Pope Leo XIV on Monday launched an impassioned call for regulation of artificial intelligence, warning that “opaque algorithms,” controlled by a handful of powerful private companies, can bring “new ...

In “Thirty Recommendations for Good Writing Habits,” an essay published in 2013, the writer and translator Lydia Davis offers a cardinal rule: “work on your character.” (She happened on a variation of ...

We look at the expanding role of A.I. in our lives. By Sam Sifton “The Future of Truth” is the title of a new book about what artificial intelligence is doing to veracity. Steven Rosenbaum, its author ...

Early writing is a tale of two scripts. Egyptian hieroglyphs and Mesopotamian cuneiform both emerged independently about 5300 years ago. The political powers of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia ...

A newly developed technique could teach AI algorithms to see the universe with unprecedented clarity — potentially exposing the cracks in our understanding of the cosmos. Our cosmic rulebook, known as ...

The "Drop Dead" singer's third studio album 'You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love' is out June 12 Olivia Rodrigo said she was "experiencing real romantic love for the first time" while writing ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. At the center of many of these ...

HubSpot has a number of new platform updates, including a new answer engine optimization tool, and more AI-infused Breeze Assistant and Agent capabilities. HubSpot is on a roll for the spring, ...

An author and freelance journalist has admitted to using AI to help him write a book review for the New York Times. The Times promptly dropped Preston, calling his “reliance on A.I. and his use of ...

When technology reporter Alex Heath has a scoop, he sits down at his computer and speaks into a microphone. He’s not talking to a human colleague—Heath went independent on Substack last year—he’s ...

Peter Jackson, the visionary filmmaker who adapted author J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy for the big screen in the early aughts, teased “very special partner” Colbert’s involvement in a video posted to ...

Stephen Colbert was scorched by “Lord of the Rings” fans after it was announced he would pen the script for a new film in the epic fantasy franchise. “Why in the everloving f–k would anyone want ...