

Kevin Roose
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This A.I. Subculture’s Motto: Go, Go, Go
The eccentric pro-tech movement known as “Effective Accelerationism” wants to unshackle powerful A.I., and party along the way.

Silicon Valley Confronts a Grim New A.I. Metric
Where do you fall on the doom scale — is artificial intelligence a threat to humankind? And if so, how high is the risk?

The OpenAI Drama Has a Clear Winner: The Capitalists
The fight over OpenAI was at least partly about dueling visions of artificial intelligence. One side clearly won out.

The Winners and Losers of OpenAI’s Wild Weekend
It is hard to see the past few days as anything but a big loss for the A.I. company.

What We Know About Sam Altman’s Ouster From OpenAI
Everything seemed to be going his way. Then his time at OpenAI was over.

Personalized A.I. Agents Are Here. Is the World Ready for Them?
The age of autonomous A.I. assistants could have huge implications.

Executive Order on A.I. Tries to Balance Technology’s Potential and Peril
President Biden announced regulations on Monday that seemed to have a little bit for everyone.

Stanford Is Ranking Major A.I. Models on Transparency
Stanford researchers have ranked 10 major A.I. models on how openly they operate.

The Wager That Betting Can Change the World
A coterie of tech insiders believe that “prediction markets” can fix social ills. Are they right?