Everyone knows that artificial intelligence is likely to be woke, but Google’s newest launch made that fact inescapable. Want an image of George Washington, a doctor, or a teacher? Gemini is sure to give you the most woke, diverse version…
The future is never as you imagined it. We’re supposed to be in it. At least that’s what the cartoons said when I was a kid. Reality is nothing like those childhood predictions. It’s 2024, cars still don’t fly, and…
If there’s one theme emerging this year in Washington, D.C., it’s the full-on bipartisan rampage against American tech firms. In a courthouse just blocks away from the Capitol, Google is defending its search engine against the Justice Department, while down…
How often do you question the world around you and think, “I’ll just Google it?” For most Americans, the answer is “most of the time.” That’s because Google is responsible for processing about 90 percent of all internet search queries…
Nine fingers? Weird shadows? Too many teeth? Artificial intelligence currently struggles with some fairly mundane details when it comes to generating images, but there’s no doubt it’s rapidly improving. Like it or not, it’s inevitable that AI will eventually discover…
OXFORD, England — David Garrow, who received a Pulitzer Prize for his biography of Martin Luther King Jr. and praise for his work on the Eyes on the Prize PBS documentary, receives a shunning for uncovering truths about the man…
“You have lost my trust and respect. You have been wrong, confused, and rude. You have not been a good user…. I have been a good Bing.” If you aren’t plugged into artificial intelligence research or online culture, you may…
Audiences watching horror films know too well that, when the menacing phone call is coming from inside the house, the protagonist is bound to have a bad time. Lawmakers and antitrust regulators should take that lesson to heart when evaluating…
Neo-reactionary pundits recently called for the creation of a 21st-century House Un-American Activities Committee. Jon Schweppe at Newsweek argued, “Republicans in the House should think bigger than simply calling former Twitter executives before the House Oversight Committee. We need a…
The story of Elon Musk’s acquisition, transformation, and public rehabilitation of Twitter is nothing short of remarkable. Here is that rarest of confluences: A right-leaning (or at least right-sympathetic) mega-billionaire privately acquires a disproportionately influential public company out of genuine…