The Best of TIME
20+ most popular TIME articles, as voted by our community.
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Moltbook Is a Social Network for AI Bots. Here’s How It Works
The Reddit-like platform has gone viral for showing how AI agents interact, coordinate, and sometimes spiral when left largely to themselves.
U.S. Withholds Support From Global AI Safety Report
As AI’s risks begin to materialize, the home of leading AI developers has walked away from international efforts to understand and mitigate them.
The Unregulated Rise of Emotionally Intelligent AI
Millions of people now trust AI with their feelings. Can they trust the companies creating it to prioritize their welfare?
The Most Disruptive Company in the World
How Anthropic's battle with the Pentagon became a fight for its future
Can You Teach an AI to Be Good? Anthropic Thinks So
Anthropic published Claude's constitution—a document that teaches the AI to behave ethically and even refuse orders from the company itself.
TIME on Artificial Intelligence
Exclusive: The $2 Per Hour Workers Who Made ChatGPT Safer
A TIME investigation reveals the difficult conditions faced by the workers who made ChatGPT possible
When AI Thinks It Will Lose, It Sometimes Cheats
When sensing defeat in a match against a skilled chess bot, advanced models sometimes hack their opponent, a study found.
TIME on Elon Musk
Elon Musk Is TIME's 2021 Person of the Year
Visionary. Showman. Iconoclast. Troll. How Elon Musk is reshaping our world—and beyond
Elon Musk Postpones Mars Plans in Favor of Building “Moon City”
Musk has missed several of his own predictions for when his company would take humans to Mars.
TIME on Future
The Open Letter on AI Doesn't Go Far Enough
One of the earliest researchers to analyze the prospect of powerful Artificial Intelligence warns of a bleak scenario
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on AGI and AI in the Military
TIME spoke with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, who was on the 2025 TIME100 list.
TIME on Gadgets
The 100 Best Inventions of 2019
Groundbreaking innovations that are making the world better, smarter and a little more fun
TIME on Greta Thunberg
How Teen Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Got Everyone to Listen
The 16-year-old from Sweden has become a powerful advocate for climate change
Greta Thunberg: The 100 Most Influential People of 2019
Find out why Greta Thunberg is on this year’s TIME 100 list
TIME on Happiness
6 Surprising Things You Think Are Making You Happy—But Are Doing the Opposite
Chasing career success, dodging negative emotions, and living in a city all make the list
The Daily Habits of Happiness Experts
Stop trying to force that frown upside down. Instead, try the joy-building tips experts really use
TIME on Health
The People Quitting Health Insurance For An Alternative Idea
Customers sick of dealing with insurance are turning to health sharing as an alternative
TIME on Politics
100 Women of the Year
From Amelia Earhart to Michelle Obama, meet 100 women who defined the last century
How Conspiracy Theories Are Shaping the 2020 Election—and Shaking the Foundation of American Democracy
Democracy relies on an informed public responding to real-life facts. But a growing number of Americans are untethered from reality.
TIME on Russia
How Volodymyr Zelensky Defended Ukraine and United the World
Ukraine and its leader seemed to transcend their roles as victims of Russia's aggression
What Comes After Putin's Rule in Russia. The West Should Beware
The grim machine that Putin has created will outlast him
TIME on Women
The Women of Iran Are TIME's 2022 Heroes of the Year
The movement young women in Iran are leading is educated, liberal, secular, raised on higher expectations, and desperate for normality
Melinda Gates: Why I’m Committing $1 Billion to Help Women
Philanthropist Melinda Gates explains why now is the time to push for equality.
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100 Best Inventions of 2021
Groundbreaking innovations that are making the world better, smarter and a little more fun
Talking Less Will Get You More
Overtalkers are everywhere, but there are benefits to keeping your mouth shut
Elon Musk Is Convinced He's the Future. We Need to Look Beyond Him
Musk became the figure everyone was looking for, but the answers we really need will come from collective action, writes Paris Marx
«expects demand for battery minerals to soar by 2040, including up to 2,100 percent for cobalt and 4,200 percent for lithium.»
The Man Behind Ethereum Is Worried About Crypto's Future
Vitalik Buterin dreamed up the blockchain technology for uses beyond currency. Now he's fighting to fix the industry
Amsterdam Is Embracing a New Economic Theory to Help Save the Environment. Could It Replace Capitalism?
It’s the first time a major city has attempted to put doughnut theory into action on a local level
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