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The Paradox at the Heart of Elon Musk’s OpenAI Lawsuit

Mr. Musk says in his complaint that the company’s technology is now so good that it must be made freely…

World

The World May Be Entering a Much Bloodier Era

War is on the rise everywhere. When the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London published its authoritative Armed Conflict…

Arts

A Hopeful Reminder: You’re Going to Die

Fifty years on, Ernest Becker’s “The Denial of Death” remains an essential, surprisingly upbeat guide to our final act on…

World

A.I. Can Make Art That Feels Human. Whose Fault Is That?

A fake Drake/Weeknd mash-up is not a threat to our species’s culture. It’s a warning: We can’t let our imaginations…

Arts

‘Sing in Me, Chatbot …’

The robots of literature and movies usually present either an existential danger or an erotic frisson. Those who don’t follow…

Health

This Gorilla’s Caregivers Face Familiar Questions About Aging

Winston, an older silverback, is getting enviable medical treatment. Now his keepers must confront an issue that vexes doctors and…

World

Should A.I. Accelerate? Decelerate? The Answer Is Both.

The near-implosion of OpenAI, a world leader in the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence, surfaced a conflict within the organization…

World

Powerful Forces Are Fracking Our Attention. We Can Fight Back.

The lament is as old as education itself: The students aren’t paying attention. But today, the problem of flighty or…

Travel

As A.I.-Controlled Killer Drones Become Reality, Nations Debate Limits

Worried about the risks of robot warfare, some countries want new legal constraints, but the U.S. and other major powers…

Business

Who Is Emmett Shear, OpenAI’s Interim Chief Executive?

The former chief executive of Twitch has embraced “A.I. doomerism,” the fear that artificial intelligence could cause the end of…

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