Opinion

In 2025 we will see AI and machine learning leveraged to make real progress in understanding animal communication, answering a question that has puzzled humans as long as we have existed: “What are animals saying to each other?” The recent…

The birth of ChatGPT brought a collection of anxieties regarding how large language models allow users to quickly subvert processes that once required human time, effort, passion, and understanding. And further, the tech sector’s often…

Generative AI took the world by storm in November 2022, with the release of OpenAI’s service ChatGPT. One hundred million people started using it, practically overnight. Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, the company that created ChatGPT,…

In 2025, AI and climate change, two of the biggest societal disruptors we're facing, will collide.The summer of 2024 broke the record for Earth’s hottest day since data collection began, sparking widespread media coverage and public debate.…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expects AGI, or artificial general intelligence—AI that outperforms humans at most tasks—around 2027 or 2028. Elon Musk’s prediction is either 2025 or 2026, and he has claimed that he was "losing sleep over the threat…

In the US, people have strong opinions about health insurance companies, and when it came out that the alleged shooter had written “deny,” “depose,” “defend” on some ammo casings, they rallied round. When it turned out Mangione had been…

The appeals court ruled today that the PAFACA does not violate TikTok’s free speech rights.“The Government does not suppress content or require a certain mix of content. Indeed, content on the platform could in principle remain unchanged…

In 2025, AI is poised to change every aspect of democratic politics—but it won’t necessarily be for the worse.India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has used AI to translate his speeches for his multilingual electorate in real time,…

In 2025, entrepreneurs will unleash a flood of AI-powered apps. Finally, generative AI will deliver on the hype with a new crop of affordable consumer and business apps. This is not the consensus view today. OpenAI, Google, and xAI are…

Next year will be Big Tech’s finale. Critique of Big Tech is now common sense, voiced by a motley spectrum that unites opposing political parties, mainstream pundits, and even tech titans such as the VC powerhouse Y Combinator, which is…