Artificial Intelligence

An AI-generated video on the platform Sora purports to depict Open AI CEO Sam Altman shoplifting from Target.

Our Racist, Terrifying Deepfake Future Is Here Our Racist, Terrifying Deepfake Future Is Here

A faked viral video of a white CEO shoplifting is one thing. What happens when an AI-generated video incriminates a Black suspect? That’s coming, and we’re completely unprepared.

Nov 3, 2025 / Kali Holloway

An advertising campaign for the

AI Will Never Be Your Friend AI Will Never Be Your Friend

The Friend necklace promises constant companionship and understanding. But this isn’t friendship—it’s a soulless, cynical way to prey on our loneliness and fear.

Oct 20, 2025 / Zito Madu

The Stargate AI data center under construction in Abilene, Texas, on September 23, 2025.

AI Is Going to Kill Everyone You Love. The Surprise Is How. AI Is Going to Kill Everyone You Love. The Surprise Is How.

It’s not hostile super robots you should worry about—it’s the heat they’ll generate.

Oct 17, 2025 / Delaney Nolan

Image created by merging two photographs, showing presidential candidate John Kerry and actress Jane Fonda, who campaigned against the Vietnam War in the 1970s.

What the Photoshop Panic Should Have Taught Us About AI What the Photoshop Panic Should Have Taught Us About AI

In 2004, a doctored political image caused outrage and confusion. Twenty years later, why hasn’t visual literacy improved?

Sep 15, 2025 / Morgan Barrie

The Trans Cult Who Believes AI Will Either Save Us—or Kill Us All

The Trans Cult Who Believes AI Will Either Save Us—or Kill Us All The Trans Cult Who Believes AI Will Either Save Us—or Kill Us All

What the Zizians, a trans vegan cult allegedly behind multiple murders, can teach us about radicalization and our tech-addled politics.

Mar 13, 2025 / Grace Byron

Power lines for Bitcoin mining warehouses in Rockdale, Tex.

We Deserve a Quieter World We Deserve a Quieter World

With every AI project abandoned, every bitcoin not mined, every pickup truck not sold, every jet fighter not flown, people somewhere will get relief from noise pollution.

Sep 18, 2024 / Stan Cox

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., arrives for an interview on

Big Tech Is Very Afraid of a Very Modest AI Safety Bill Big Tech Is Very Afraid of a Very Modest AI Safety Bill

Despite claiming to support AI safety, powerful tech interests are trying to kill SB1047.

Aug 30, 2024 / Lawrence Lessig

Google DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis (L) and Google chief executive Sundar Pichai open the tech titan's annual I/O developers conference focusing on how artificial intelligence is being woven into search, email, virtual meetings and more in Mountain View, California, on May 14, 2024.

California’s AI Safety Bill Is a Mask-Off Moment for the Industry California’s AI Safety Bill Is a Mask-Off Moment for the Industry

AI’s top industrialists say they want regulation—until someone tries to regulate them.

Aug 15, 2024 / Garrison Lovely

Mideast Bahrain US Military

Venture Capitalists Are Gunning for New Frontiers in Techno-War Venture Capitalists Are Gunning for New Frontiers in Techno-War

These corporate promoters of a new way of war view themselves as a new breed of patriots, ready and able to successfully confront the military challenges of the future.

Jun 26, 2024 / William D. Hartung

A battlefield visualization system.

Meet the New Military-Industrial Complex Meet the New Military-Industrial Complex

How the Pentagon–Silicon Valley alliance is harnessing AI to defeat China in World War III.

Apr 22, 2024 / Michael T. Klare

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