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A keyboard with a red space bar bearing one of Isaac Asimov’s three laws of robotics (“2. A Robot Must Obey Orders”).

Balazs Gardi for The New York Times

A.I. vs. A.I.

We examine how the technology is being used against itself.

By Evan Gorelick

Eric Ruby for The New York Times

What Would a Real Friendship With A.I. Look Like? Maybe Like Hers.

Chatbots can get scary if you suspend your disbelief. But MJ Cocking didn’t — and wound up in a relationship that was strangely, helpfully real.

By Erika Hayasaki

Jake Micheals for The New York Times

The Little Food Lab Fueling the Big Protein Boom

Anthony Flynn and his family ran a small health snack company in California. Then came protein bar mania.

By Mattie Kahn and Jake Michaels

The Daily

How Trump Lost Control of the Epstein Narrative

What President Trump’s apparent inability to stop his supporters talking about Jeffrey Epstein reveals about the limits of his power.

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Opinion

A multicolor tie-dyed flag with Jerry Garcia’s face at the center.

Pedro Nekoi

Guest Essay

The Political Legacy of Jerry Garcia

Garcia and the music he wrote aimed for something beyond politics, something deeper.

By Jim Newton

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