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AI Is Incapable of Poetry

AI Is Incapable of Poetry AI Is Incapable of Poetry

It’s incapable of producing anything creative that isn’t dreck.

May 14, 2026 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Roberts on Jim Crow Island

Roberts on Jim Crow Island Roberts on Jim Crow Island

Bezos couture.

May 8, 2026 / Steve Brodner

Larry Ellison: Oracle of Surveillance

Larry Ellison: Oracle of Surveillance Larry Ellison: Oracle of Surveillance

Billionaire grabs all your info.

May 7, 2026 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Alex Karp seated before an image of his model of a visionary tech thinker during last year's Hill & Valley Forum at the US Capitol's Visitor Center.

Palantir’s Manifesto Promises a Dystopian Future Palantir’s Manifesto Promises a Dystopian Future

The tech company’s CEO Alex Karp delivers a self-serving broadside that’s steeped in oligarchic hubris and authoritarian nihilism

Apr 23, 2026 / Elizabeth Spiers

What Happens When ‘Your Honor’ Is a Robot?

What Happens When ‘Your Honor’ Is a Robot? What Happens When ‘Your Honor’ Is a Robot?

As AI seeps ever deeper into our judicial system, boosters insist it will bring fairness and efficiency. The way AI is being developed suggests otherwise.

Apr 22, 2026 / Feature / Elie Mystal

Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir

Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir

His tech company aids ICE, and killings in Gaza and Iran.

Apr 17, 2026 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Peter Thiel

How Silicon Valley Is Turning Scientists Into Exploited Gig Workers How Silicon Valley Is Turning Scientists Into Exploited Gig Workers

Tech elites are enriching themselves by plundering STEM institutions—and offering researchers scraps.

Apr 14, 2026 / Hirsh Chitkara

The Death of an AI Whistleblower

The Death of an AI Whistleblower The Death of an AI Whistleblower

Suchir Balaji sought to expose OpenAI’s data abuses. Did it come at the expense of his own life?

Apr 13, 2026 / Feature / Jacob Silverman

Americans Are Being Bled Dry by Hidden Taxes

Americans Are Being Bled Dry by Hidden Taxes Americans Are Being Bled Dry by Hidden Taxes

Three private taxes are pushing electricity costs far above what ordinary people can afford.

Apr 9, 2026 / Column / Zephyr Teachout

The Great AI Grift

The Great AI Grift The Great AI Grift

Tech leaders want you to believe that AI is the key to a new golden age. The reality looks more like a bold, government-backed heist.

Apr 8, 2026 / Feature / Susannah Glickman, Amba Kak, and Sarah Myers West

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