While data centers are getting terror threats and public opinion on AI is in the absolute toilet, OpenAI is betting big that this techno-optimist podcast can help turn the narrative around. I talked to the people involved: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/o...

Exclusive from VF's @juliablack.bsky.social: OpenAI Preps Policy Push to “Rethink the Social Contract”

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NEW: Ashley St. Clair has sued Elon Musk's xAI, alleging it uses “AI to undress, humiliate, and sexually exploit victims.” Today Musk and xAI ALSO filed their own suit against St. Clair. St. Clair's lawyer tells me, “We intend to hold Grok accountable.” www.vanityfair.com/news/story/a...

There's a growing schism over AI policy between the right's religious conservatives and its tech libertarians. Now all eyes are on the Pope, who is expected to release a landmark document on the topic in the coming weeks. I wrote about it for Transformer! www.transformernews.ai/p/pope-artif...

Thanks for having me on, @baparker.bsky.social @npr.org! www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...

By the way... my current fellowship winds down soon-ish, and I'll be back on the market for a full-time reporting role! If you want to do stories like this together, feel free to reach out (: email/links in bio

Literally impossible for me to see this man without hearing this song… what an achievement… youtube.com/shorts/09Nan...

While I was reporting this NYT profile of defense tech investor & JD Vance ally Katherine Boyle, a State Department official told me: “If you’re looking at her project as a policy project, you’re not really understanding it. Her project is ultimately civilizational.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...

This year, two new products launched claiming to be able to detect IQ in embryos(!) In my latest for @technologyreview.com, I dove into the ethical morass—and very real world implications—of ranking humans before they are even born. ter.li/JuliaB

really jealous of the depth of this reporting by @laurabullard.bsky.social — a must-read! www.wired.com/story/the-re...

lord help me I started a (free!) substack got some cool stuff in the pipeline, so please subscribe! (: open.substack.com/pub/10000000...

I learned so much working on this @juliablack.bsky.social piece on the rise of microschools. www.wired.com/story/silico...

The student newspaper. This fell. To the student. Newspaper.

Coming out of stealth mode... to share that I will be joining the @omidyarnetwork.bsky.social's next Reporters in Residence cohort! This support will enable me to work on some absolute dream projects. I'm so grateful. more news soon! 👀 omidyar.com/update/omidy...

Medicaid is the largest single payer of pregnancy-related services, financing 41% of births nationally in 2023and over half of births in four states (Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma): www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...

Reading this article by @juliablack.bsky.social from Aug9 is basically just opening tomorrow's newspaper.

we truly love to see it www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian... @thevivllainous.bsky.social

Federal employees, I would love to speak with you about how DOGE is using technology to reshape your agencies… spot a new AI use? FedRAMP request? Code rewrite? Here’s my work: juliablackwrites.com Secure Signal contact: @mjnblack.09 @altusds.bsky.social @fedworkersunited.bsky.social #altgov

Sam Altman imagines a grand AI-powered future for humanity, but isn’t too concerned with what it might actually mean for average people. Up next in our premium interviews from DATA VAMPIRES is @juliablack.bsky.social! Become a Patreon supporter to listen: www.patreon.com/posts/sam-al...

‘any press is good press, especially on the internet…you have to have a good sense of self.’ — @taylorlorenz.bsky.social, at #onairfest w/ @juliablack.bsky.social, on how she deals w/ being an internet main topic occasionally

@arctictony.bsky.social starting the Future of Media panel off strong by quoting a text from @pkafka.bsky.social: “we’re all fucked lol”

The latest Pew Research report on news content creators paints a damning picture of our skewed information ecosystem. 
I went deep into the 122 page report and broke down the key findings and what they mean www.usermag.co/p/the-majori...

Been on the fence about how much to bother with Bluesky but @alexrkonrad.bsky.social says this is where the organic conversation is happening so… lets give it a go!

I dunno how shameless self-promotion plays on this platform but, uh, I really do want you to read this story, so here’s some anyway: https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-openai-chatgpt-worldcoin-helion-future-tech-2023-4