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The AI That Wasn’t There
Companies keep blaming artificial intelligence for layoffs. The real story is messier — and states are starting to notice.
 • Jacob Ward
A poet-mathematician on why she quit OpenAI
Zoë Hitzig is a former research scientist at OpenAI. She decided to quit OpenAI because she realized “the company is just not interested in being…
 • Ariella Steinhorn
Tech CEOs have leverage. Are they willing to lead?
Tech rank-and-file are showing the way
 • Joshua Yurtsever
Marc Benioff’s Quarterly Crises Are Bad for Business
Salesforce workers (and executives!) are pissed off. How many more controversies until Benioff is pressured into an early retirement?
 • Alex Shultz
The Jobs Report Has an AI-Shaped Hole In It
Strip out healthcare and the jobs picture collapses—revealing an economy restructured around AI promises that haven't arrived.
 • Jacob Ward
An indie musician’s song got billions of streams. Now he’s worried about Gen AI music.
Streaming upended the economics of music. Now musicians are grappling with how their sounds and lyrics may be ripped off by AI.
 • Ariella Steinhorn
Jeff Bezos and His Minions Disassembled The Washington Post's Tech Team
A full breakdown of the Post's sloppy layoffs, plus new details about the news outlet's conservative-minded tone-policing.
 • Alex Shultz
The AI Layoffs are Under Way — and Just Before New Rules Arrive
Washington State is considering rules to require companies to disclose when AI affects employment decisions — and the companies lobbying against that…
 • Jacob Ward
Thiel, Musk, Gates: the tech elite emailing Jeffrey Epstein
Epstein enjoyed lunching and partying with tech CEOs. Are we surprised that tech products are now sexualizing children?
 • Ariella Steinhorn
STREAMING POWER, CREATIVE LOSS: The Fight for Hollywood’s Future
Watch Hard Reset's panel discussion at the Sundance Film Festival
 • Hard Reset
Big Tech Leaders Have No Idea What to Say About ICE
A marriage of convenience between American oligarchs and Donald Trump is running into reality, where normal people are furious about ICE killing two…
 • Alex Shultz
Amazon Just Announced Big Layoffs. New State Laws Will Make the Company Explain that Decision.
Amazon's announcement, coming months after its CEO linked AI to workforce reduction, will test new state laws about the role of AI in hiring and firing.
 • Jacob Ward
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