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Thomas Smith

Los Angeles Times

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Anthropic was beaten to the punch by a salad dressing company

But its ‘effective altruism’ philosophy is potentially much more problematic.

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Meta’s Muse AI agent is a clever little bastard

Provided you’re willing to tell him basically everything about your life.

13.10.2026 20

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How to choose between ChatGPT’s ‘chat’ and ‘work’ modes

Selecting the wrong setting can derail a whole project—or at least deprive you of some of Chat’s most powerful functions.

29.09.2026 50

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Someone used Claude to build a potential bioweapon. The real threat is much deeper

Open LLMs are especially vulnerable.

19.09.2026 10

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OpenAI’s top model just hacked a competitor, but the real issue is much scarier

Blind optimization has a dark side.

29.07.2026 30

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I built an agentic AI clone of my family to plan our summer travel

The results were surprisingly good, with a few important caveats.

10.07.2026 10

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The real reason people hate AI data centers so much

It’s not about the centers. It’s about AI itself.

25.06.2026 20

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If an obscure 1980s paradox is any guide, AI may be about to hit a huge tipping point

Is AI finally finding its economic groove?

14.05.2026 20

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I built an AI poem generator. I wasn’t prepared for how people would use it

One prompt: ‘The Love of Toes After an Injury in the Style of Poe.’

29.04.2026 20

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A strange quirk of the legal profession means lawyers may soon have to adopt AI—or face malpractice

The technology’s ability to make tasks easier and faster could spell fiduciary trouble.

20.04.2026 40

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I Lost $23 investing with ChatGPT, but at least Jason Alexander sang me Happy Birthday

The latest chapter in my AI personal-finance experiment saw an unexpected twist.

13.04.2026 20

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I revived an 1820s sea shanty with AI, and it’s a banger

Inspired by ShantyTok, I set out to make a modern earworm.

06.04.2026 20

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I ate lab-grown salmon. It was nothing like I expected

A San Francisco startup is trying to make ‘cultivated’ fish a thing.

01.04.2026 30

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Why Timothée Chalamet is wrong about opera’s place in our AI-ravished world

Faced with AI, people increasingly want things they can touch, own, and experience.

27.03.2026 20

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OpenAI’s new frontier models mark a huge change in how AI will be built

I test drove both. Here’s what I learned.

18.03.2026 20

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What OpenAI’s $110 billion funding round says about the AI bubble

Spoiler: We’re probably safe (for now).

10.03.2026 50

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I built an OpenClaw AI agent to do my job for me. The results were surprising—and a little scary

Can a bot write compelling Fast Company stories? I endeavored to find out.

26.02.2026 30

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A Waymo vehicle hit a child. What can we learn from the incident?

Accidents like this provide a lens through which to improve both human and robot driving—and even save lives.

17.02.2026 40

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How Google’s new AI could change videogames forever

05.02.2026 20

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The real reasons Elon Musk merged xAI and SpaceX

05.02.2026 30

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AI is about to invade the real world

04.02.2026 30

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OpenAI could take down Google’s $260 billion ad empire. Here’s how

27.01.2026 20

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I cloned a ‘digital twin’ of myself with AI. He’s convincing enough to fool my mom

15.01.2026 60

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I asked ChatGPT to help me come up with killer New Year’s resolutions. Here’s what happened

08.01.2026 50

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I correctly predicted ChatGPT. Here are my 6 AI predictions for 2026

22.12.2025 60

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This guy’s obscure PhD project is the only thing standing between humanity and AI image chaos

17.12.2025 50

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OpenAI just released its new GPT-5.2 model. Here’s what you need to know

12.12.2025 40

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The dramatic rise and spectacular fall of my ChatGPT investment portfolio

08.12.2025 30

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Google’s new Nano Banana Pro can turn literally anything into a beautiful infographic

02.12.2025 40

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You can virtually bring back the dead with AI. Should you?

24.11.2025 40

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Rumor has it OpenAI will release GPT-5.1 this month. Expect fewer hallucinations, better, more creative writing, and more naughty bits

13.11.2025 30

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Big AI is moving to the suburbs

10.11.2025 20

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Exclusive new data shows Google is winning the AI search wars

29.10.2025 30

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I made an entirely fake YouTube channel with Sora and got 21,400 views

27.10.2025 60

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OpenAI’s new Sora social network could take down TikTok. Here’s why

20.10.2025 20

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OpenAI’s true ambition isn’t about chabots. It’s about a ‘super app’

14.10.2025 30

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The right way to use AI at work

06.10.2025 30

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ChatGPT can now spend your money for you

30.09.2025 30

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Why a Waymo is like a horse

29.09.2025 30

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I gave ChatGPT $500 of real money to invest in stocks. Its picks surprised me

22.09.2025 300

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GEO is the new SEO. Here’s everything you need to know

16.09.2025 40

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Why Google’s new Nano Banana means you can never trust a photo you see online again

05.09.2025 50

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Want to disguise your AI writing? Start with Wikipedia’s new list

27.08.2025 30

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OpenAI gave GPT-5 an emotional lobotomy, and it crippled the model

20.08.2025 80

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