--- description: Pillay is an editorial fellow at TIME, interested in how AI and other digital technologies are changing us. He is currently supported by the Tarbell Fellowship. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Tharin Pillay  ## Tharin Pillay Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Pillay is an editorial fellow at TIME, interested in how AI and other digital technologies are changing us. He is currently supported by the Tarbell Fellowship.  ## Tharin Pillay Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jun 15, 2026 ### [AI Doesn't Feel. So Why Does It Have Something Like Emotions?](https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ai-minds-consciousness-emotion/) Jane Goodall forced humanity to rethink intelligence in animals. AI is forcing a similar conversatio... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  May 4, 2026 ### [Are We Losing Our Minds to AI?](https://time.com/article/2026/04/30/ai-thinking-cognitive-offloading/) As AI becomes an active participant in our cognitive lives, the line between thought partner and sub... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Mar 12, 2026 ### [Why AI Systems Develop Personalities](https://time.com/article/2026/03/10/ai-chatbots-claude-gemini-personality/) As models like Gemini and Claude evolve, their simulated personalities can drift in strange directio... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Feb 27, 2026 ### [What Happens When AI Agents Work in Teams](https://time.com/7381463/chat-code-claw-ai-agents-teams/) The chatbot era is giving way to something bigger: AI systems that organize themselves into digital ... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Feb 19, 2026 ### [The Unregulated Rise of Emotionally Intelligent AI](https://time.com/7379564/ai-emotional-intelligence-support-bots/) Millions of people now trust AI with their feelings. Can they trust the companies creating it to pri... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Feb 3, 2026 ### [What Is Moltbook, the AI-Only Social Network Going Viral?](https://time.com/7364662/moltbook-ai-reddit-agents/) The Reddit-like platform has gone viral for showing how AI agents interact, coordinate, and sometime... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Jan 22, 2026 ### [Why Experts Can’t Agree on Whether AI Has a Mind](https://time.com/7355855/ai-mind-philosophy/) Researchers across biology, philosophy, and AI are split on what counts as a mind—and whether today’... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) * ![This image show Pokemon's video games, figure and toys. 13JUL16 SCMP/May Tse \[18JULY2016 FEATURES DIGITAL\]](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad88f2f13e95109a/6998cccd1f67092577f5712d/GettyImages-1096280400.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1) Jan 13, 2026 ### [Why the World's Best AIs Are Bad at Pokémon](https://time.com/7345903/ai-chatgpt-claude-gemini-pokemon/) As advanced models stumble through a 1990s Game Boy classic, Pokémon is a surprisingly revealing tes... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Dec 28, 2025 ### [4 of the Strangest AI Moments in 2025](https://time.com/7341781/strangest-ai-moments-2025/) From Ballerina Cappuccina to an AI minister in Albania “giving birth” to 83 digital aides, 2025 offe... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Dec 11, 2025 ### [CEO of the Year Neal Mohan Discusses YouTube’s Cultural Dominance](https://time.com/7337793/ceo-of-the-year-neal-mohan-youtube-politics-creators-kids-future/) YouTube’s chief executive spoke about the platform’s role in cultural and political discourse, its r... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Dec 9, 2025 ### [Teaching AI to See—and Shape—Reality](https://time.com/7339513/ai-fei-fei-li-virtual-worlds/) The AI pioneer’s new startup, World Labs, is betting that machines can learn to build infinite, on-d... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Nov 7, 2025 ### [What Happens When Your Favorite Chatbot Dies?](https://time.com/7332065/in-the-loop-when-your-favorite-chatbot-dies/) As users form emotional bonds with AI companions, companies like Anthropic are rethinking what it me... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Nov 4, 2025 ### [Inside the AI Village Where Bots Collaborate—and Compete](https://time.com/7330795/ai-village-chatgpt-gemini-claude/) The AI Village—an experiment run by nonprofit Sage—set up models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Oct 28, 2025 ### [A New Bill Would Prohibit Minors from Using AI Chatbots](https://time.com/7328967/ai-josh-hawley-richard-blumenthal-minors-chatbots/) The GUARD Act—introduced in Congress by Senators Josh Hawley and ​​Richard Blumenthal—aims to keep m... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Oct 23, 2025 ### [At TIME100 Impact Dinner, Leaders Discuss AI and the Future of Fashion](https://time.com/7327003/time100-impact-dinner-ai-fashion-ralph-lauren-microsoft/) Panelists discussed a collaboration between Ralph Lauren and Microsoft and how tech can enhance a cu... 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