In conversation with Nick Land, the ‘father of accelerationism’
‘We don’t control the current’
Technology
Tuesday
Can the US government escape the clutches of Microsoft?
While other tech giants were selling data, Microsoft has been building a monopoly on federal tech contracts
Tuesday
What folklore can teach us about our online lives
Like fairyland and the astral plane, the online world is navigable only if you learn its rules
Why people are falling in love with chatbots
The social media platform Reddit now features a community entitled MyBoyfriendIsAI, with around 20,000 members
Can stablecoins make America the crypto capital of the world?
If the dollar dominates stablecoins, America could dominate global finance for centuries
Tuesday
Why we must pull the plug on superintelligence
‘My best guess is that someone born today has a better chance of dying by AI than of graduating high school’
Social media has automated the nation’s psyche
Where the bots lead, humans follow, becoming themselves one-sided, simplistic and fueled by outrage
Saturday
The mission to mine the Moon
A space company will this month land on the surface to prospect for a resource more precious than diamonds
Wednesday
In love with a Luigi Mangione chatbot
Is it the future of romance?
Monday
My son was murdered after whistleblowing on OpenAI
New forensic details paint a picture that contradicts the official narrative
Thursday
Larry Ellison briefly eclipses Elon Musk
After Oracle’s earnings report, the stock shot through the roof
Tuesday
Russia, China and the US are preparing for battle in orbit
Space is becoming more dangerous
AI is revolutionizing the film industry
‘It won’t be long,’ says Yonatan Dor, ‘before screen actors are a thing of the past’
Why do journalists go easy on Sam Altman?
OpenAI’s leader is a terrific huckster and self-promoter, in a league with Trump and Musk
Monday
Why Anthropic AI is finally paying me
Now I can buy the Japanese toilet of my dreams
Friday
The new eugenics dilemma
Genetic selection technology is becoming more advanced and widely available
Tuesday
Elon is coming for your marriage
Grown men – and increasingly, grown women – are building intimate, complex, sustained romantic relationships with AI
Sunday
Why Trump must build a nuclear reactor on the Moon
The plan would be to set down a placeholder nuclear reactor and then declare an exclusion zone
Friday
A global MAGA crusade against web regulation?
We are often – wrongly – told that MAGA is simply a politics of expediency and national self-interest
Thursday
Trump gives the government to the machines
‘It’s not artificial, it’s genius’
