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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 09 > dario-amodei-slow-down-ai-save-humanity > 688610

Anthropic Says ‘We Owe It to Humanity’ to Slow Down AI

2+ hour, 24+ min ago   (30+ words) Sam Altman and Elon Musk responded with rare agreement to Dario Amodei’s call to action. Sam Altman and Elon Musk responded with rare agreement to Dario Amodei’s call to action....

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theatlantic.com > health > 2026 > 09 > ai-virus-nature-pandemic > 688569

The AI Pandemic Isn’t On Its Way

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (146+ words) A clear check on AI-made viruses is the limit of existing knowledge about what makes viruses dangerous. Yet plenty of others might be, thanks to evolution. Last month, a team of scientists published a high-profile paper describing how they’d taught…...

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theatlantic.com > health > 2026 > 09 > artificial-intelligence-autonomous-doctor-medicine > 688543

Let the Robots Try Medicine

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (51+ words) The Atlantic It’s time for human doctors to get serious about AI. Today need not be any different. Doctors have been presented with a powerful tool that has the potential to improve care for millions of people. It’s their duty…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 09 > stop-calling-ai-companies-labs > 688528

Stop Calling AI Companies ‘Labs’

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (155+ words) Even so, Anthropic has a habit of landing on ambiguity about the fallout of its technology. In its education report, for instance, Anthropic, the entity best equipped to observe whether students are... The term lends an air of scientific rigor…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 09 > chatgpt-imessage-ai-texting > 688507

Am I Talking to You, or ChatGPT?

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (115+ words) It’s no longer strange to think that AI might be everywhere, edging out all forms of human interaction: bots talking to bots, all the way down. Every week we seem to take another step in that... The “Dead Internet” theory…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 09 > ai-future-reckoning-singularity > 688487

A Technological Reckoning With No Great Answers

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (45+ words) The Atlantic Whatever the AI future is, we’re in it right now. One evening in early August, Sam Stowers and several neighbors packed into an apartment near San Francisco’s Alamo Square and pondered the beginning of the end....

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 08 > irreplaceable-climate-activists-ai-backlash > 688404

The AI Backlash Is Transforming Into a Political Movement

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (69+ words) Some three-quarters of Americans oppose a data center being built in their area, three-quarters of Americans think AI will hurt their job security, nearly 70 percent think the technology is advancing... A new group is targeting tech companies and the government…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 08 > ai-jargon-in-everday-speech > 688358

Why Is Everyone in Silicon Valley Talking Like That?

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (40+ words) Silicon Valley has long had its own dialect. Venture capitalists are always talking about the value of being “high agency” and making “orthogonal bets.” But lately, tech vernacular has taken a... Did you mix something up? Maybe you’re just “hallucinating....

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 08 > car-prices-memory-ram-ai > 688329

The AI Boom Is About to Make Cars Even More Expensive

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (23+ words) The Atlantic Prepare yourself for an average sticker price of $60,000....

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 08 > fairground-ai-roku-channel > 688318

The Home Slopping Network

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (264+ words) A new channel on Roku’s TV service offers all-you-can-eat AI programming. I binged eight hours of it. Read: Is this what comes after AI slop? Read: AI slop is coming for your playlists Petrie-Norris said that Fairground doesn’t blindly license…...