1. tomorrow
    Sam Altman Is the Oppenheimer of Our AgeHe insists the artificial intelligence he is creating could destroy civilization even as he hastens its advancement. Do we know enough about him?
    By Elizabeth Weil
  2. screen time
    The AI Chatbot Assistants Are Here. Do We Actually Want Them?Sometimes I just want to use my computer, not tell it what to do.
    By John Herrman
  3. stop the presses
    The Journalist and the BillionaireWalter Isaacson, schmoozy icon of the Old Media elite, has written a biography of Elon Musk, who despises all of those things.
    By Shawn McCreesh
  4. the money game
    That’s What I Call PonzinomicsWith Sam Bankman-Fried, Gisele, and a credulous Michael Lewis at the zenith of crypto hype.
    By Zeke Faux
  5. twitter
    Twitter’s New X Is Officially a Bad SignNeighbors and city building inspectors were not thrilled about Elon Musk’s giant new strobe light atop X-Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters.
    By Chas Danner
  7. technology
    All the Ways Elon Musk’s X Is Different From TwitterThe branding is wildly inconsistent, but for now the biggest changes are happening only in Musk’s dreams.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  8. fiascos
    Elon Musk Tries Forcing Twitter Users to Use Less TwitterMusk announced reading limits for all Twitter accounts over the weekend, blaming AI but punishing humans who still use Twitter.
    By Chas Danner
  9. screen time
    Apple Keeps Trying to Fix Its UsersThe company’s guilty conscience is making it nudgy.
    By John Herrman
  10. artificial intelligence
    Inside the AI FactoryAs the technology becomes ubiquitous, a vast tasker underclass is emerging — and not going anywhere.
    By Josh Dzieza
  11. screen time
    Are Apple’s New Goggles a Nightmare? Maybe.The Vision Pro — think of it as a face computer — is surreal, fascinating, unsettling, and $3,500.
    By John Herrman
  12. tomorrow
    Congress Isn’t Ready for the AI RevolutionWhat happens when millions of people lose their jobs to computers?
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  13. screen time
    The Hollywood Writers’ Strike and the Threat of AIHow did trolling about ChatGPT become the new “learn to code”?
    By John Herrman
  14. just asking questions
    The Grim New Consensus on Social Media and Teen DepressionPsychologist Jean Twenge discusses all the evidence that Instagram and TikTok are making kids miserable.
    By Benjamin Hart
  15. screen time
    Is AI Coming for Coders First?The tech industry is running a big experiment on itself.
    By John Herrman
  16. artificial intelligence
    Is AI Turning Me Into an Obsolete Machine?Everything you need to know about GPT-4 and my existential crisis.
    By Eric Levitz
  17. life in pixels
    Who Is Still Inside the Metaverse?Searching for friends in Mark Zuckerberg’s deserted fantasyland.
    By Paul Murray
  18. artificial intelligence
    You Are Not a ParrotAnd a chatbot is not a human. And a linguist named Emily M. Bender is very worried what will happen when we forget this.
    By Elizabeth Weil
  19. pivot
    The Upside of Venture Capital’s SlowdownFewer insta-billionaires might make for healthier companies.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  20. twitter
    Inside Elon’s ‘Extremely Hardcore’ TwitterTwitter’s staff spent years trying to protect the platform against impulsive, ranting billionaires — then one made himself the CEO.
    By Zoë Schiffer, Casey Newton, and Alex Heath
  21. the future is now
    That AI Chatbot Wrote a Pretty Decent New York ArticleIs this the end of journalism as we know it?
    By Intelligencer Staff
  22. screen time
    The Machine Will Speak With You NowDALL-E’s fun, impressive, and somewhat unsettling chatbot sibling is open to the public.
    By John Herrman
  23. foreign interests
    Biden’s New Cold War Against China Could BackfireThe U.S. is now officially committed to thwarting China’s development goals. That comes with big risks.
    By Eric Levitz
  24. what is elon musk?
    What Is Elon Musk?And how is it possible that he could emerge from his Twitter debacle more culturally dominant than ever?
    By Lane Brown
  25. the internet
    Kanye to Buy Parler, Keep Posting Dark Twisted Social-Media RantsAfter his suspension from other sites for antisemitism, Ye said he’s buying Parler to ensure conservatives can “freely express ourselves.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  26. crime
    Inside the Ransomware Gangs That Extort HospitalsThey shut down patient care and put lives at risk. Would the pandemic finally slow them down?
    By Renee Dudley and Daniel Golden
  27. screen time
    AI Art Is Here and the World Is Already DifferentWork, communication, and even thought change when we can instantly command convincing images into existence.
    By John Herrman
  28. the future
    Will DALL-E the AI Artist Take My Job?I was unnerved by how well DALL-E 2 mimics a human photo editor, turning text into original artwork. So I put my AI competition to the test.
    By Megan Paetzhold
  29. what is elon musk?
    SpaceXCadetsIf you want your child to become the next billionaire industrialist, Astra Nova might be a good place to start.
    By Sarah Jones
  30. rage against the machines
    Who Will Save Us From the Russian Chess Robots?A robot grabbed and broke a kid’s finger during their chess match at a tournament in Moscow last week.
    By Chas Danner
  31. just asking questions
    How the Internet Changed What It Means to Be NormalIn her new book Finding Normal, former New York columnist Alexa Tsoulis-Reay explores the internet’s influence on sexuality and identity.
    By Eve Peyser
  32. art
    How Agnieszka Pilat Became Silicon Valley’s Favorite Artist“It’s our obligation to have a relationship with machines so they grow up to be good citizens.”
    By Shawn McCreesh
  33. the money game
    A Tinder Revenge StoryThe revolutionary dating app made a lot of people rich. Co-founder Sean Rad didn’t feel rich enough.
    By Jesse Barron
  34. the money game
    Striking It Rich in the Meme-Coin Casino“I think this is all stupid and absurd. But I’m not going to complain.”
    By Anonymous
  35. technology
    A Normie’s Guide to Becoming a Crypto PersonHow to (cautiously and skeptically) fall down the rabbit hole.
  36. pivot
    Super-Apps Are InevitableGet ready for the first $10 trillion tech company.
    By Scott Galloway
  37. the money game
    How Gary Vaynerchuk Became an NFT Guru — and Lord of His Own MetaverseNFTs weren’t just something he could collect; they knotted all the threads of his career.
    By Benjamin Wallace
  38. encounter
    Lina Khan Isn’t Worried About Going Too FarThe FTC’s very young new boss thinks corporations such as Facebook are abusing their power. To fight them, she’s consolidating some clout of her own.
    By Nancy Scola
  39. the money game
    Why the ‘Big Short’ Guys Think Bitcoin Is a BubbleAre they onto something huge again — or just fighting the last war?
    By Michelle Celarier
  40. just asking questions
    Ozy and Embracing the ‘Fake It Till You Make It’ PhilosophyScott Galloway on the rise of the storyteller CEO and the risk of vision becoming fiction.
    By James D. Walsh
  41. tech
    How Miami Seduced Silicon ValleyAwash in coders, crypto, and capital, the city is loving — and beginning to shape — its newest industry.
    By Benjamin Wallace
  42. encounter
    Streaming With Hasan Piker, the AOC of Twitch“I’m a political commentator with, like, stans.”
    By Luke Winkie
  43. silicon valley
    Book Excerpt: Peter Thiel’s Untold College StoriesHis ideology dominates Silicon Valley. It began to form when he was an angry young man.
    By Max Chafkin
  44. explainer
    What’s Driving the Surge in Ransomware Attacks?From gas to meat, hackers keep disrupting large sectors of the economy. Here’s why the attacks are getting easier and what’s being done to stop them.
    By Matt Stieb
  45. technology
    The West Coast’s Hottest New Trend? Finding Breathable AirApps and sensors are helping people find healthier air, even if that sometimes becomes an unhealthy obsession.
    By Eve Peyser
  46. media
    Inside the Nasty Battle Between Tech and JournalismSilicon Valley feels picked on by “woke” journalists “who can’t code.” Reporters feel picked on by petty zillionaires with anger-management problems.
    By Benjamin Wallace
  47. encounter
    Litquidity Capital Is the Meme King of Wall StreetTalking to the anonymous banker chronicling our weird, get-rich-quick economy.
    By Jen Wieczner
  48. money
    A Unified Monetary Theory of Beeple and BidenIn a system rigged by the rich, outsiders have to make their own volatility.
    By Scott Galloway
  49. money
    I’m Rich Now. It’s Weird.Confessions of an overnight tech millionaire.
    By Anonymous
  50. money
    The NFT LedgerFrom memes to arts to farts, here are notable collectibles that have been bought and sold this year.
    By James D. Walsh
  51. technology
    Europe’s Quest to Fix the InternetThe European Union’s new plan to rein in big tech could force gargantuan companies to behave fairly and reshape the internet around the globe.
    By Vincent Bevins
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