Morgan Meaker

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Meet Pause AI, the Protest Group Campaigning Against Human Extinction

The first time we speak, Joep Meindertsma is not in a good place. He tears up as he describes a conversation in which he warned his niece about the risk of artificial...

Green Parties Are Gaining Power—and Problems

In January 2023, the German hamlet of Lützerath fell prey to a ravenous beast. A giant excavator clawed at the ground, gouging free great chunks of earth as a line of riot...

Sam Altman’s World Tour Hopes to Reassure AI Doomers

The excitement around the London arrival of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was palpable from the queue that snaked its way around the University College London building ahead of his speech on Wednesday afternoon....

France Is Fighting to Save Your iPhone From an Early Death

Every time a new iPhone comes out, a team of technicians in the French city of Toulouse start to pull it apart. In the three years they’ve been doing this, they’ve found...

Europe’s Moral Crusader Lays Down the Law on Encryption

On April 23, the German politician Patrick Breyer uploaded a meme to his Mastodon account. “Big Sister is Watching You”, it warned in big white letters, written behind a smiling photograph of Ylva...

This European Satellite Giant Is Coming for Starlink

Eva Berneke describes her first year at the helm of the world’s third-largest satellite company as a “whirlwind.” That’s an understatement. Since she took over the top job at Eutelsat in January...

A Small Town Became the Center of a QAnon Storm. It’s Fighting Back

Bodegraven is the type of well-heeled Dutch town where young moms push their prams past smart restaurants, people say hello to each other as they pass in the street and packs of...

This Student Is Taking On ‘Biased’ Exam Software

Robin Pocornie brought a lamp with her to court. It’s nothing special, just a basic Ikea floor lamp. But for the masters student, the lamp was a useful prop to help explain...

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