n+1 Editors / n+1Oct 10, 2025
Literature made by machines and owned by corporations can only be fake, an insult to real literature. It should be smashed, and can. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )
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Jeb Lund / TruthdigAug 29, 2025
Sold as The Answer to Everything, AI has become a factory of custom manias, faux-companionship and typo-free teenage suicide notes. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Freddie deBoer / TruthdigAug 15, 2025
We’ve built a society awash in narcissistic affirmation loops, where genuine competence, accountability and humility is scarce. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Michael Kwet / TruthdigFeb 19, 2025
DeepSeek isn’t fully “open source.” But the Chinese-made artificial intelligence does raise the question of what an AI, by and for the people, rather than corporations, might look like. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Freddie deBoer / TruthdigJan 27, 2025
The people most in agreement about AI hype tend to have a net worth directly related to AI hype. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Geoff Dembicki / DeSmogOct 8, 2024
With ChatGPT queries using 10 times more power than regular searches, pipeline executives see a major new growth opportunity. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Ayse Coskun / The ConversationJul 11, 2024
Artificial intelligence queries require about 10 times the amount of power as a typical Google search, leading to a spike in energy consumption. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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