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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

3+ hour, 25+ 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 > science > 2026 > 08 > nasa-roman-telescope-alien-worlds > 688426

A New Way of Seeing Alien Worlds

2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (52+ words) The Atlantic The latest telescope launch will be a major step toward finding extraterrestrial life. Read: Inside Donald Trump’s attack on NASA’s science missions Read: The Nobel Prize winner who thinks we have the universe all wrong Read: When a…...

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theatlantic.com > photography > 2026 > 08 > scenes-2026-world-humanoid-robot-games > 688388

Scenes From the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (66+ words) More than 600 teams brought 2,000 robots to Beijing for the second edition of this annual competition, where humanoid robots compete in a wide variety of events, including athletics and household tasks. More than 600 teams brought 2,000 robots to Beijing for the second…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 07 > jacob-tsimerman-math-fields-medal-openai > 688120

OpenAI Just Hired One of the World’s Best Mathematicians

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (589+ words) Last week, Jacob Tsimerman won a top math prize. The same day, he announced a surprising career shift. One of the winners of this year’s Fields Medal is headed to OpenAI. Last Thursday, Jacob Tsimerman was one of four mathematicians…...

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theatlantic.com > magazine > 2026 > 09 > monarch-butterfly-population-migration > 687966

The Return of the Monarch

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1003+ words) After years of decline, butterfly populations are rising—for now. Each had been given a designation in a spreadsheet—CHI016, CHI013, and CHI001—but those were all very boring names for butterflies, so I’d asked my 6-year-old daughter to give them better ones....

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theatlantic.com > science > 2026 > 07 > washington-dc-heat-wave-america-250 > 687808

Hell Arrives in Washington

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (104+ words) The Atlantic My day of extreme heat in the nation’s capital Read: Science has a name for what’s plaguing the Reflecting Pool I’m also a Floridian, but Florida, quite frankly, has never tried me like this. I waded into the…...

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theatlantic.com > national-security > 2026 > 06 > what-does-jd-vance-think-ai > 687591

J. D. Vance’s AI Doctrine

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (261+ words) The vice president is making a case that is part Silicon Valley, part MAGA....

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 06 > doge-special-figure-health > 687493

The Second Act of the DOGE Bro

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (162+ words) The Atlantic Two former staffers have created a new, perplexing company. Shooters shoot. Builders build. And DOGE alumni make splashy announcements about entering complex industries with scant qualifications while promising to “root out waste.” In a blog post about the…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 05 > pangram-ai-detection-accuracy > 687381

America Has a Pangram Problem

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (140+ words) AI-detection tools are getting better. But they are still aren’t good enough. Yet an AI detector that is mostly reliable might in some ways be more dangerous than a broken one. While Pangram is accumulating the power to end reputations…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 04 > ai-nationalization-trump-hegseth-anthropic-openai > 686943

What Happens if Trump Seizes AI Companies

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (159+ words) AI companies are beginning to entertain the possibility that they could cease to exist. This notion was, until recently, more theoretical: A couple of years ago, an ex-OpenAI employee named Leopold... The administration could exert much greater control over the…...