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. …
Jamir Nazir's short story "The Serpent in the Grove," a regional winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize published on Granta's website, sparked debate over whether it was AI-generated after reade…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing a voluntary process for leading AI companies to share certain upcoming models with the federal government for safety testing up to one mon…
The AI-detection tool Pangram has been central to recent high-profile accusations that texts were AI-generated, classifying passages as "AI Generated," "AI Assisted," or "Human Written." The tool has …
On May 30, 2026, The Atlantic reported that autonomous AI agents are increasingly performing tasks like answering emails and generating content, crowding out human-written material online. The publica…
A24 released the feature film **Backrooms**, directed by 20-year-old **Kane Parsons**, expanding his viral YouTube shorts into a studio-backed horror movie starring **Chiwetel Ejiofor** and **Renate R…
A wave of nearly identical AI-generated songs, all titled variations of "Angel Above Me" or "Run Run River," has gone viral on Spotify, TikTok, and iTunes, amassing millions of streams and hitting No.…
A wave of near-identical AI-generated songs, derived from the 2019 track "Angels Above Me" by Stick Figure, has flooded streaming platforms, accruing millions of streams on Spotify and TikTok and reac…
Data centers powering the AI boom have become the most polarizing buildings in America, with 70% of people opposing construction in their community and at least 20 proposed projects canceled due to lo…
AI-generated songs with near-identical names, lyrics, and melodies have flooded streaming platforms, amassing millions of streams on Spotify and TikTok and hitting No. 1 on iTunes in Germany and Austr…