Category Technology

Sure, Elon Musk’s into ketamine and Peter Thiel has his doping Olympics, but drugs and tech are nothing new. Silicon Valley was an early leader in psychedelic research in the 1960s, helping shape an enduring narrative about the ties between…

The flow of new money and interest into core EA fields like AI safety poses a challenge to a movement that was used to being small. Christina Animashaun/Vox Kelsey Piper is a senior writer at Future Perfect, Vox’s effective altruism-inspired…

Why Taylor Swift, Drake, and Bad Bunny have been muted on TikTok dance videos. Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images At the end of January, when Universal Music Group (UMG) failed to negotiate a new licensing deal with TikTok, it…

In two decades the behemoth social media platform has made a lot of money and brought in a lot of users — and made life worse for a lot of people. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, testifies during the US…

A law professor proposes an old-fashioned remedy for very new problems: legal liability. Need protection against AI risks? Better call Saul.AMC Networks Dylan Matthews is a senior correspondent and head writer for Vox’s Future Perfect section and has worked at…

The debate over the safety of democratizing AI is missing the point. Meta has been a leader in making AI open source.SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett Kelsey Piper is a senior writer at Future Perfect, Vox’s effective altruism-inspired section on the…

Apple’s mixed reality headset heralds a new era of “spatial computing.” We are not ready. The Apple Vision Pro goes on sale February 2, but it will take some time before people figure out what to do with it.Philip Pacheco/Bloomberg…

The no good, very bad case against malaria bednets, explained. A young boy rolls up a mosquito net covering bedding at a refugee camp in 2023 in South Sudan.Luke Dray/Getty Images Dylan Matthews is a senior correspondent and head writer…

The New York Times v. OpenAI, explained. Police officers stand outside the New York Times headquarters in New York City. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Adam Clark Estes is a senior technology correspondent at Vox. He’s spent 15 years covering the intersection…

The very confusing landscape of advanced AI risk, briefly explained. Getty Images Kelsey Piper is a senior writer at Future Perfect, Vox’s effective altruism-inspired section on the world’s biggest challenges. She explores wide-ranging topics like climate change, artificial intelligence, vaccine…