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Just a few years ago, one of the earliest viral AI-generated videos seemed like a joke. It showed actor Will Smith eating a bowl of spaghetti. The clip was more funny or creepy than convincing. His face was warped, his body moved strangely, and the spaghetti glitched in his hands. The whole thing had an uncanny, rubbery feel. People shared it because it was ridiculous, not because they believed it was real. Fast forward to today, and the joke’s on us. Current technology makes

This week in New Delhi, artificial intelligence is being discussed in rooms filled with executives, diplomats, and policymakers. But what is unfolding is not just a technology summit. It is a geopolitical alignment moment. The India AI Impact Summit, running February 16 to 20, has drawn global tech leaders at the same time that Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva begins a state visit to India on February 18. That overlap signals something important. Artificial intell

No one's favorite character is the guy who never makes a mistake. Take Metro Man from Megamind , he seems like the perfect superhero destined to save the day. Yet we find ourselves rooting for Megamind instead, the supposed villain whose origin story reveals the injustice of a baby crash-landing in a prison and growing up behind bars. When Metro Man later confesses he's been wrestling with an existential crisis about his purpose, we finally see past his flawless exterior. Fla

A parent negotiates screen time with their child. Yet another school has enforced a campus-wide phone ban. An office manager scheduled the fourth “focus hour” of the month. None of them created the system that keeps demanding their time, but they all pay a price for it. The attention economy is a marketplace where platforms compete to capture and retain human focus. When that becomes the top priority, the costs of distraction spill outward onto families, schools, and workplac

If you steal money from a homeless man’s basket, to later discover he is the hiring manager for the company you’re interviewing with, you probably won’t get the job, and, of course, it’s not a very nice thing to do. But in a game, where you can step outside your own body while still shaping the world around you, things are different. You probably still won't get the job, but you gain the unique ability to see how that choice affects the way people perceive you, how it change