The Best Articles and Essays of 2026

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Andrew Tate’s Empire of Abuse

The Extremist in the Family

The Way Home is a Circle

She Trusted ChatGPT With Her Medication Decisions. It Cost Her Everything.

By Teddy Rosenbluth · The New York Times · October 2026

She Trusted ChatGPT With Her Medication Decisions. It Cost Her Everything.

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"The chatbot helped a woman taper off a lifesaving drug and hide the plan from her doctors."

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