Are AI Companies Ripping Off Writers? Canadian Authors Speak Out
Yann Martel, Heather O’Neill, Douglas Coupland, and others weigh in on their books being used to train AI systems
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The Mushroom Boom
From beer to vegan leather, fungi are increasingly being used in new ways. But there’s still a lot we don’t know about the mysterious organisms
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Editor’s Letter: Why We Can’t Trust AI
Once, disinformation came solely from humans. Now it’s a feature of the machines that run our lives
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The Best of The Walrus: 20th Anniversary Edition
Journalism, fiction, and poetry that speak to the current moment
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20 Years of The Walrus: Long-form Stories
Deeply reported stories that look into food waste, sad songs, sex ed, the alt-right, and more
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Why Are So Many Authors Abandoning Speech Marks?
Sally Rooney, Ian Williams, and Lauren Groff are just a few of the contemporary authors avoiding quotation marks for dialogue
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The Secret Life of Plastic
What happens to our trash once we’ve done our duty and tossed it into the right bin?
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