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Meta Just Proved People Hate Chronological Feeds

For three months in late 2020, nearly 7,200 US adults on Facebook and 8,800 on Instagram received a radically different experience than the services’...

Meta’s Election Research Opens More Questions Than It Answers

In the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election, Meta set out to conduct a series of ambitious studies on the effects its platforms—Facebook and...

A Patient May Be Free of HIV, Thanks to This Drug

A sixth person, dubbed the “Geneva patient,” may be free of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant intended to treat another disease—his cancer....

To Watermark AI, It Needs Its Own Alphabet

Only a few months ago, AI content was easy to spot: unnatural inflections in speech, weird earlobes in photos, bland language in writing. This...

Hollywood’s Strikes Will Disrupt Podcasts, Games, and TikTok Too

Back in May, the Writers Guild of America went on strike—partly over disputes about compensation, and partly over fears that studios could use generative...

Heat Waves Aren’t Just Getting Hotter—They’re Sticker Too

Because you’re a smooth-skinned mammal, no weather feels quite as oppressive as a humid heat wave. The more water vapor in the air, the...

The Curse of the Long Boom

A story in four parts, about predictions and what they’re ultimately good for:1. Davies’ LawDan Davies (whose Substack is an excellent read, by the...

Our Top Song of the Summer Picks

Music is a sport, and summer is the most competitive time of the year for artists. Which musician will reign supreme? What song will...

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Anthropic Thinks Its Own Success Is Key to Making AI Safe

Anthropic has spent the last five years warning the world about how advanced artificial intelligence could enable mass destruction,...

This Is Probably Your Last Chance to Buy a Cheap MacBook for a While

Apple warned us. The company called price increases on its products “inevitable” just a couple of weeks ago. On...
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This Is Probably Your Last Chance to Buy a Cheap MacBook for a While

Apple warned us. The company called price increases on its products “inevitable” just a couple of weeks ago. On...

Why Amazon Dropped Its OpenAI Movie, Data Center Workers Fight Back, and Meta Leaks Employee Data

This week on Uncanny Valley, our hosts discuss Amazon’s controversial decision to drop Luca Guadagnino’s film about OpenAI’s Sam...

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Anthropic Thinks Its Own Success Is Key to Making AI Safe

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