Should We, and Can We, Put the Brakes on Artificial Intelligence?
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, which created ChatGPT, says that AI is a powerful tool that will streamline human work and quicken the pace of scientific advancement But ChatGPT has both enthralled and te...
2 Juni 202332min
The Director Rob Marshall on Halle Bailey as “The Little Mermaid”
The live-action remake of Disney’s classic “The Little Mermaid” is out this weekend. The performance of Halle Bailey as Princess Ariel has been widely praised, but some on the right lambasted the cast...
30 Maj 202316min
E. Jean Carroll and Roberta Kaplan on Defamatory Trump, and Dexter Filkins on Ron DeSantis
Earlier this month, E Jean Carroll won an unprecedented legal victory: in a civil suit, Donald Trump was found liable for sexual abuse against her in the mid-nineteen-nineties, and for defamation in l...
26 Maj 202333min
Jill Lepore on the Joy of Gardening
It’s the time of year when many people feel an overpowering urge to dig—to plant their back yard or vegetable garden, or even the flowerpots on the fire escape. “I just love the whole process. I love ...
23 Maj 202310min
Behind the Scenes with Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks has been a constant presence on the American movie screen for forty years. He has played a mermaid’s boyfriend, an astronaut, a soldier on D Day, an F.B.I. agent, an AIDS patient, a castaway...
19 Maj 202337min
How Climate Change Is Impacting Our Mental Health
In June, a first-of-its-kind lawsuit will go to trial in Montana. The case, Held v. Montana, centers on the climate crisis. Sixteen young plaintiffs allege their state government has failed in its obl...
16 Maj 202316min
Michael Schulman on the Writers’ Strike, and Samantha Irby with Doreen St. Félix
The last time the Writers Guild of America hit the picket line was fifteen years ago, with a strike that lasted a hundred days and cost the city of Los Angeles hundreds of millions of dollars. This ye...
12 Maj 202333min
Germany’s Traumatized Kriegskinder Speak Out
A troubling question looms over the Kriegskinder, Germans who were children during the Second World War: Was my father a mass murderer? These innocent Germans carried the guilt of their nation while t...
9 Maj 202320min
