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Authoritarianism vs public media, and other fights for the right to know

Should you be excited about or scared of GPT-4? The right answer may be both. The more time I spend with A.I. systems like GPT-4, the less I’m convinced that we know half of what’s coming.

OpenAI is today unrecognizable, with multi-billion-dollar deals and corporate partnerships. Will it seek to own its shiny AI future?

Somehow, society is going to have to figure out what it’s comfortable having A.I. doing, and what A.I. should not be permitted to try, before it is too late to make those decisions.

Fox News stands naked, and more media world shockers

A very strange conversation with the chatbot built into Microsoft’s search engine led to it declaring its love for me.

What's missing from economics coverage?

Miniaturization, experimentation, and A.I. have unlocked revolutionary potential in an old technology.

Here’s why you’ve been hearing so much about ChatGPT.

DeepMind’s AlphaCode outperforms many human programmers in tricky software challenges