The right’s flirtation with degrowth, explained

Over the last few years, I’ve written a lot about degrowth ideology, the view that the only way to save the planet is to abandon economic growth as...

07.02.2025 6

Kelsey Piper

You’re wrong about DeepSeek

Last week I told you about the Chinese AI company DeepSeek’s recent model releases and why they’re such a technical achievement. The DeepSeek...

31.01.2025 30

Kelsey Piper

OpenAI’s new anti-jobs program

On Tuesday, I was thinking I might write a story about the implications of the Trump administration’s repeal of the Biden executive order on AI....

24.01.2025 10

Kelsey Piper

There are no grown-ups in California

Wildfires are on the mind here in California. It’s still not clear exactly to what degree the devastating Los Angeles fires were the product of...

17.01.2025 7

Kelsey Piper

How the Los Angeles fires highlight the challenge of disaster relief

The wildfires engulfing the Los Angeles area might reshape what Southern California will look like for years to come. Within a week, approximately...

15.01.2025 50

Kelsey Piper

It’s getting harder to measure just how good AI is getting

Toward the end of 2024, I offered a take on all the talk about whether AI’s “scaling laws” were hitting a real-life technical wall. I argued...

12.01.2025 10

Kelsey Piper

A whole new thing that could end the world

We’re all inured to sensationalist headlines about some disaster or another on the horizon. So I don’t blame anyone who was exhausted when they saw...

03.01.2025 10