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* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd59f5f2735211d08/6a5fbf314e69cf4a32812f71/data-center-backlash.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 22, 2026  
## [Community Backlash to AI Data Centers Is Growing](https://time.com/article/2026/07/22/community-backlash-ai-data-centers/)  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)  
by Simmone Shah
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9de39b291bdda3c3/6a5a4f4c3411ca65e1a0c1c0/online-streaming-abuse.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 20, 2026  
## [How Livestreamed Child Abuse Is Challenging How We Think About Online Privacy](https://time.com/article/2026/07/13/how-livestreamed-child-abuse-is-challenging-how-we-think-about-online-privacy/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Charlie Campbell
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Jul 20, 2026  
## [AI’s Execution Problem](https://time.com/article/2026/07/20/ai-execution-problem/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Nigel Vaz
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Jul 17, 2026  
## [The Backlash to Anthropic's Ad Misses Something Bigger](https://time.com/article/2026/07/16/anthropic-ai-marketing-advertisement/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Harry Booth
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdee6b014192e6417/6a57c84f3411ca9da0a071b4/AI-ownership-economy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 15, 2026  
## [AI Should Give Rise to an Ownership Economy](https://time.com/article/2026/07/15/ai-should-give-rise-to-an-ownership-economy/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Lynn Forester de Rothschild  
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92c285adaddf8f5a/6a565a3ed165133d05e7e656/world-models-ai.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 15, 2026  
## [World Models Are AI’s Next Frontier](https://time.com/article/2026/07/15/world-models-are-ai-s-next-frontier/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Celine Herweijer
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Jul 14, 2026  
## [How AI is Shaping Childhood](https://time.com/article/2026/07/14/why-humans-need-to-parent-ai-and-not-the-other-way-around/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Dana Suskind
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Jul 14, 2026  
## [Mozilla Wants to Build a ‘Rebel Alliance’ for Open-Source AI](https://time.com/article/2026/07/13/open-source-ai-mozilla-rebel-alliance/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Billy Perrigo
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2996838a7451b63/6a4be8ed1dd91a7d516b1869/ai-public-good.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 8, 2026  
## [How to Ensure AI Serves the Public Good](https://time.com/article/2026/07/08/how-to-ensure-ai-serves-the-public-good/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Paschal Donohoe
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d96d1cfb7b0e8fa/6a4d62e521e475d7bf472fed/Planetary-Intelligence.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 7, 2026  
## [We Need Planetary Intelligence in the Age of AI](https://time.com/article/2026/07/07/we-need-planetary-intelligence-in-the-age-of-ai/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Will Marshall  
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca7160685be81a5d/6a4d30028ca163616af42fa3/GettyImages-2263493759.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 7, 2026  
## [The Latest AI Safety Rankings Are In. Nobody Gets an A](https://time.com/article/2026/07/07/ai-safety-rankings-openai-anthropic-meta/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Harry Booth
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Jul 7, 2026  
## [China May Restrict Access to Its Most Powerful AI Models](https://time.com/article/2026/07/07/china-ai-models-alibaba-bytedance/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Harry Booth
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4fbd4581ec39b0db/6a4bf611034c703a8e8a7b8e/260727_vessay_001NEW_v1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 7, 2026  
## [The Unexpected Way AI Helped Me Appreciate My Body](https://time.com/article/2026/07/07/ai-disabled-body/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Rebekah Taussig
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Jul 6, 2026  
## [How to Govern AI in a World in Rupture](https://time.com/article/2026/07/06/how-to-govern-ai-in-a-world-in-rupture/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Alain Berset
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ea6128a62a834c6/6a4784ec968f8493d7701344/trump-sam-altman.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1%2Coffset-x0.00%2Coffset-y0.00)  
Jul 3, 2026  
## [OpenAI Woos Trump Administration as Investor](https://time.com/article/2026/07/03/openai-invest-ai-trump-administration-sam-altman/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Chad de Guzman

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