Michelle Kim

MIT Tech Review

Michelle is an AI reporter for MIT Technology Review based in San Francisco. Previously, she was a freelance journalist in Seoul, where she covered labor and tech for Rest of World and South Korean politics for Foreign Policy. She holds a JD from Harvard Law School and a BA in political science from Yale University.

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Here’s why Elon Musk lost his suit against OpenAI
By Michelle Kim / Fellow
May 19, 2026
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Musk v. Altman week 3: Musk and Altman traded blows over each other’s credibility. Now the jury will pick a side.
By Michelle Kim / Fellow
May 15, 2026
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Musk v. Altman week 2: OpenAI fires back, and Shivon Zilis reveals that Musk tried to poach Sam Altman
By Michelle Kim / Fellow
May 8, 2026
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Musk v. Altman week 1: Musk says he was duped, warns AI could kill us all, and admits that xAI distills OpenAI’s models
By Michelle Kim / Fellow
May 1, 2026
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Elon Musk and Sam Altman are going to court over OpenAI’s future
By Michelle Kim / Fellow
Apr 27, 2026
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3 things Michelle Kim is into right now
By Michelle Kim / Fellow
Apr 22, 2026
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Resistance
By Michelle Kim / Fellow
Apr 21, 2026
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Want to understand the current state of AI? Check out these charts.
By Michelle Kim / Fellow
Apr 13, 2026
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The gig workers who are training humanoid robots at home
By Michelle Kim / Fellow
Apr 1, 2026
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The AI Hype Index: AI goes to war
By Michelle Kim / Fellow
Mar 25, 2026
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The Bay Area’s animal welfare movement wants to recruit AI
By Michelle Kim / Fellow
Mar 23, 2026
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Is the Pentagon allowed to surveil Americans with AI?
By Michelle Kim / Fellow
Mar 6, 2026
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AI is rewiring how the world’s best Go players think
By Michelle Kim / Fellow
Feb 27, 2026
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A “QuitGPT” campaign is urging people to cancel their ChatGPT subscriptions
By Michelle Kim / Fellow
Feb 10, 2026
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The AI Hype Index: Grok makes porn, and Claude Code nails your job
By Michelle Kim / Fellow
Jan 29, 2026
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America’s coming war over AI regulation
By Michelle Kim / Fellow
Jan 23, 2026
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Hyperscale AI data centers: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2026
By Michelle Kim / Fellow
Jan 12, 2026
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What’s next for AI in 2026
By Michelle Kim / Fellow
Jan 5, 2026
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AI Wrapped: The 14 AI terms you couldn’t avoid in 2025
By Michelle Kim / Fellow
Dec 25, 2025
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AI might not be coming for lawyers’ jobs anytime soon
By Michelle Kim / Fellow
Dec 15, 2025
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AI chatbots can sway voters better than political advertisements
By Michelle Kim / Fellow
Dec 4, 2025
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Generative AI is reshaping South Korea’s webcomics industry
By Michelle Kim / Fellow
Apr 22, 2025
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