by Katrina Manson | Mar 23, 2026 | Book Excerpt, The Big Story
In its early days, the AI initiative known as Project Maven had its fair share of skeptics at the Pentagon. Today, many of them are true believers. Source
by Michael Pollan | Feb 24, 2026 | Book Excerpt, Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Culture / Books, The Big Story
In his new book, A World Appears, Michael Pollan argues that artificial intelligence can do many things—it just can’t be a person. Source
by Nick Srnicek | Jan 14, 2026 | Book Excerpt, The Big Story
Two years ago, companies like Meta and OpenAI were united against military use of their tools. Now all of that has changed. Source
by Karen Hao | May 21, 2025 | Book Excerpt, Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Business / Big Tech
In her new book Empire of AI, journalist Karen Hao chronicles the anxieties around the OpenAI office in its early days. Source
by Martin Reeves, Bob Goodson | Apr 29, 2025 | Book Excerpt, Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Culture / Digital Culture
Liking features on social media can provide troves of data about human behavior to AI models. But as AI gets smarter, will it be able to know users’ preferences before they do?...
