1+ hour, 41+ min ago   (468+ words) The decline of burglary and robbery, explained. So, yes, the idea that a couple of bandits might break into your home while you were off on a Paris vacation wasn't far-fetched. (Although given that the McAllister family were so disorganized…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (463+ words) Are the new owners censoring you, or are they just bad at running the app? It's been just over a week since TikTok " in the United States " transferred into the hands of new owners. And it's been a mess ever…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (669+ words) Shutting off the internet? Detonating a nuke in space? None of the options are very appealing. Killing a rogue AI, in other words, might require killing the internet, or large parts of it. And that's no small challenge. In (arguable)…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1814+ words) It's more subtle than Skynet. And so it shouldn't be a surprise that the people in charge of America's nuclear enterprise are interested in finding ways to automate parts of the process " including with artificial intelligence. The idea is to…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (274+ words) How Chinese hackers tricked Claude into hacking governments and companies all on its own. Menu planning, therapy, essay writing, highly sophisticated global cyberattacks: People just keep coming up with innovative new uses for the latest AI chatbots. An alarming new…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (557+ words) Free speech is endangered; unbiased and trustworthy news is elusive. In a time of noise, confusion, and spin, we're committed to clarity, truth, and depth " even when it's hard. Why current AI usage data might mislead us about the future....

6+ mon, 2+ hour ago   (661+ words) Whisper networks apps are a bad idea, and not just because they make guys mad. Ultimately, the "name and shame" premise of the app has drawn the most controversy online, including some bad-faith takes. It's the sort of panic and…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1331+ words) In a time of noise, confusion, and spin, we're committed to clarity, truth, and depth " even when it's hard. That kind of journalism isn't easy. Beware of the biting midge. Oropouche virus disease was a relatively rare illness for decades,…...

8+ mon, 2+ day ago   (633+ words) Artificial intelligence could weaponize the data we've been sharing for decades. I am certainly guilty of this myself. I usually click "accept all" on every cookie request every website puts in front of my face, because I don't want to…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1393+ words) This story originally appeared in'Kids Today, Vox's newsletter about kids, for everyone.'Sign up here for future editions. A few days ago, a group of teenagers taught me the term "dry texting." It's anything that indicates "a change in the…...