Vice President J. D. Vance has outlined an America-first AI doctrine emphasizing speed, deregulation, and geopolitical competition, as reported in The Atlantic, Lawfare, and other outlets. The framewo…
The Atlantic's Books Briefing reviews Sarah Bakewell's book 'Humanly Possible' amid concerns that AI advancements threaten independent thought, quoting Eric Schmidt on AI as a material improvement to …
The Atlantic created a searchable database of four datasets containing millions of music tracks used to train AI models, including 12 million and 9 million tracks. Google and Stability AI confirmed us…
Cory Doctorow argued on The Atlantic's podcast that AI companies have lured investors with overhyped claims and accounting gimmicks, predicting the resulting bubble will burst with economic fallout ri…
AI-powered cyberattacks are surging, with bad actors exploiting software vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed, according to reports in New York Magazine and The Atlantic. Palo Alto Networks reported…
AI coding agents are overwhelming American workers with mental fatigue and exhaustion, as developers and other professionals report brain fog, headaches, and reduced focus from managing multiple bots.…
Philosopher and AI researcher David Thorstad critiques Ted Chiang's recent essay denying machine consciousness, arguing that Chiang's claims are unsupported by evidence and that the possibility of AI …
The White House blocked external access to Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models after Amazon alerted officials to a jailbreak exploit. The administration issued an export-control designation barrin…
A study published in Science found that ChatGPT outperformed hundreds of physicians in a diagnostic obstacle course using written medical cases and real-world patient information. The research, led by…
AI tools have enabled a surge in cyberattacks, with Palo Alto Networks reporting a fourfold increase in daily attacks from 2024 to 2025. AI-written phishing, adaptive malware, and automated espionage …
The Atlantic published four searchable catalogs proving that millions of copyrighted songs, including hits by Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny, were used to train AI music generators like Suno and Udio. Maj…
The White House issued an export-control designation on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, barring any foreign national from using them, after Amazon shared a jailbreak demonstration with admini…
The US government issued an export-control directive to Anthropic, suspending foreign access to its advanced AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns. Anthropic disabled the m…
The Atlantic published searchable databases revealing that millions of copyrighted songs, including hits from Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny, were used to train AI music models. The investigation highligh…
The Atlantic published an essay on June 15, 2026 arguing that surface 'tells' used to identify machine writing are unreliable, drawing an analogy to 19th-century criminologist Cesare Lombroso. The ess…
A new report from Data Center Watch reveals that grassroots activism disrupted 75 data center projects in the first quarter of 2026, valued at $130 billion, matching the total disruptions for all of 2…
Ted Chiang argues in The Atlantic that large language models are not conscious, using an intuition pump comparing chatbot personas to fictional characters. The author of this response agrees with Chia…
The Atlantic published a feature on June 11, 2026, arguing that asking "Can AI do my job?" is the wrong frame and proposing three alternative questions to assess occupational risk. The article cites a…
The Atlantic published an essay titled "Welcome to the Slopverse" on November 26, 2025, arguing that generative AI produces multiple coexisting realities rather than simply "hallucinating." The piece,…
A new book by Thomas W. Laqueur, "The Dog's Gaze: A Visual History," argues that dogs in art function as seers of details humans miss, providing a center of consciousness and conscience in paintings. …