Scott Rosenberg

Musk's maxed-out megaphone: Shutdown power play will be hard to repeat

An extraordinary display of Elon Musk's social media power saw the world's richest man funnel the anger of his hundreds of millions of online followers against a bipartisan compromi

Government efficiency, Musk-style

Some Silicon Valley leaders and investors who have long itched to apply their startup toolkit to government see a big opening in the Republican victory, with Elon Musk taking charge of a 

Young AI just got a ticket to run wild

American voters have just decided—among many other things—that artificial intelligence will grow up in a permissive, anythin

Election outcome has two different worlds for AI

Artificial intelligence, like everything else in the U.S.

AI manifestos flood the tech zone

Writing a manifesto predicting a glorious AI-driven future has become a mandatory ritual for artificial intelligence (AI) leaders. The compulsion to share utopian AI roadmaps might mean that these CEOs and investors see breakthroughs right around the corner in their lab—and they want to make sure the world knows just how close we are to nirvana.

Breaking up Google is hard to do

A federal judge is actively considering breaking up Google after a landmark ruling last week that the tech giant has illegally abused its search monopoly.  A court

Trump speeds AI-driven truth decay

Donald Trump's false charge that his opponent used artificial intelligence to forge a photo of a crowd of supporters shows yet another dimension of AI's potential to 

Tech leaders line up behind Trump

A significant chunk of the tech industry's money and power is lining up behind Donald Trump. Silicon Valley was once solidly Democratic, with just a handful of Republican outliers.

The Supreme Court just kneecapped tech regulation

The Supreme Court's decision limiting executive branch power also further hobbled U.S.

Making things up is AI's Achilles heel

Generative AI makes things up. It can't distinguish between fact and fiction.