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Indexed issues, last 90 days
12
Latest publication
Sep 30, 2026
Audience
176K subscribers
Earliest in this view
Aug 27, 2026

Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    OpenAI connects the Dots (opens the original)

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    This is a column about AI. My fiancé works at Anthropic. See my full ethics disclosure here.In November 2023, a year after the release of ChatGPT, Bill Gates wrote that "AI is about to completely change how you use computers." Writing on his blog, Gates predicted that the

  2. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    Following: OpenAI taps the brakes (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    Can Muse make us forget the metaverse? (opens the original)

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    This is a column about AI. My fiancé works at Anthropic. See my full ethics disclosure here.The first time I attended a Meta developer conference devoted primarily to bots was a decade ago. In 2016, the company then known as Facebook<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2016/4/12/11395806/facebook-messenger-bot-platform-announced-f8-conference?ref=pla

  4. Issue · Sep 23, 2026

    Muse is having a moment (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Sep 18, 2026

    What was Hard Fork? (opens the original)

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    This column mentions AI. My fiancé works at Anthropic. See my full ethics disclosure here.On Wednesday we announced Machine Gods. It’s a new podcast from Kevin Roose and me, in partnership

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