Why people are having such strong reactions to Lindy West’s new memoir
You might remember feminist writer Lindy West from her days on X (né Twitter) yelling at sexist, anti-fat trolls. Or ...
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The contradiction at the heart of OpenAI
Big changes are happening at OpenAI. On Wednesday, the company announced that it would be shutting down their AI video ...
Hey Google, stop trying to write my emails!
I first noticed it when, a few months ago, I opened an email from Ian, my literary agent. Before I’d ...
The Supreme Court showed it is scared its going to break the internet in Cox v. Sony
The Supreme Court tossed out a billion-dollar verdict against an internet service provider (ISP) on Wednesday, in a closely watched ...
What baseball’s “robot umpires” tell us about the future of work
For a sport that’s more than 150 years old, the opening of the 2026 Major League Baseball season is set ...
4 ways people try to make their lives meaningful — and the one that works best for you
The most unique thing about human beings is this: We are creatures who long to matter.That’s according to Rebecca Newberger ...
OpenAI accidentally built one of the world’s richest charities. Now what?
When Sam Altman first told her that he’d never let OpenAI go corporate, that what he and his colleagues were ...
150 years ago, nine words changed the world
On March 10, 1876, a 29-year-old Scottish immigrant named Alexander Graham Bell sat in a modest laboratory at 5 Exeter ...
The AI threat costing Americans $16.6 billion a year
I was fortunate enough to spend several days last week at the Aspen Institute’s Crosscurrent summit on AI and national ...
The influencer circus around Nancy Guthrie’s home
Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today host Savannah Guthrie, has been missing for over a month now. While the investigation remains ...
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