The End of ‘Life’ As You Know It

Society’s outdated ideas about what it means to be alive are obstructing progress on some of…

Fake Pictures of People of Color Won’t Fix AI Bias

Companies claim synthetic images can add diversity to AI data sets, but they carry functional and…

TikTok’s Greatest Asset Isn’t Its Algorithm—It’s Your Phone

Escaping the platform's addictive grasp means first overhauling our relationship to our devices.

Humanity’s Biggest Problems Require a Whole New Media Mode

In this era of climate change and crisis, it's time for formats as varied, animal, and…

Deepfakes Can Help Families Mourn—or Exploit Their Grief

Death holograms aren't inherently creepy. They're part of a lineage of grief technologies that stretches back…