Selected Writing
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At age 17, Donnell Drinks was one of many young men in Philadelphia who went to prison for life without parole. Today, the city has resentenced more of those prisoners than any other jurisdiction.
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They reached the heights of corporate success. Now some women are trying to redefine what ambition looks like.
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The tech giant had already remade the virtual world. For a brief period, it also tried to make it easier for people in the Bay Area to get to work. Then it gave up.
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They got lost in this weird moment, where the world is caught between crisis and normalcy, nostalgic for house parties — and Houseparty, too.
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A.I. companies have an edge in blocking the creation and distribution of child sexual abuse material. They’ve seen how social media companies failed.
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A decade ago, Cindy Eckert struggled to convince skeptics about a drug for premenopausal women. Lately, her business is booming.
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After Lahaina burned in August 2023, the state invested in a modular home development, hoping to nurture community and leave behind permanent infrastructure.
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Public defenders are overworked and underpaid. A growing corps of client advocates is helping defendants in communities across the U.S.
The New York Times
Bloomberg Businessweek
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The assertion that bots are choking off human life online has never seemed more true.
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Deepfakes and chatbots are now good enough that many web users don’t trust they are interacting with real people.
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Workers are turning to chatbots to help them get through difficult conversations with their colleagues and business partners.
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They vent, confess and role-play with strangers, all to help machines learn how to sound human.
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Women are using artificial intelligence at lower rates than men. But are they being “left behind”?
Bloomberg Businessweek
WIRED
Other writing
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Chatbots may live in the cloud, but they're powered by massive concrete boxes — and they're coming to a town near you.
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With a $10.1 billion valuation and recent legal wins, Quince’s leaders have their eyes on a bigger prize.
Inc.
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They were pushed out of cushy jobs at Google, Twitter, and Meta. Now they’re building startups and embracing the risk of entrepreneurship.
Inc.
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Secretary of State Adrian Fontes hopes playing out worst-case scenarios will help prepare election workers—and the press—for what’s ahead in November.
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Meta has decided that it’s time to open up the internet’s walled gardens. Be wary.