“No texts, no Instagram, no subway Slack.”
Brendan Fitzgerald
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Building an AI Data Center in Pine Island, Minnesota
“I learned about the data center as soon as the scrappy sign was erected. I was thrilled to see something new; my drive hasn’t changed much in three years. I was less thrilled for Pine Island, which has, like many rural Midwestern towns, become an unlikely microcosm of the AI debate.”
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Is Yoko Ono the Most Radical Artist of the Trump Era?
“In the 1960s, she invited an audience to cut off her clothes. As attacks on women’s rights escalate, ‘Cut Piece’ and other decades-old works of feminist art feel more relevant than ever.”
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Consider the Sister
“Amy Wallace has spent two decades guarding the human her brother was—against a world that prefers David Foster Wallace as a puzzle.”
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The Chinese Whiz Kids of Silicon Valley
“Chinese-born tech workers have fueled Silicon Valley for decades. In the AI era, they’re superstars.”
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ChatGPT Gave Me Chilling Advice—as I Simulated Planning a Mass Shooting
“I asked about imitating the Uvalde attacker, defending against police gunfire, and more—everything short of directly stating intent to kill.”
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ISpyForGood
“On any given day I was seen as both valuable and disposable, sometimes oscillating between these in the same hour.”
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Ever New
“In Beverly Glenn-Copeland’s music, the present moment is an astonishing, improbable gift.”
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Inside the Enhanced Games, Where Athletes Compete on Steroids. And Growth Hormones. And Adderall.
“Most drugs are banned in the world of elite sports, but not here. In this competition—backed by Peter Thiel, Donald Trump Jr., and Saudi royalty—the athletes are guinea pigs. And if those backers have their way, you’re next.”
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All My Dad’s Sons
“At a very young age, I learned a lot about how life can go wrong. It put things into perspective, even if that perspective was a little warped.”