The Nine AI Stories That Defined 2024
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Thank you for reading Atlantic Intelligence this year: It’s been a pleasure appearing in your inbox each week, and we can’t wait to bring you new coverage in 2025. Collected below are some of the standout stories we published this year, which explore new frontiers for AI and the risks that come with advancement.
We hope you enjoy some of these great reads during your holiday downtime. See you again in the new year!
What to Read
We’re Entering Uncharted Territory for Math
Terence Tao, the world’s greatest living mathematician, has a vision for AI.
By Matteo Wong
ElevenLabs Is Building an Army of Voice Clones
A tiny start-up has made some of the most convincing AI voices. Are its creators ready for the chaos they’re unleashing?
By Charlie Warzel
Microsoft’s Hypocrisy on AI
Can artificial intelligence really enrich fossil-fuel companies and fight climate change at the same time? The tech giant says yes.
By Karen Hao
How First Contact With Whale Civilization Could Unfold
If we can learn to speak their language, what should we say?
By Ross Andersen
The Big AI Risk Not Enough People Are Seeing
Beware technology that makes us less human.
By Tyler Austin Harper
The End of Foreign-Language Education
Thanks to AI, people may no longer feel the need to learn a second language.
By Louise Matsakis
Would Limitlessness Make Us Better Writers?
AI embodies hypotheticals I can only imagine for myself. But I believe human impediments are what lead us to create meaningful art.
By Rachel Khong
This Is What It Looks Like When AI Eats the World
The web itself is being shoved into a great unknown.
By Charlie Warzel
The GPT Era Is Already Ending
Something has shifted at OpenAI.
By Matteo Wong
