During four decades of studying the effects of interaction with computers, Sherry Turkle has developed a reputation as a careful if critical social scientist who…
Author: Steven Levy
Trump’s Crazy AI Rebrand Was a Loyalty Test for Tech Execs—and It Worked
Seventy years ago last summer, a group of scientists met at Dartmouth College to discuss a wild idea—that machines might one day be capable of…
If the AI Industry Followed Its Own Research, It Might Have Paused Already
In early 2025 I was interviewing Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei when he explained why, despite the company’s repeated acknowledgments that AI could yield catastrophic results,…
Who Cares if AI Is Conscious—It’s Basically Alive
I spent the waning days of summer grinding away at columns and working on a feature. But I missed a chance at a striking change…
AI Has Human Doctors Asking: What’s Left for Us?
Don’t be fooled by the question mark in the title of an article published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association. When…
Tech Visionary Says the Big AI Labs Don’t Get What People Want
Tim O’Reilly’s yardstick for measuring the worth of a company, person, or society has long been create more value than you capture. It’s no surprise…
4 of Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving—and Launching Their Own AI Startup
At first, the team envisions that those ideas will be codeveloped with humans, but their goal is deeply automating the process. If it works out,…
AI Slop Melodramas Are Taking Over X—and Their Creators Are Cashing In
For 6 months, my husband convinced everyone that I had stolen millions from the company I built, including our own daughter. As I sat in…
Europe Is Fed Up and Wants Its Own AI
Earlier this month I attended Vivatech, a huge tech conference in Paris. One fear dominated the discussions: the prospect of ending up stuck using American…
Has Microsoft Lost Its Mojo (Again)?
You went down the coding agent rabbit hole last November along with everyone else? It was an intense time for the nerds. I spent a…