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Brian Merchant · ·Jan 2, 2026 · 12 min read

The best books, films and TV about AI + tech in 2025

Brian Merchant · ·Dec 22, 2025 · 18 min read

There has to be a way

Brian Merchant · ·Dec 17, 2025 · 19 min read

"I was forced to use AI until the day I was laid off." Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry

Brian Merchant · ·Dec 11, 2025 · 38 min read

Journalists win a key battle over AI in the newsroom

Brian Merchant · ·Dec 3, 2025 · 13 min read

How to quit Spotify

Brian Merchant · ·Nov 28, 2025 · 13 min read

Lost in the slop layer

Brian Merchant · ·Nov 24, 2025 · 12 min read

What’s really going on with AI and jobs?

Brian Merchant · ·Nov 6, 2025 · 12 min read

How artists behind Marvel, Alien, and the Matrix are fighting AI

Brian Merchant · ·Oct 29, 2025 · 14 min read

How to win followers and influence people (to subscribe to your newsletter)

Brian Merchant · ·Oct 23, 2025 · 27 min read

Silicon Valley's capture of our political institutions is all but complete

Brian Merchant · ·Oct 16, 2025 · 13 min read

AI profiteering is now indistinguishable from trolling

Brian Merchant · ·Oct 10, 2025 · 10 min read

"AI is an attack from above on wages": An interview with cognitive scientist Hagen Blix

Brian Merchant · ·Oct 1, 2025 · 23 min read

We're about to find out if Silicon Valley owns Gavin Newsom

Brian Merchant · ·Sep 26, 2025 · 17 min read

The Luddite Renaissance is in full swing

Brian Merchant · ·Sep 21, 2025 · 12 min read

Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI

Brian Merchant · ·Sep 16, 2025 · 34 min read