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Smart home overload (FG Trade/Getty Images)

Why is my toothbrush texting me?

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Why AI chatbots are getting political

Jupiter Jetson is leading an effort to unionize sex workers. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

AI brings new fears for sex workers

Kate Reynolds - The 19th

Love in the age of AI (demaerre/Getty Images)

Is anyone safe from AI dating?

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a visit to Sierra Space in Louisville, Colorado on Monday, February 23, 2026. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Hegseth issues threat over killer AI

Doorbell cameras are everywhere. An Amazon proposed partnership and Super Bowl ad reveals fears about personal privacy. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

Ring's Super Bowl ad freaked people out

Some people look forward to the game, some to the halftime show, some for the ads. This year's ads mostly feature celebs on AI and health. (Ishika Samant / Getty Images)

AI and health dominate Super Bowl ads

(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / iStock / Matthew Jonas / Boulder Daily Camera / Houston Chronicle / Robert Nickelsberg / Jenny Dettrick / Halbergman / Gabe Ginsberg)

AI offers police illusion of safety

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U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford.

Trump admin to write new rules using AI

Jesse Coburn - ProPublica

This photo illustration displays a post by Donald Trump on Truth Social, with a map of Greenland in the background. (Photo illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images)

A fake presidency, with real fascism

MTV (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Naivete isn’t a media literacy flaw

Melanie McFarland

We need Wikipedia more than ever

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Woman holding phone. (Tim Robberts/Getty images)

AI news is altering people's views

Adrian Kuenzler - The Conversation

VERNON, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 20: An aerial view of a 33 megawatt data center (LOWER L) with closed-loop cooling system, amid warehouses on October 20, 2025 in Vernon, California. A surge in demand for AI infrastructure is fueling a boom in data centers across the country and around the globe. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

AI data centers' double-edged sword

Volunteers hand out signs opposing a data center complex in Tucker County, West Virginia, following a public meeting on June 30, 2025. (ULYSSE BELLIER/AFP via Getty Images)

West Virginia's new strip mines

Crucifix on a laptop / Luso / Getty Images

The rise of AI Jesus

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A statue titled "Dictator Approved" is displayed on the National Mall on June 17, 2025. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

How much worse will it get by 2029?

Alfred McCoy - TomDispatch.com

"Get me out of here" (Obbchao/Getty Images)

In 2025, we all wanted to be raptured

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AI fuels a new wave of political lies

Davina Hurt, Ann Skeet

Donald Trump / Nuclear Explosion (Getty Images/Salon)

Trump's Golden Dome is too big of a risk

Ashley Gate, William D. Hartung - TomDispatch.com

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Grok gets "absurdly positive" over Musk

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Blame capitalism for men's loneliness

Amanda Marcotte

Scott Bessent speaks at the National Conservative Conference in Washington D.C., Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Dominic Gwinn/Getty Images)

Layoffs reach two-decade high: report

Snack food is a staple in most teenagers' diets. But AI security thought it might be a weapon, so a teenager was almost arrested, proving AI isn't yet at "Hal" level. (Kevin Carter / Getty Images)

AI thinks teen's Doritos are a weapon

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