8+ hour, 48+ min ago   (958+ words) Science Is Drowning in AI Slop'The Atlantic These "paper mills" have to do their work at scale, and so they tend to recycle their own materials, even to the point of putting out multiple papers with closely matching text. Day…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (657+ words) Large language models don't "learn'they copy. And that could change everything for the tech industry. Editor's note: This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic's ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry. On Tuesday, researchers at Stanford and Yale revealed…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (524+ words) The social-media era is over. What's coming will be much worse. From the February 2025 issue: The anti-social century Meta is working to make that desire a reality. And it is hardly leading the charge: Many companies are doing the same,…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (282+ words) Humanity thrives on friction'so why are the tools of the future built to make everything seem so easy? The internet of old was a vibrant bazaar. It was noisy, chaotic, and offbeat. Every click brought you somewhere new, sometimes unpredictable,…...