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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Nikita Ostrovsky Nikita Ostrovsky is a reporter at TIME covering AI. He is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism. ## Nikita Ostrovsky Articles27Collections4 *  Jun 18, 2026 ### [Russia Wants AI Sovereignty. It Has a Chip Problem](https://time.com/article/2026/06/18/russia-ai-putin-chip-us-china/) As Vladimir Putin's daughter helps lead a new push for AI talent, Russia's biggest obstacle may be t... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  May 19, 2026 ### [Musk’s Failed OpenAI Lawsuit Underscores xAI’s Struggles](https://time.com/article/2026/05/19/elon-musk-openai-trial-xai-jury-verdict/) Elon Musk put OpenAI on trial—and xAI ended up exposed. [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  May 14, 2026 ### [The Small Businesses Already Replacing Workers With AI](https://time.com/article/2026/05/14/ai-small-businesses-layoffs/) From sales teams to onboarding staff, AI agents are quietly reshaping how smaller companies operate—... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Apr 24, 2026 ### ['Too Dangerous to Release' Is Becoming AI's New Normal](https://time.com/article/2026/04/24/claude-mythos-chatgpt-rosalind-release-dangerous/) Why tech giants are starting to restrict their most capable models from the public. [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Apr 14, 2026 ### [A New AI Tool Could Transform How We Diagnose Genetic Diseases](https://time.com/article/2026/04/14/ai-disease-genetic-mayo-clinic-goodfire/) Researchers say a new AI system can identify disease-causing mutations and explain their biological ... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Apr 7, 2026 ### [AI Helped Spark a Quantum Breakthrough. The World 'Is Not Prepared'](https://time.com/article/2026/04/07/ai-quantum-computing-advance/) New research suggests quantum computers capable of breaking internet encryption may arrive sooner th... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Apr 3, 2026 ### [Wayve Wants to Take On Waymo—and Put Self-Driving Tech in Every Car](https://time.com/article/2026/04/02/waymo-wayve-self-driving-ai/) By ditching expensive hardware, the startup hopes to scale fast enough to challenge incumbents and m... *  Mar 27, 2026 ### [‘The AI Doc’ Asks: What Kind of World Are We Building for Our Kids?](https://time.com/article/2026/03/27/the-ai-doc/) Director Daniel Roher’s 'The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist' follows a father-to-be as he... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Mar 25, 2026 ### [How OpenAI Decides What ChatGPT Should—and Shouldn’t—Do](https://time.com/article/2026/03/25/openai-chatgpt-model-spec-document/) OpenAI today published a blog post explaining its Model Spec, the evolving document that determines ... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Jan 28, 2026 ### [6 Graphs Break Down the U.S.–China AI Race](https://time.com/7358519/ai-china-us-race-graphs/) From compute and talent to energy and revenue, six charts show where the U.S. leads China in AI—and ... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Jan 21, 2026 ### [Can You Teach an AI to Be Good? Anthropic Thinks So](https://time.com/7354738/claude-constitution-ai-alignment/) Anthropic published Claude's constitution—a document that teaches the AI to behave ethically and eve... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Jan 15, 2026 ### [AI Is Moving Beyond Chatbots](https://time.com/7346545/ai-claude-cowork-code-chatbots/) An AI powerful enough to analyze DNA, file taxes, and grow tomato plants is being redesigned for eve... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Jan 9, 2026 ### [Starlink’s Quiet Role in Venezuela’s Political Crisis](https://time.com/7345047/starlink-venezuela-elon-musk/) Starlink has become an unofficial communications backbone in Venezuela, highlighting how Elon Musk’s... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Dec 29, 2025 ### [Common Misunderstandings About AI in 2025](https://time.com/7341954/ai-misunderstandings-2025/) From worries that AI had stalled to concerns about self-driving cars, 2025 showed how fast the debat... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Dec 22, 2025 ### [5 AI Developments That Reshaped 2025](https://time.com/7341939/ai-developments-2025-trump-china/) From China’s rise in open-source AI to humans forming intimate relationships with machines, these we... 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