How AI tells Israel who to bomb
AI is supposed to help militaries make precise strikes. Is that the case in Gaza? Rajaa Elidrissi is a researcher and producer on the Vox video team, where she works on Vox Atlas and other videos that focus on global…
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AI: How employers use automation to make our jobs worse
Is a new age of digital offshoring coming? Experts say AI automation likely won’t mean human jobs are replaced altogether — instead, humans will work alongside new tech, potentially for less pay and in worse working conditions.Getty Images/iStockphoto Whizy Kim…
The information problems around the Andrew Huberman podcast
The Huberman Lab has credentials and millions of fans, but it sometimes oversteps medical fact. Andrew Huberman, a neurobiology professor and host of the Huberman Lab podcast, attending INBOUND 2023 in Boston, Mass. Photo by Chance Yeh/Getty Images for HubSpot…
Fighting AI deepfake abuse of teens
How do you stop deepfake nudes? Nude images shared without consent can be traumatic, whether they’re real or not.Getty Images/iStockphoto Anna North is a senior correspondent for Vox, where she covers American family life, work, and education. Previously, she was…
Everything’s a cult now
Derek Thompson on what the end of monoculture could mean for American democracy. Getty Images Is damn near everything a cult now? That’s a glib distillation of an interesting idea I recently encountered. The basic thesis was that the internet…
Imagining an internet without TikTok after Biden signs potential ban
The potential TikTok ban is now law. What happens next? Photo illustration by Joe Raedle/Getty Images A.W. Ohlheiser is a senior technology reporter at Vox, writing about the impact of technology on humans and society. They have also covered online…
Populism, AI, and nationalism — progress and backlash
Fareed Zakaria on the age of revolution. Journalist Fareed Zakaria speaks during the Ellis Island Medals of Honor ceremony at the Ellis Island Honors Society meeting in New York on May 13, 2017.Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images What does it…
Are smartphones, social media destroying teen mental health? The debate, explained.
Did smartphones actually “destroy” a generation? The Zoomer tween in their natural habitat.Leon Neal/Getty Images The kids are not all right — and the device you are probably reading this on is to blame. So argues the social psychologist Jonathan…
Hualien, Taiwan earthquake: Toll on Taiwan’s chip industry
From Taiwan to South Korea to Silicon Valley, some of the most important nodes in the global tech economy are in disaster-prone places. Rescue teams demolish a building which collapsed following an earthquake on April 3, 2024 in Hualien, Taiwan.Annabelle…
From DoorDash to UberEats, why is food delivery so expensive?
As delivery discourse rages, don’t forget the middlemen: apps like UberEats, DoorDash, and Grubhub. Food delivery apps have recently added new fees in response to minimum pay rules in New York City and Seattle.Getty Images/iStockphoto Whizy Kim is a reporter…