Zeb Larson / TruthdigDec 8, 2025
Generative AI isn’t inevitable, and people are already fighting hard to keep power-hungry data centers out of their communities. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Rei Takver / DeSmogOct 15, 2025
The ChatGPT creator hired John McCarrick, a gas-loving former Trump energy official, to guide how the company will source huge quantities of power for its colossal supercomputers. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Join our newsletterStay up to date with the latest from Truthdig. Join the Truthdig Newsletter for our latest publications.
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 )
Kurt Cobb / Resource InsightsOct 8, 2025
Five more years—or 500? There are good reasons the ‘singularity’ keeps getting postponed. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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 )
Alistair Alexander / TruthdigAug 22, 2025
A new activist network aims to challenge the human and ecological harms of AI production and develop a framework for accountability. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Nolan Higdon / TruthdigJul 29, 2025
A new program funded by Big Tech is a Trojan horse, allowing it to infiltrate public education and lock in long-term influence. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Freddie deBoer / TruthdigJun 9, 2025
Big Tech's place in culture — and the stock market — requires it to be something more profound than working tech. It needs to tell a story. Dig deeper ( 9 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 )
Join our newsletterDon't miss out on the latest investigations, art critiques, provocative insights and original reporting from a progressive perspective — delivered straight to your inbox.
Now you can personalize your Truthdig experience. To bookmark your favorite articles and follow your favorite authors, please login or create a user profile.
Now you can personalize your Truthdig experience. To bookmark your favorite articles and follow your favorite authors, upgrade to supporter.
You come to Truthdig for clarity in a world full of illusion.Support the independent journalism that makes it possible.
TD Original
Editorial Cartoons
Technology
Arts & Culture
Technology
TD Column
TD Interview
TD Original
Technology
Technology
Technology
Editorial Cartoons
