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The Atlantic covers news, politics, culture, technology, health, and more, through its articles, podcasts, videos, and flagship magazine.

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theatlantic.com > sponsored > google > the-threshold-moment > 4050

The Threshold Moment - Sponsor Content - Google

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (346+ words) A conversation with James Manyika about the year AI capabilities accelerated, the importance of collaboration, and what it means to be both bold and responsible. Dialogues The pace of AI development this year has been extraordinary. What stands out to…...

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theatlantic.com > podcasts > 2026 > 01 > groks-digital-undressing-crisis-and-a-manifesto-to-build-a-better-internet > 685561

Can We Save the Internet?

8+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1959+ words) Grok’s “digital undressing” crisis and a manifesto to build a better internet Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube It’s like—it’s just a weird thing. Perfect crime. I think we’re going to look back on it and think of chatbots as…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 07 > ai-industry-keeps-breaking-internet > 688124

The AI Industry Keeps Breaking the Internet

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (264+ words) So this is Utopia? Read: Anthropic accidentally made the perfect commercial Those exposed chats were just the latest in a seemingly endless string of AI snafus: misinformation, data leaks, cybersecurity breaches. Immediately after the launch of ChatGPT, one could charitably…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2025 > 11 > common-crawl-ai-training-data > 684567

The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (237+ words) Common Crawl claims to provide a public benefit, but it lies to publishers about its activities. Editor’s note: This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic’s ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry. Read: The unbelievable scale of AI’s pirated-books…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 04 > openai-trial-elon-musk-sam-altman > 686984

The Richest Grudge Match in History

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (16+ words) The trial between Elon Musk and Sam Altman<em> </em>makes the AI boom seem sordid and small....

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 03 > laptop-electronics-ram-ai-tax > 686628

You Can’t Escape the AI Tax

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (136+ words) Electronics are getting more expensive and worse. Blame the AI boom. This seems to be only the beginning. Matteo Rinaldi, the head of a global semiconductor-research institute run by Northeastern University, told me he recently asked a colleague what new…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 02 > words-without-consequence > 685974

Words Without Consequence

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (75+ words) The Atlantic What does it mean to have speech without a speaker? This dynamic is already familiar in everyday use. A chatbot gets something wrong. When corrected, it apologizes and changes its answer. When corrected again, it apologizes again—sometimes…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 05 > ai-backlash-data-centers-political-violence > 687151

The AI Backlash Could Get Very Ugly

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (154+ words) The Atlantic Imagine what happens if jobs actually start disappearing. Many politicians, including President Trump, have cheered on Silicon Valley in a bid to win the supposed AI race with China. But the pro-AI crowd is starting to worry about…...

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theatlantic.com > family > 2026 > 03 > ai-friendship-chatbot > 686345

Friendship, on Demand

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (121+ words) AI chatbots offer relationships that are low effort and completely personalized—and hollow. The robots befriended us remarkably fast. Read: The age of anti-social media is here Read: Have you considered not polluting the water? Read: The anti-social century The…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 06 > dataset-free-music-archive > 687336

AI Watchdog: Free Music Archive

3+ mon, 8+ hour ago   (27+ words) The Atlantic Explore original journalism about this data set through AI Watchdog, The Atlantic’s ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry....

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