A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale
…GitHub is only the latest on the group’s long list of victims, which has also included AI firm OpenAI and the data contracting firm Mercor. “It may be their biggest one…
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Inside OpenAI’s Race to Catch Up to Claude Code
Altman and I are in an enormous conference room. The question I put to him is about the AI coding revolution—and why OpenAI doesn’t seem to be leading it. Millions…
New Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire Nations
…Turbine shortages, labor and construction costs, and energy shocks in the Middle East are just a few factors that could cause bumps in the road for AI companies building their own power…
I've Covered Robots for Years. This One Is Different
…In this sense, Eka’s bot is more like AlphaZero, the Google DeepMind program that learned to play different board games with superhuman skill, and which discovered, for itself, entirely new strategies…
Meet the Gods of AI Warfare
…In January 2026, the second Trump administration announced its new military AI strategy focused on becoming an “‘AI-First’ warfighting force,” eager to enlist and accelerate AI agents for campaign planning, kill…
I Work in Hollywood. Everyone Who Used to Make TV Is Now Secretly Training AI
For screenwriters like me—and job seekers all over—AI gig work is the new waiting tables. In eight months, I’ve done 20 of these soul-crushing contracts for five different…
The New Era of Militia Influencers
…and teaching Texans the importance of self-reliance.” The group has also stated: “Our team stands ready to assist law enforcement and other entities when necessary.” It recently posted an AI-generated…
Chris Hayes Has Some Advice for Keeping Up With the News
…AI-generated Department of War propaganda. We had to talk about it—along with Hayes’ views on the uneasy alliance between Silicon Valley and Washington, DC, his social media strategy, and what…
A Curated Guide to Gifts for Bird Lovers
…The cute green owl face streams 4K HD video and pushes 1080p pics to the Hibird app. There's access to AI identification (which I found to be just OK), livestreaming, and…
The Secret to Amelia Dimoldenberg’s Online Superstardom? Control
…Well, Spy Kids did that and I'm just like owning it. Delete. AI. I'm joking. Many people would like to delete AI. There's so many positives to AI, actually…