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The loudest warning about AI and jobs yet

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By Casey Newton Verified
| Platformer Verified
This is a column about AI. My fiancé works at Anthropic. See my full ethics disclosure here. One of my main preoccupations this year has been the extent to which artificial intelligence threatens jobs, either now or in the future.
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Do Social Media Bans Work? + A Conversation About A.I. Consciousness + Tool Time

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By Kevin Roose Verified, Casey Newton Verified, Rachel Cohn Verified
| The New York Times Verified
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OpenAI's big launch — and bigger departure

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By Casey Newton Verified
| Platformer Verified
OpenAI — 9 min read The new ChatGPT app for desktop. (OpenAI) This is a column about AI. My fiancé works at Anthropic. See my full ethics disclosure here. I. Lately, the only important question about a new large language model has been whether the Trump administration would allow anyone to use it. On Thursday, though, not one but two notable models became available for use: GPT-5.6, from OpenAI, and Muse Spark 1.1 from Meta. As always, the worst day to evaluate new models is the day they come out.
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