
AI
The machine that makes the art
He won a prize for his AI-generated, neo-Renaissance print. Or was he just ushering in "the death of artistry ... right before our eyes?"
AI
He won a prize for his AI-generated, neo-Renaissance print. Or was he just ushering in "the death of artistry ... right before our eyes?"
Social media
An exclusive interview with the former Twitter official whose testimony shaped our understanding of Jan. 6, 2021.
AI
A gruesome facial recognition campaign targeting Russian mothers was, as one Ukrainian wrote, “the only way to stop all this madness."
Social media
Inside a Facebook-funded consulting firm's scramble to frame TikTok as a threat to American teens.
Profiles
"There are just eyes on you, always on you. Kids grew up watching me for 10 hours a day. It feels like it’s been my whole life.”
Modern life
"This is not just for million-dollar homes. This is America at its core."
Surveillance
“Shoot me here. Don’t take me back,” she’d screamed as commandos dragged her off the yacht. Then she disappeared.
Profiles
"The only thing I’m creating is … my appearance. Everything else is me."
Surveillance
"Today it’s almost impossible not to leave your footprints somewhere."
Modern life
“That anxiety you feel for those 10 seconds? … That’s how basically all of us feel” all the time.
Surveillance
They think, ‘If I put all these cameras up, I’ll be safe.’ Safe from what? … It’s only making them more afraid."
AI
“It’s pseudoscience. It’s a license to discriminate. And the people whose lives and opportunities are literally being shaped by these systems don’t have any chance to weigh in.”
Modern life
"This idea where you have to be happy all the time: That’s not real, and yet that’s what we’re chasing and what we’re looking for when we want all these pictures all the time.”
AI
"The last thing you want it to do is talk. Because if you talk, people think they can talk back."
Infowar
“We don’t have a policy that stipulates that the information you post on Facebook must be true."
Modern life
“I want them to have a healthy baby because it’s great for our business experience. Rather than having a baby who’s in the neonatal ICU, where she’s not able to focus much on work."