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When Text Is Cheap, Trust Is Expensive

Generative AI makes authoritative text cheap, forcing institutions to rethink verification, accountability, and oversight.

As hardware, yes – as useful tools, not yet.

How the United States dismantled the guardrails of its democracy – and whether it can still recover.

From pizza orders to smart home cameras, empathetic AI is now nudging our decisions in real time. Can we keep up?

The latest AI developments turn empathy into just another product for sale, raising questions about ethics and regulation.

The more robots act like us, the less they feel like tools. So how should we treat them? And what does that say about us?