At times, Kevin Roose writes, it feels like he is watching policymakers on horseback trying to install seatbelts on a passing Lamborghini.

The tech mogul is unlikely to win. But his goal may be more about making life difficult for the A.I. start-up and its leader, Sam Altman.

“The way to control government is to control the computers”

Operator, a new computer-using tool from OpenAI, is brittle and occasionally erratic, but it points to a future of powerful A.I. agents.

“DeepSeek is a really odd duck.”

Operator, a new computer-using tool from OpenAI, is brittle and occasionally erratic, but it points to a future of powerful A.I. agents.

“We are starting to see how Silicon Valley wants to do business during the Trump administration.”

The creators of a new test called “Humanity’s Last Exam” argue we may soon lose the ability to create tests hard enough for A.I. models.

TikTok’s cultural footprint in America is huge. Why is its disappearance being met with a shrug?

“This is truly one of the funniest and most unexpected stories of the young year so far.”

“I think this set of changes that the company announced this week are the most important series of policy changes that they have made in the past five years.”

Mark Zuckerberg is positioning his company for a second Trump term — and revealing the hollow identity at its core.

Next year is going to be different: good and bad, but just different.

In a year of continued A.I. progress, “founder mode” drama and a Trump election win, a few tech projects stood out for their clear benefits to humanity.