Sherry Turkle Argues AI Chatbots Are Eroding Human Empathy
A new book warns that relying on chatbots for companionship can leave people less practised at genuine empathy.
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Education, media, ethics, and culture.
Independent Climate Journalists Launch Pop-Up Newsroom
Five solo climate reporters are pooling resources in a temporary newsroom to bring back the editing and collaboration they lost when going independent.
Why a Robot Tax Beats Retraining for Wealth Redistribution
Alessandro Crimi argues that taxing automation is more effective than retraining labor.
Platformer Ends Hard Fork Era With Turn Toward 'Machine Gods'
Platformer's farewell piece uses the end of Hard Fork to mark a shift in coverage toward artificial intelligence.
Ancient Antarctic Supermountains May Have Sparked Complex Life
New analysis of tiny ancient rocks suggests a colossal mountain range in Gondwana helped drive the explosion of complex life 600 million years ago.
AI Music Exploit Lets Strangers Hijack an Artist's Spotify Page
A reporter shows how a loophole in digital music distribution lets anyone upload AI tracks under a real musician's name with almost no friction.
AI Extinction Debate: Lab Workers' Fears Meet Public Questions
A MIT Technology Review roundtable turned AI doomsday claims from lab employees into an open conversation about credibility and uncertainty.
AI Risk, Hybrid Brains: A Week of Tech Society Questions
MIT Technology Review's recent coverage shows technology moving deeper into questions about existential risk, biological boundaries, and trillion-dollar bets.