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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 > health > 2026 > 09 > ai-virus-nature-pandemic > 688569

The AI Pandemic Isn’t On Its Way

1+ day, 11+ 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 > national-security > 2026 > 08 > trump-iran-elections-cyberattacks > 688297

How Trump Left America Vulnerable to Cyberattacks

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (189+ words) Experts worry that the water-system hacks may be a warm-up for attacks on the elections in November. During the DOGE fever of the first few months of Trump’s return, CISA’s budget was reduced and its staff cut by one-third. The…...

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theatlantic.com > national-security > 2026 > 06 > trump-administration-signal-chat-marco-rubio > 687735

Hegseth, Rubio, and Caine Had an Auto-Deleting Signal Chat

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (165+ words) New records reveal that officials kept using the app, even after the president suggested they stop. President Trump drew a simple lesson after his top national security advisers accidentally texted war plans to The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg,…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 06 > spacex-starlink-ipo-elon-musk-trillionaire > 687651

The Seven-Headed Hydra at the End of Finance

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (4+ words) What has SpaceX become?...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 06 > data-centers-activism-ai-slop > 687396

The Rise of Anti-AI AI Slop

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (76+ words) The Atlantic Anti-AI sentiment is genuine, but its online expression looks stranger and stranger. Read: Inside the dirty, dystopian world of AI data centers Some of the people who are most put off by those buildings’ presence are getting taken…...

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theatlantic.com > culture > 2026 > 05 > maximum-pleasure-guaranteed-a-nervy-thriller-for-the-scam-era > 687229

Who Can Be Trusted When Everyone Is Vulnerable?

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (14+ words) Apple TV’s <em>Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed</em> is a nervy thriller for the scam era....

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theatlantic.com > ideas > 2026 > 05 > canvas-hack-campus-fragility > 687115

Software Ate My Homework

4+ mon, 4+ day ago   (17+ words) A ransomware attack took down a popular university-course-management software right in the middle of finals....

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 05 > chatgpt-images-deepfakes-fraud > 687023

Hey Chat, Make Me a Fake ID

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (7+ words) OpenAI made the perfect tool for scammers....

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theatlantic.com > international > 2026 > 03 > netanyahu-not-dead-israel-ai > 686593

The Worst-Case Scenario for AI and the News Is Already Here

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (284+ words) Audiovisual evidence is no match for a viral conspiracy theory that Benjamin Netanyahu is dead. Last Thursday, the CNN reporter Jeremy Diamond interrogated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference in Jerusalem. This act of journalism was not…...

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theatlantic.com > national-security > 2026 > 03 > asymmetric-warfare-iran-numbers-stations-cyber > 686289

A Mysterious Code Is Being Broadcast on Shortwave Radio. Is It Iran?

6+ mon, 3+ day ago   (767+ words) Editor in Chief Jeffrey Goldberg is answering your questions about The Atlantic’s Signalgate reporting, one year later. Join the Discussion. The regime is overmatched militarily, but still has tools for returning fire. When used properly, this old-school method creates an…...