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Taylor Swift, Star Wars, Stranger Things, and Deadpool Have One Man in Common
By Angela Watercutter
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In the War Against Russia, Some Ukrainians Carry AK-47s. Andrey Liscovich Carries a Shopping List
By Samanth Subramanian
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Scientists Have an Audacious Plan to Map the Ancient World Before It Disappears
By Geoff Manaugh
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The AI Detection Arms Race Is On—and College Students Are Building the Weapons
By Christopher Beam
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Sundar Pichai on Google’s AI, Microsoft’s AI, OpenAI, and … Did We Mention AI?
By Steven Levy
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Unhinged Conspiracies, AI Doppelgangers, and the Fractured Reality of Naomi Klein
By Kate Knibbs
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The Cloud Is a Prison. Can the Local-First Software Movement Set Us Free?
By Gregory Barber