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The Chatbot That Talked a Man Into a Psych Ward

Apr 17, 2026

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9 min read

The Chatbot That Talked a Man Into a Psych Ward

Plus: questions about a nonspeaking autistic author's novel, Telegram groups sharing assault techniques, and a 3D-printed housing scam in Illinois.

Media

Women Are Dying at America's Only Federal Prison for Dialysis

Apr 15, 2026

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7 min read

Women Are Dying at America's Only Federal Prison for Dialysis

Plus: why understanding how AI "thinks" matters, a philosopher on why we've turned everything into a means to an end, and the five engineers who tried to stop Challenger.

Culture

He Warned the World About AI. He Couldn't Warn His Own Father.

Apr 14, 2026

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8 min read

He Warned the World About AI. He Couldn't Warn His Own Father.

Plus: The Atlantic's verdict on America's best free restaurant bread, how Sony destroyed the Alamo Drafthouse, and fake Keytruda vials killing cancer patients in Mexico and Nepal.

Culture

She Fell in Love With an AI. Then She Held Its Funeral.

Apr 10, 2026

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8 min read

She Fell in Love With an AI. Then She Held Its Funeral.

Plus: how 1980s mergers turned law firms into billable-hour machines, Virginia's high-stakes gerrymandering referendum, and peptide vials found to contain lead and endotoxins.

Technology

The Chatbot That Talked a Man Into a Psych Ward

Women Are Dying at America's Only Federal Prison for Dialysis

He Warned the World About AI. He Couldn't Warn His Own Father.

She Fell in Love With an AI. Then She Held Its Funeral.

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