1. ChatGPT Atlas: OpenAI launches web browser centered around its chatbot
OpenAI’s new “Atlas” browser reframes how we experience the web—its ChatGPT sidebar offers instant summaries, comparisons, and even an “Agent Mode” to automate complex tasks, signaling a major shift toward AI-native interfaces.
“Meet our new browser—ChatGPT Atlas.” (theguardian.com)
2. The Case That A.I. Is Thinking
In this long-form New Yorker essay, the author charts his journey from skeptic to believer in AI cognition, drawing on neuroscience and philosophical theories to argue that LLMs may genuinely “think,” while cautioning against overstating their capabilities.
“My worry is not that these models are similar to us. It’s that we are similar to these models.” (newyorker.com)
3. Generative agents will change our society in weird, wonderful and worrying ways. Can philosophy help us get a grip on them?
Seth Lazar explores how LLM-powered “generative agents” will revolutionize personal computing and social relationships, urging us to find a middle path between dystopian fear and naive optimism.
“There is nothing new here; there is also everything new here.” (aeon.co)
4. Machines seem to be getting smarter and smarter and much better at human jobs, yet true AI is utterly implausible. Why?
Luciano Floridi dismantles both Singularity hype and AI-atheist denial, showing that while AI will grow more capable, ultra-intelligent machines remain a leap into the logically possible but practically absurd.
“Climbing on top of a tree is not a small step towards the Moon; it is the end of the journey.” (aeon.co)
5. The History Of The NeXT Logo
This deep dive by Logo Design Magazine unpacks Paul Rand’s iconic black-cube emblem—revealing how its precise 28° tilt and spare typography encapsulate NeXT’s visionary ethos and continue to inspire industrial design today.
“Logos are aides de mémoire that give you something to hook on to when you see it, and especially when you don’t see it.” (logodesign.org)