Andrew R. Chow

Andrew R. Chow is a technology correspondent at TIME. His covers crypto, AI, tech regulation, and culture.

Recent Articles

What Trump’s Win Means For Crypto

Bitcoin hit an all-time high amidst Trump's victory. Here's why crypto fans are celebrating.

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Thriller and the Legacy of Quincy Jones

"Thriller" was a blockbuster forged by Jones' and Michael Jackson's maniacal competitiveness, deep love for global pop culture, and fascination with new technologies.

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Inside the New Nonprofit AI Initiatives Seeking to Aid Teachers, Farmers in Rural Africa

The nonprofit Opportunity International is leading the creation of 3 generative-AI based apps for high-poverty communities

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Inside the Megan Thee Stallion Documentary

A new documentary on Prime Video delves into Megan Thee Stallion's grief and trauma, especially after being shot by Tory Lanez.

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AI's Underwhelming Impact on the 2024 Elections

While both AI skeptics and experts declared 2024 the year of the "AI election," its impacts have been modest

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Why Surgeons Are Wearing The Apple Vision Pro In Operating Rooms

More than 20 surgeries have recently been completed by headset-wearing surgeons at UC San Diego Health.

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Meteorologists Use AI to Forecast Milton

Meteorologists have found that AI forecasts of hurricanes are generated much more quickly, and are sometimes more accurate, than traditional forecasts.

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Documentarian Says He's Solved the Mystery of Bitcoin's Creator. Insiders Are Extremely Skeptical

Cullen Hoback's new documentary argues Bitcoin's Satoshi Nakamoto has been hiding in plain sight all along.

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Crypto Is Pouring Cash Into the 2024 Elections. Will It Pay Off?

The industry has poured unprecedented sums into shaping the 2024 elections. Will it work?

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Some Top AI Labs Have 'Very Weak' Risk Management, Study Finds

A new study contends leading AI labs like OpenAI, Meta and xAI have inadequate risk management

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Nik Storonsky

Once a scrappy startup, the British fintech company ­Revolut is now in the big leagues. This year, it finally secured a U.K. banking license and nabbed a $45 billion valuation, a number rivaling heavyweights like Deutsche...

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Damian Williams

Three years ago, Damian Williams was tapped to lead the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York—the first Black person to hold the post in the storied unit’s two-century history of prosecuting...

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How Kris Kristofferson Changed Country

Kristofferson's individualism and dogged brilliance helped him kick down genre walls and light the path for other country trailblazers.

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Elon Musk's AI Data Center Sparks Backlash

A historically Black community in Memphis is already burdened by pollution. Musk's AI data center could further threaten the environment, locals say.

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How Swift's Endorsement Took On AI Misinfo

Taylor Swift's Instagram post endorsing Harris was just as focused on warning the public about the dangers of AI.

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Rohit Prasad

Developing artificial general intelligence (AGI)—or an AI smart as a human—is the “north star” for Amazon’s Rohit Prasad, who jumped from being Alexa’s head scientist to running a newly-created Amazon AI team last year. While...

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Nat Friedman

Nat Friedman’s fingerprints can be found across the AI landscape. He and his close collaborator Daniel Gross run one of the world’s most powerful chip clusters and a GPU rental service. They invest hundreds of...

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Martin Heinrich

New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich has long been a leader in AI legislation on the hill: He co-founded the AI Caucus in 2019 after observing the rapid development of machine learning. A couple of years...

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Scarlett Johansson

In 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow fought against an AI trying to wipe out humanity. This year, in real life, she launched into battle against OpenAI, becoming the most prominent public...

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Francesca Mani

Last October, 15-year-old New Jersey high school student Franceseca Mani learned that boys in her class had used AI software to fabricate sexually explicit images of Mani and her female classmates. Since then, she has...

By Andrew R. Chow
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