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Are top artificial intelligence companies racing to create a dangerous technology that could kill many millions of people — or even wipe out the human race entirely? Fears like these have long circulated in Silicon Valley and among niche communities obsessed with AI. In fact, se...
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Many people, when they learn about the horrors of factory farming, become vegetarian or vegan. I’m one of those people, and it stuck — I haven’t eaten meat in 20 years. For most, it doesn’t stick. But new research highlights how ditching meat isn’t the only option to help animals...
If the midterms were a referendum on whether trans athletes should be barred from women’s sports, or the White House ballroom should be gorgeously renovated, or God should be identified as “nonbinary,” then Republicans would have a clear and confident closing message. Unfortunate...
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