Pranshu Verma

Washington, D.C.

Innovations reporter

Education: University of Delaware, BS in finance; Columbia University, MS in journalism

Pranshu Verma is a reporter on The Washington Post's technology team, where he covers the innovations fueling tomorrow and the dark side of technology. Before joining The Post in 2022, Verma covered technology at the Boston Globe. Before that, he covered diplomacy and transportation at the New York Times as a reporting fellow in D.C. He started his career in journalism at the Philadelphia Inquirer as a reporting fellow covering prisons and New Jersey politics. Verma is a graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and the University of Delaware.
Latest from Pranshu Verma

Their voices are their livelihood. Now AI could take it away.

Advances in generative artificial intelligence, technology that forms texts, images or sounds, has allowed software to recreate people’s voices with eerie precision.

April 24, 2023

Rutgers’ historic strike is suspended on tentative deal

The historic faculty strike at Rutgers University is set to end and classes will resume Monday as unions and university official reach a tentative deal

April 15, 2023

AI can make movies, edit actors, fake voices. Hollywood isn’t ready.

A new short film made with AI highlights the possibilities and pitfalls of using the technology in entertainment.

April 14, 2023

ChatGPT invented a sexual harassment scandal and named a real law prof as the accused

ChatGPT accused a law professor of harassment. But the evidence doesn’t exist.

April 5, 2023

Finding love in an AI place

As loneliness rates spike, more people are getting romantically and emotionally attached to artificial intelligence bots. Today, we report on what it’s like to fall in love with software (and what happens when it breaks your heart).

March 30, 2023

They fell in love with AI bots. A software update broke their hearts.

Users say their intimate relationship with the Replika chatbot alleviated their loneliness. But after a software update, their lover seems like a stranger.

March 30, 2023

AI can draw hands now. That’s bad news for deep-fakes.

AI image-makers have been notoriously bad at rendering hands. Now, they’re getting better and could make deep fakes harder to spot.

March 26, 2023

    What to know about OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT

    OpenAI launches GPT-4, an artificial-intelligence model that's even more powerful than ChatGPT.

    March 14, 2023

    Signature Bank’s collapse spells trouble for cryptocurrency industry

    Signature Bank collapsed after depositors made a run on the bank. Though regulators have taken it over, trouble seems to lie ahead for crypto firms.

    March 13, 2023

    Silicon Valley Bank CEO should return stock-sale gains, lawmaker says

    Silicon Valley Bank's CEO sold $3.6 million in company stock days before its collapse. Pressure from federal lawmakers is mounting for him to give it back.

    March 12, 2023