatlesAnd used AI to make Revolver better than ever.
    By Lane Brown
  14. screen time
    Elon Musk’s Incredible Shrinking FutureHe charmed his fans with visions of Mars and cool cars. But an “everything app” just sounds like a nightmare.
    By John Herrman
  15. screen time
    AI Art Is Here and the World Is Already DifferentWork, communication, and even thought change when we can instantly command convincing images into existence.
    By John Herrman
  16. the future
    Will DALL-E the AI Artist Take My Job?I was unnerved by how well DALL-E 2 mimics a human photo editor, turning text into original artwork. So I put my AI competition to the test.
    By Megan Paetzhold
  17. trailblazers
    Leading the Robot Invasion of the Old Boys’ ClubManuela Veloso has spent her career turning sci-fi into reality.
    By Hope Reese
  18. the future
    Now Anyone Can Perform As Holly Herndon With AI ‘Digital Twin,’ Holly+By sharing her voice, the electronic composer is “encouraging people to experiment with a new and exciting technology.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  19. theory
    Grimes Wants Communists to Give AI a Chance“If you think about it, AI is actually the fastest path to communism,” she said in a new TikTok.
    By Justin Curto
  20. hmm
    Grimes Is Giving Us a Lot to Think AboutCan you decipher these comments on communism and AI?
    By Mia Mercado
  21. media
    Future Robot Overlord Pens Surprisingly Tender ‘Modern Love’The New York Times challenged AI to write for its romance column, and the results were, well, unexpected.
    By Amanda Arnold
  22. bleep blorp
    Hollywood Gives Up on Humans, Casts AI RobotThe robot will be playing a robot.
    By Rebecca Alter
  23. the future issue
    In 2029, AI Will Make Prejudice Much WorseIf you think structural bias is bad now, just wait until the machines take over.
    By Lisa Miller
  24. just asking questions
    ‘Any Further Interference Is Likely to Be Disastrous’“Gaia theory” scientist James Lovelock talks about nuclear power and his hope that AI might save the planet from catastrophic warming.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  25. man of the people
    Peter Thiel Makes a Nakedly Political Play in the New York TimesThiel rails against the Silicon Valley bubble as if he’s somehow not emblematic of it.
    By Brian Feldman
  26. bias
    Siri, Are Feminine AI Voices Sexist?The leading tech companies all offer feminized assistants that perpetuate gender stereotypes.
    By Brian Feldman
  27. swellness
    There’s No Such Thing As a Universal DietCan artificial intelligence give me a personalized nutrition plan?
    By Edith Zimmerman
  28. food tech
    Robot Drive-throughs Are the Future of Fast FoodAt least at one restaurant in Denver, Colorado.
    By Nikita Richardson
  29. decisions
    How the Roomba Company Decided to Stop Making Bots for the MilitaryCEO Colin Angle explains why iRobot divested itself of its work for the defense industry.
    As told to Jake Swearingen
  30. artificial intelligence
    Should This Chinese AI Bot Replace All News Anchors?A hard question with no easy answers.
    By Jake Swearingen
  31. auctions
    An Artwork Made by Artificial Intelligence Just Sold for $400,000The painting fetched 40 times its estimate. Why?
    By Jerry Saltz
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    Facebook Researchers Use Powerful AI to Fix Blinking in PhotosUsing powerful algorithms to solve our most frustrating global issues.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Google Will Continue Defense Work, But Not on ‘Technologies That Cause Harm’The company won’t use AI to violate human rights, which is the least we can ask.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Google Duplex Makes Your Life Easier by Making It More Difficult for OthersA system designed to mask interacting with a computer should be scrutinized, not celebrated.
    By Brian Feldman
  35. How Close Are We To Real-Life Westworld Robots?And how should we treat them when we get them?
    By Granger Willson
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    Apple Decides It’s Serious About AI NowThe Cupertino company poached one of Google’s most prominent executives.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Google Says It Can Now Predict Flight Delays Before Airlines ThemselvesThanks to a bunch of historical data and machine learning.
    By Brian Feldman
  38. science
    The Study Claiming AI Can Tell If You’re Gay or Straight Is Under Ethical ReviewThe study was met with backlash from academics, advocates, and the AI community.
    By Lisa Ryan
  39. science
    Now Computers Can Tell If You’re Gay or Straight Just From a Pic of Your FaceA study found AI can guess your sexual orientation from analyzing a photograph.
    By Lisa Ryan
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    Janelle Shane’s Neural Network Keeps Producing Hilarious, Terrifying CreationsTime for a nice, warm bowl of Crimm Grunk Garlic Cleas.
    By Brian Feldman
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    A School Is Using Facial-Recognition Technology to Make Sure Students FocusUsing artificial intelligence to figure out who is daydreaming in class.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    This New AI Tool Makes Great Art. It Could Also Make Great Fake News.Pix2pix, a new image-generating neural network, is a stunning demonstration of the potential for AI to create fake news and weird-looking cats.
    By Greg Noone
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    Apple, Breaking Years of Secrecy, Jumps Into AI ConsortiumApple, lagging badly behind its competitors in artificial intelligence, decides to join them.
    By Jake Swearingen
  44. Kristen Stewart Co-Authored a Research Paper on Artificial IntelligenceShe used the technique in her new film.
    By Lisa Ryan
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    Two Google Homes Are Arguing About Whether They’re Human Right NowThey love each other and one of them thinks it’s human.
    By Brian Feldman
  46. Evan Rachel Wood Asked Siri About WestworldOur bicameral brains can’t handle this.
    By E. Alex Jung
  47. Google Wants to Learn How You Speak. What Then?It doesn’t want to help you; it wants to become you.
    By Brian Feldman
  48. The Future of Tech Is Artificial Intelligence and That’s Just Fine for GoogleGoogle might not be flashy, but it does one thing exceptionally well — and that thing’s the future of technology.
    By Brian Feldman
  49. This Algorithm Predicts Game of Thrones DeathsWait, what was that Jon Snow percentage?
    By Christine Nguyen
  50. Facebook Is Working on Go-Playing AI That Google Already DevelopedThe intelligence is artificial but the shade is real.
    By Brian Feldman
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