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The Atlantic

The Atlantic covers news, politics, culture, technology, health, and more, through its articles, podcasts, videos, and flagship magazine.

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 09 > dario-amodei-slow-down-ai-save-humanity > 688610

Anthropic Says ‘We Owe It to Humanity’ to Slow Down AI

2+ hour, 7+ min ago   (30+ words) Sam Altman and Elon Musk responded with rare agreement to Dario Amodei’s call to action. Sam Altman and Elon Musk responded with rare agreement to Dario Amodei’s call to action....

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theatlantic.com > politics > 2026 > 09 > ai-dario-amodei-essay > 688596

AI Is Running Laps Around Our Political System

6+ hour, 2+ min ago   (268+ words) The technology is moving faster than elected officials can handle—and Anthropic’s CEO says the industry should slow down. Politicians have no shortage of ideas about how to rein in AI: a 100 percent federal tax rate on data-center incentives, a…...

The Atlantic
theatlantic.com > health > 2026 > 09 > ai-virus-nature-pandemic > 688569

The AI Pandemic Isn’t On Its Way

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (146+ words) A clear check on AI-made viruses is the limit of existing knowledge about what makes viruses dangerous. Yet plenty of others might be, thanks to evolution. Last month, a team of scientists published a high-profile paper describing how they’d taught…...

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theatlantic.com > health > 2026 > 09 > artificial-intelligence-autonomous-doctor-medicine > 688543

Let the Robots Try Medicine

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (51+ words) The Atlantic It’s time for human doctors to get serious about AI. Today need not be any different. Doctors have been presented with a powerful tool that has the potential to improve care for millions of people. It’s their duty…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 09 > stop-calling-ai-companies-labs > 688528

Stop Calling AI Companies ‘Labs’

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (155+ words) Even so, Anthropic has a habit of landing on ambiguity about the fallout of its technology. In its education report, for instance, Anthropic, the entity best equipped to observe whether students are... The term lends an air of scientific rigor…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 09 > chatgpt-imessage-ai-texting > 688507

Am I Talking to You, or ChatGPT?

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (115+ words) It’s no longer strange to think that AI might be everywhere, edging out all forms of human interaction: bots talking to bots, all the way down. Every week we seem to take another step in that... The “Dead Internet” theory…...

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theatlantic.com > sponsored > contentful-2026 > the-ai-questions-leaders-need-to-answer > 4132

The AI Questions Marketing Leaders Need to Answer Now

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (481+ words) Before a buyer gets to your site, an answer engine or agent may already have researched, compared, and narrowed the field. This report asks five questions and names five decisions that determine whether your brand makes that cut, with a…...

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theatlantic.com > culture > 2026 > 09 > somatic-trend-classes > 688210

How ‘Somatics’ Became the Solution to Modern Life

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (192+ words) The word isn’t new—but lately, it’s everywhere. Read: How did healing ourselves get so exhausting? Read: These Millennials can’t get out of their head Read: The self-help that no one needs right now But the somatics packaging of these…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 09 > ai-future-reckoning-singularity > 688487

A Technological Reckoning With No Great Answers

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (45+ words) The Atlantic Whatever the AI future is, we’re in it right now. One evening in early August, Sam Stowers and several neighbors packed into an apartment near San Francisco’s Alamo Square and pondered the beginning of the end....

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theatlantic.com > newsletters > 2026 > 08 > pick-up-old-habits > 688462

Pick Up Where You Left Off

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (220+ words) Old interests can make room for new possibilities. Think about something that you loved doing when you were younger. Maybe you drew, played an instrument, wrote stories, or spent hours learning about something just because it fascinated you. Then school…...