Anthropic might be one of the biggest companies in the world of AI, but it is no stranger to raising the flag on the risks of the industry. Previously, Anthropic’s CEO has warned of the risk of job losses, and the company’s research team has shown AI’s love of blackmail when pushed into a corner. Now, the team has a …
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Whenever Justice Amy Coney Barrett arrived at an auditorium or a library or a university last month to discuss her new book, she encountered a familiar sight: protesters. They lined the streets, chanting and carrying signs. One wore a handmaid’s costume, a symbol of oppression. Another was dressed as liberal icon Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose death in 2020 created …
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Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, Our old house was on a very busy road. So we had a strict rule that the kids weren’t allowed out the front door without an adult. They’re 9 and 11 years old, so I know this sounds like overkill. …
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Rita El Khoury / Android Authority When I first set up my Pixel 10, I quickly realized Google doesn’t even want me to use the phone to its fullest. So many features were restricted by default that I genuinely wondered if I had upgraded at all, or if I was still on my old Pixel. Do you think Google is …
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Billionaire investor Ray Dalio has delivered a stark warning about the state of American discourse around the nation’s economic challenges, saying fear of retaliation, particularly from the Trump administration, is keeping investors and business leaders from voicing critical concerns about the country’s fiscal trajectory. The founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund with approximately $130 billion under management, …
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It’s alive! It’s at the Venice Film Festival! But it’s not a cautionary tale about artificial intelligence. Guillermo del Toro‘s “Frankenstein,” starring Jacob Elordi and Oscar Isaac, follows a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a monstrous creature to life, only for the experiment to lead to the destruction of them both. Though it’s a timely tale about hubris, corruption …
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ATHENS — Georgia coach Kirby Smart knows better than anyone his program has to take back its identity this season. No one’s afraid of Georgia football anymore. SEC Network analyst Paul Finebaum said that this offseason, and Marshall defensive lineman KaTron Evans confirmed it this week with an ill-timed display of confidence. RELATED: Does SEC title run through Georgia anymore? …
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Nebraska volleyball is 2-0 through two matches, and there was plenty to react to in their wins over Pitt and Stanford. On Sunday night’s episode of Volleyball State, Jeff Sheldon and Lincoln Arneal unpacked it all, including the defense against Stanford, as well as the confidence the program has at this time. Below is a lightly edited transcript of portions …
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I had a double mastectomy when I was 40 years old in 1997. I was married and had two children under the age of 11. Cutting off my breasts when I didn’t have cancer seemed radical, but it wasn’t radical to me. I have the BRCA1 gene mutation. That means I have a 60% chance of getting ovarian cancer and …
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Ari Aster is known for making family dramas turned, well, horrific, but the auteur recently experienced some family drama of his own. After Aster’s third film “Beau Is Afraid” was a box office flop, Aster’s father suggested that he solely direct instead. “When ‘Beau Is Afraid’ flopped, my dad did tell me, ‘Uh, maybe you shouldn’t write the next one,’” …
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