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The 5 most unhinged revelations from Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI
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Renewable energy just broke a 100-year-old streak
For more than a century, the world has run on coal. When Thomas Edison’s Pearl Street electrical station…
Why America’s HIV epidemic hasn’t ended
Brenton Williams finally felt he had the proper health insurance to ask his doctor about PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis),…
The best thing you can do for Earth Day 2026: Eat less meat and dairy, more plant-based meals
It’s Earth Week, and these days, it’s become hard to know just what to do with this holiday.…
Ozempic just got cheap enough to change the world
By now, Ozempic needs no introduction in America. One in 8 American adults now takes a GLP-1 drug…
What to teach your kids to prepare them for an AI-scrambled job market
I work with a lot of very smart people, and sometimes one of them asks me a question…
Why Gmail’s AI-generated email replies feel so creepy
I first noticed it when, a few months ago, I opened an email from Ian, my literary agent.…
Agentic AI, the alignment problem, and what comes next, explained
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