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TV's Best Show About the Threat of Big Tech Is Made by Two Boomers

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Robert and Michelle King have spent years satirizing Big Tech. Now the son of a Big Tech oligarch is their new boss. Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time. You're already subscribed to the aa_Sam_Adams newsletter.


Mark Zuckerberg Has Found a Cute Way to Win Your Trust

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The Industry Big Tech's Digital Assistants Are Getting Suspiciously Cute Between Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots, bots with adorable mascots are the latest trend out of Silicon Valley. Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time. You're already subscribed to the aa_Alex_Kirshner newsletter. You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time.


He Journeyed Deep Into Elon Musk's Brain. Spoiler: It Wasn't Pretty.

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By Lizzie O'Leary Follow Lizzie Signed Up For Email Alerts Error Signing Up For Email Alerts Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time. You're already subscribed to the aa_Lizzie_Oleary newsletter. You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time. We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try again, or manage all your newsletter subscriptions here . Please enable javascript to sign up for newsletters.


A Peter Thiel–Backed Company Put On a Broadway Musical. I Went--and Was Stunned by What I Saw.

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I watched a Broadway musical starring Billy Porter that was a 60-minute commercial for a finance app. Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time. You're already subscribed to the aa_Nitish_Pahwa newsletter. You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time.


There's One Word That Your Chatbot Should Never Say

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Users Want to Fight Back Against Chatbots? Artificial intimacy is harming us in ways we don't fully understand. An MIT professor thinks she knows how to combat it. Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time.


Mark Zuckerberg Might Have Finally Made Something That's Actually Useful

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It Was a Total Fiasco. Meta's Muse app is supposed to do all of your internet tasks. Big Tech is already resisting. Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time.


Another Civil War Would Be Bad. A New Book Imagines Something Even Worse.

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Emily St. John Mandel's latest hops futures, grimly. Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time. You're already subscribed to the aa_Laura_Miller newsletter. You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time.


The Best Reason to Doubt the A.I. Doomsayers

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Industry insiders have been offering absolutely terrible odds for humanity's future. Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time. You're already subscribed to the aa_Nitish_Pahwa newsletter. You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time.


My Husband Was Always a Wonderful Gift-Giver. Now His Gifts Are Suspiciously … Off.

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My Husband Was Always a Wonderful Gift-Giver. Now His Gifts Are Suspiciously Off. Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time. You're already subscribed to the aa_Jenee_DesmondHarris newsletter.


Some People Think Elon Musk Snapped. The Controversial Four-Hour Documentary About Him Suggests Something Else.

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Movies What if Elon Musk Was Always Elon Musk? Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time. You're already subscribed to the aa_Sam_Adams newsletter. You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time.