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Nobody is governing AI

Artificial intelligence is advancing faster than lawmakers can regulate it, while global AI governance fragments in real time

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Jackie Snow, Gloria Dawson

Beyond the oil shock

Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz are pushing oil toward $100, threatening fertilizer supplies, semiconductor production, and global inflation

06.04.2026 7

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Apple's long game

Here’s how Apple is betting on developers, privacy, and patience to reinvent itself again in the age of AI

01.04.2026 4

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Nuclear's moment is here

It's an all-hands-on-deck moment for electricity. That means nuclear, long dismissed as too expensive and too slow, is back in the mix

30.03.2026 3

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The case for boring AI

What would artificial intelligence look like if it was actually built for people?

29.03.2026 10

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AI is going to war for America before it comes to the bedroom

The U.S. has always been more comfortable with violence than sex. AI is no different: The same tech that can't talk dirty to a consenting adult is...

25.03.2026 6

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Why OpenAI is suddenly allowing erotica on ChatGPT — it's about the money

OpenAI's move into adult content isn't just about sex — it's about owning a booming AI companion market worth hundreds of millions and growing fast

24.03.2026 4

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What Polymarket knows: The rise of a new insider trading

A Polymarket bet placed shortly before news of U.S. strikes on Iran turned $87,000 into $553,000 — raising questions about insider information

23.03.2026 8

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Meta is killing off the metaverse. It lost $80 billion

The shutdown of Horizon Worlds is the clearest signal yet that the metaverse pivot has been quietly unwound as AI takes center stage

18.03.2026 5

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AI is already coming for the classroom

Pick a country, almost any country, and you will find a school system experimenting with AI. Early research on the outcomes is not encouraging

18.03.2026 10

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Sam Altman's human verification company is now building for AI agents

World, the iris-scanning identity startup formerly known as Worldcoin, launched a toolkit that lets verified humans delegate their identity to AI...

17.03.2026 7

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Soap operas, reimagined

The fastest-growing entertainment format in America does not live on Netflix or network television. It lives on your phone

16.03.2026 20

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Corporate America's new data gold rush

AI’s next breakthrough won’t come from scraping the web. Companies are racing to unlock new training data, from personal data to drones and...

12.03.2026 10

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The AI hardware crunch: CPUs join the chip shortage

AI shifts from chatbots to autonomous agents, and data centers scramble for the overlooked chip that suddenly does most of the work

11.03.2026 10

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Robots, cameras, and lots of data about garbage: Inside the recycling industry's new bet

Like just about every other industry right now, recycling is betting that AI can change the calculus

10.03.2026 10

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The driverless car squeeze

Waymo’s rapid robotaxi expansion is accelerating the shift to autonomous vehicles, squeezing Uber and Lyft drivers

09.03.2026 10

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The year of Anthropic

Anthropic's AI products are destabilizing software, reshaping how engineers work, and putting it at the center of a full-blown Pentagon standoff

05.03.2026 10

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The ghost in the AI machine

The question of machine consciousness is suddenly everywhere, driven by models that are getting better at doing things that look an awful lot like...

04.03.2026 9

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OpenAI, Anthropic, and the fog of AI war

After Anthropic refused to bow to the current administration, the Pentagon labeled the company a supply-chain risk — yet bombed Iran while still...

03.03.2026 8

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Nature has a funding gap

A $942 billion biodiversity financing gap is forcing investors and governments to rethink how ecosystems are valued, funded, and accounted for

02.03.2026 20

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ChatGPT sells out

OpenAI tests ads in ChatGPT at premium rates, while Anthropic markets Claude as ad-free, igniting debate over AI trust and sponsored answers

25.02.2026 6

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The week in photos: The number 13 in Times Square, new shots of Saturn, and more

22.01.2026 10

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AI sex sells. OpenAI wants a piece

After years of playing the noble nonprofit saving humanity from rogue AI, the $500 billion company is suddenly fine with ChatGPT talking dirty

05.11.2025 10

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