Posts by Swedan Margen
Commentary: Wipe out a ‘civilization’? Minor stuff compared with what just happened in AI
While many of us were worried in recent days about our president ending a “whole civilization,” one Silicon Valley tech company was warning, without much notice, it might accidentally disrupt all civilization as we know it. The San Francisco technology company Anthrophic announced Tuesday that it wasn’t releasing a new version of its Claude AI…
Read MorePolice union pulls support for city attorney after leak of thousands of LAPD files
The disciplinary files of Los Angeles police officers are closely guarded secrets, protected by some of the nation’s strictest confidentiality laws. But now, many of those secret files have been splashed across the internet, along with tens of thousands of other sensitive records from the L.A. city attorney’s office. The extent of the data breach…
Read MoreIsa Genzken Finds Chaos in Order
Also: Raye’s ambitious new album, Nathan Lane’s Willy Loman, Dance Theatre of Harlem’s seminal “Firebird,” and more. Source link
Read More“Big Mistakes” Is a Crime Show for the Girls and the Gays
At the start of the new comedic thriller “Big Mistakes,” the lives of Nicky Dardano (Dan Levy), a quasi-closeted pastor, and his sister Morgan (Taylor Ortega), an elementary-school teacher, are far from ideal. That’s before Morgan steals a necklace from a chintzy gift shop run by a Turkish gangster named Yusuf, who proceeds to kidnap…
Read MoreWhatever This Is in Iran, It Isn’t Victory | National Review
Color me skeptical. Source link
Read MoreIt Starts in Chicago: Where to See Frank Lloyd Wright’s Genius Unfold | National Review
A deep dive into Wright’s Prairie Style via the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust. Source link
Read MoreMeta, Oracle and Qualcomm share details on layoffs across California
Tech behemoths, including Oracle and Meta Platforms, are laying off hundreds of California workers as they invest heavily in artificial intelligence. Some of the top companies in tech that already had announced big plans to lay off thousands have revealed more details about where they are cutting in recent government filings. Software giant Oracle has…
Read MoreIt’s Déjà Vu All Over Again
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Read MoreA Reading List from the Director of the Noguchi Museum
In 1986, Amy Hau started working with the Japanese American artist, designer, and architect Isamu Noguchi as an assistant at his studio complex, in Long Island City. In 2024, she returned to the space, which now houses the Noguchi Museum—what the artist had called his “gift to the city”—as its director. Lately, Hau spends most…
Read MoreAn Uncertain Cease-Fire | National Review
There’s a cease-fire for now, but there won’t be an end to the larger war until the Islamic Republic falls. Source link
Read MoreThe Patron Saint of Oddballs and Delinquents
The New Orleans writer Nancy Lemann conjures scenes of booze-soaked calamity, where everyone and everything is on the verge of rot. Source link
Read MoreAI boom catapults San Francisco median home price above $2 million
The artificial intelligence boom has driven up San Francisco’s median home sales price to a record $2.15 million. Real estate brokerage firm Compass said that recent transactions showed that some parts of the tech capital have emerged from its doom loop on the back of the surge in AI investment and hiring. “The economic changes…
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