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Tyler Cowen: The Least Bad Way to Regulate AI “If the U.S. delays unduly in approving its new models, they will be superseded by Chinese models or, eventually, models from other parts of the globe,” writes Tyler Cowen. (Illustration by The Free Press) AI safety has become too important to be left up to Washington’s whims. A partnership among the labs could reduce risk without stifling progress.
Why No One Trusts Data Centers and Flock Cameras
So much of what we do at The Free Press is try to make sense of a world where trust is broken. What many see as a crisis of trust we think is, first and foremost, a crisis of trustworthiness. From government and the media to education and medicine, institutions that fought hard to earn the public’s trust have squandered it.
Trump’s D.C. Car Race Is the Best of Populism
Trump’s D.C. Car Race Is the Best of Populism The IndyCar driven by Spanish driver Alex Palou races past the Capitol Building to obtain pole position during a qualification round in Washington, D.C, on August 22, 2026, on the eve of the Freedom Grand Prix. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images) The race that zoomed around Washington showed what Trump is good at: spectacular and kitschy fun of the most public and American sort. Perhaps he should run for mayor.
The Last Roller Coaster in Silicon Valley
Let me tell you a small story that makes me sad, which is part of a big story that makes me sadder. It’s about the death of Six Flags California’s Great America—Silicon Valley’s only amusement park, and a place that has been a fixture of life in Santa Clara County, where I grew up, for half a century. The park’s lease expires in 2028, and the land it sits on, across the freeway from Nvidia’s spaceship-esque headquarters, would bring in more tax revenue if it were used for basically anything else.
Confessions of a Former Social Justice Warrior
Generate transcript A transcript unlocks clips, previews, and editing. Confessions of a Former Social Justice Warrior Sabrina Joy Stevens spent two decades building the progressive movement from the inside. She explains what finally made her walk away, and what the movement she helped build has become. For the better part of a decade, a new moral and political framework swept through American life. Its critics called it “wokeness”; its adherents called it social justice.
Why the ‘Very Good’ Trade Deal Went Bad
This Week in Canada: Why the ‘Very Good’ Trade Deal Went Bad Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a press conference in Ottawa, Ontario, on August 22, 2026, after trade talks with the U.S. collapsed. (Photo by Dave Chan/AFP via Getty Images) The only thing Canada and the U.S. agree on is that it’s the other country’s fault. Welcome back to This Week in Canada, where the weekend collapse of trade talks with the U.S. leaves us asking: What the hell happened?
The New Data That Undermines Claims of Gaza Famine. Plus. . .
It’s Monday, August 24. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our take on the world at large. Today: Bill Barr on the Democrats’ antisemitism denial. Kara Kennedy on why moms are filming themselves throwing ice at bathtubs. Robert Wright on AI’s real threat. And much more. But first: The data that should’ve been front page news—but wasn’t.
This Is How AI Starts a Nuclear War
Generate transcript A transcript unlocks clips, previews, and editing. This Is How AI Starts a Nuclear War He’s spent decades writing about human nature. Now Robert Wright says AI is the ultimate test of whether we’ve actually learned anything. Robert Wright has been talking about human nature and technology since before most people knew what a podcast was, going back to a video platform he co-founded in 2005 called Bloggingheads.tv.
New UNICEF-Led Data Undermines Claims of Gaza Famine
New UNICEF-Led Data Undermines Claims of Gaza Famine A Palestinian child carries a little girl on his back as he walks past the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in the northern Gaza Strip on August 2, 2026. (Omar al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images) A year ago, Gaza was officially declared famine-stricken. New, more rigorous data paints a dramatically different picture—and has triggered a debate over whether the original declaration was correct.
The Battle over ‘Stars and Stripes’
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