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Should A.I. Accelerate? Decelerate? The Answer Is Both.

The near-implosion of OpenAI, a world leader in the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence, surfaced a conflict within the organization…

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Powerful Forces Are Fracking Our Attention. We Can Fight Back.

The lament is as old as education itself: The students aren’t paying attention. But today, the problem of flighty or…

World

As A.I.-Controlled Killer Drones Become Reality, Nations Debate Limits

Worried about the risks of robot warfare, some countries want new legal constraints, but the U.S. and other major powers…

Finance

Who Is Emmett Shear, OpenAI’s Interim Chief Executive?

The former chief executive of Twitch has embraced “A.I. doomerism,” the fear that artificial intelligence could cause the end of…

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Review: A ‘Jungle Book’ With the Climate Crisis on Its Mind

The choreographer and director Akram Khan’s reimagining of Kipling’s fable updates the message but leaves out the fun.

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North American Birds Will No Longer Be Named for Racists — or Anybody Else

On Nov. 1, the American Ornithological Society announced that it would be renaming all the birds under its purview that…

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Why Must Palestinians Audition for Your Empathy?

I’ve moved back to the United States twice since my birth. Once as a child, after the Iraqi invasion of…

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Are Fears of A.I. and Nuclear Apocalypse Keeping You Up? Blame Prometheus.

How an ancient Greek myth explains our terrifying modern reality.

Magazine

Uncanny Art for the Post-Truth Era

As deepfakes and A.I. images proliferate, hyperrealist sculpture has taken on an eerie new relevance.

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Ethical and Strategic Issues Facing Israel

Readers discuss how Israel should respond to the Hamas attack.

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