The Sheep That Stop Wildfires
Late one night in October, 2src17, Jane Marx, a landscape architect in the wine country of Northern California, woke up to the smell of smoke and the sound of an eerie, howling wind. She...
Why China Isn’t Getting Existential About A.I.
But, more recently, you have a couple of new major A.I. risks showing up at higher and higher levels of the Chinese Party state. And one is cyber risk. Mythos was a wake-up call...
Is Beef the Next Internal-Combustion Engine?
So, just as the war in Iran, by causing gasoline prices to rise, provided a sudden opening for the E.V. industry across the world, this confluence of events might give alternatives to beef a...
Donald Trump Returns to the U.N. Amid the Collapse of the Old Order
Trump and his lieutenants seem intent on pushing their vision for a pared-down U.N. “This institution desperately needs strong, effective leadership,” Mike Waltz, the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., said, during a Senate briefing...
Alabama set to execute Jeffery Lee by lethal injection after nitrogen execution is blocked
Lee, 5src, was spared execution with nitrogen gas after the Supreme Court intervened. Alabama now plans to use a method he didn’t choose.
King Charles issues fiery response to Princess Diana’s brother over claims in new book
In a rare rebuke, Buckingham Palace issued a robust statement aimed at King Charles III’s former brother-in-law, Earl Charles Spencer, as he is set to release his bombshell memoir.
U.N. mission finds grounds to believe U.S. committed war crimes in Iran
Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school...
OpenAI flags 6 new incidents of ‘concerning’ behavior and unveils plan to track it
OpenAI has disclosed six new incidents of “unexpected or concerning” behavior by its artificial intelligence models.
Most Americans think AI is doing more harm than good in schools
Most American adults think artificial intelligence is going to do more good than harm in education, according to this month’s NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey.
NHL Star Alex Ovechkin Defends Appearance in Pro-Putin Video: ‘I Support My Country’
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin said Thursday that he supports Russia after appearing in a video promoting President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party ahead of the country’s parliamentary elections. “I’m Russian. I support my...