This article appears in the December 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. Earlier this year, a slightly balding man in spectacles, a black T-shirt, and bright high-top ...

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TL;DR: Valve is collaborating with developers to enable anti-cheat solutions on Steam Machine, addressing a key barrier to playing major online games like Call of Duty. While support depends on ...

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As a journalist who covers AI, I hear from countless people who seem utterly convinced that ChatGPT, Claude, or some other chatbot has achieved “sentience.” Or “consciousness.” Or—my personal favorite ...

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