A look at how criminals are using unrestricted chatbots and how cyber defenders are fighting back.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

"We're living in an extraordinary moment in history. We are at a moment here in 2025 where we have world historic game-changing technologies now starting to scale."

If the people controlling AI are biased, the output will also be. Free speech scholar Jacob Mchangama makes the case for completely open-source AI.

“Deep down the natural endpoint of this whole goal of looking for planets is to answer the question: are we alone?”

Early warning signs show AI is eating into the entry-level job market — a potential harbinger of things to come.

If AI is modeled only on human intelligence, will it inherit only human ways of seeing the world?

In this excerpt from "Governing Babel," John Wihbey explores how AI is reshaping online moderation by offering tools that can help human moderators, but also raises the risk of disinformation and digital chaos.

The incredible story of how the US Army began the march toward generative AI in 1943 — and what it means for your business today.

As generative AI sparks diverse opinions on its implications for humanity, Ethan Mollick suggests we shift our focus to understanding AI's capabilities and potential applications, emphasizing experimentation to enhance our skills and foster a responsible partnership with technology.

Despite the current excitement around generative AI, Eric Siegel highlights that machine learning has been effectively utilized in business since the mid-80s, emphasizing the importance of aligning technology with business goals to enhance efficiency and customer experience.

Philosopher Daniel Dennett offers time-tested techniques from philosophy and cognitive science to help navigate modern challenges like "fake news" and AI, emphasizing the importance of inquiry and critical thinking in uncovering the truth.

As AI rapidly transforms our reality and reshapes engagement with information, Professor Yuval Noah Harari urges us to pause and critically consider the implications of coexisting with non-human intelligence, emphasizing the need for responsible leadership and safeguarding our humanity.

A conversation with Dr. Susan Schneider on the AI risks we’re not talking about and why the fixation on AGI is misplaced.

Brian Gumbel — President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Dataminr — explores the cutting edge of real-time information analysis.

The predictions of evolutionary theorists and current advances in “multimodal AI” offer strong clues to the future of employment.

“I like to say that physics is hard because physics is easy, by which I mean we actually think about physics as students.”

The overlooked reason why "AI consciousness" isn't coming anytime soon.

“All information technologies up to the 21st century were organic networks based on our organic brain.”

Are you ready for the “cybernetic corporation”? Amir Husain “profiles” the hottest company of 2035 — and makes a telling comparison with Nvidia.

“An equation, perhaps no more than one inch long, that would allow us to, quote, 'Read the mind of God.'”

Duke sociologist Dr. Christopher Bail on the tech’s potential to foster empathy in an age of division.

Author and geopolitical strategist Paulo Cardoso do Amaral urges us to ask: Will we shape AI with wisdom, or will AI reshape us with strategy?

The conversation you're having with an LLM about groundbreaking new ideas in theoretical physics is completely meritless. Here's why.

Today’s technologist archetypes share a blind spot. Brendan McCord, founder of the Cosmos Institute explains why “philosophy is essential” when building planetary-scale technology.