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The Atlantic

The Atlantic covers news, politics, culture, technology, health, and more, through its articles, podcasts, videos, and flagship magazine.

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  • Aug 15, 2026earliest in window
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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 09 > instinct-ai-personal-assistant-credit-card > 688607

It’s All Fun and Games Until You Give AI Your Credit Card

17+ hour, 45+ min ago   (100+ words) The Atlantic AI personal assistants are now acting on people’s behalf in the real world—and all sorts of strange things are going wrong. Read: Chatbait is taking over the internet A world full of agents seems at once busier…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 09 > dario-amodei-slow-down-ai-save-humanity > 688610

Anthropic Says ‘We Owe It to Humanity’ to Slow Down AI

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (30+ words) Sam Altman and Elon Musk responded with rare agreement to Dario Amodei’s call to action. Sam Altman and Elon Musk responded with rare agreement to Dario Amodei’s call to action....

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theatlantic.com > politics > 2026 > 09 > ai-dario-amodei-essay > 688596

AI Is Running Laps Around Our Political System

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (268+ words) The technology is moving faster than elected officials can handle—and Anthropic’s CEO says the industry should slow down. Politicians have no shortage of ideas about how to rein in AI: a 100 percent federal tax rate on data-center incentives, a…...

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theatlantic.com > health > 2026 > 09 > ai-virus-nature-pandemic > 688569

The AI Pandemic Isn’t On Its Way

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (146+ words) A clear check on AI-made viruses is the limit of existing knowledge about what makes viruses dangerous. Yet plenty of others might be, thanks to evolution. Last month, a team of scientists published a high-profile paper describing how they’d taught…...

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theatlantic.com > health > 2026 > 09 > artificial-intelligence-autonomous-doctor-medicine > 688543

Let the Robots Try Medicine

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (51+ words) The Atlantic It’s time for human doctors to get serious about AI. Today need not be any different. Doctors have been presented with a powerful tool that has the potential to improve care for millions of people. It’s their duty…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 09 > stop-calling-ai-companies-labs > 688528

Stop Calling AI Companies ‘Labs’

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (155+ words) Even so, Anthropic has a habit of landing on ambiguity about the fallout of its technology. In its education report, for instance, Anthropic, the entity best equipped to observe whether students are... The term lends an air of scientific rigor…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 09 > chatgpt-imessage-ai-texting > 688507

Am I Talking to You, or ChatGPT?

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (115+ words) It’s no longer strange to think that AI might be everywhere, edging out all forms of human interaction: bots talking to bots, all the way down. Every week we seem to take another step in that... The “Dead Internet” theory…...

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theatlantic.com > sponsored > contentful-2026 > the-ai-questions-leaders-need-to-answer > 4132

The AI Questions Marketing Leaders Need to Answer Now

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (481+ words) Before a buyer gets to your site, an answer engine or agent may already have researched, compared, and narrowed the field. This report asks five questions and names five decisions that determine whether your brand makes that cut, with a…...

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theatlantic.com > culture > 2026 > 09 > somatic-trend-classes > 688210

How ‘Somatics’ Became the Solution to Modern Life

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (192+ words) The word isn’t new—but lately, it’s everywhere. Read: How did healing ourselves get so exhausting? Read: These Millennials can’t get out of their head Read: The self-help that no one needs right now But the somatics packaging of these…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 09 > ai-future-reckoning-singularity > 688487

A Technological Reckoning With No Great Answers

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (45+ words) The Atlantic Whatever the AI future is, we’re in it right now. One evening in early August, Sam Stowers and several neighbors packed into an apartment near San Francisco’s Alamo Square and pondered the beginning of the end....