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Museum Curators Evaluate AI Threat by Giving It the Reins
Marshall Price was joking when he told employees at Duke University’s Nasher Museum of Art that artificial intelligence could organize their next exhibition. As its chief curator, he was short-staffed and facing a surprise gap in his fall programming schedule; the comment was supposed to cut the tension of a difficult meeting.
Vietnam and U.S. Forge Deeper Ties as Worries Rise About China
When President Joe Biden arrives in Vietnam on Sunday, he is set to celebrate a new phase in the Washington-Hanoi relationship that would bring two historical foes closer than they’ve ever been, drawn together by China’s mounting ambitions.
IRS Deploys Artificial Intelligence to Catch Tax Evasion
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has started using artificial intelligence to investigate tax evasion at multibillion-dollar partnerships as it looks for ways to better police hedge funds, private equity groups, real estate investors and large law firms.
Georgia Panel Recommended Charging Lindsey Graham in Trump Case
A special grand jury that investigated election interference allegations in Georgia recommended indicting a number of Trump allies who were not charged, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; former Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga.; and Michael Flynn, a former national security adviser.
Pelosi Suggests Sexism Is Behind Calls for Feinstein to Step Aside
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended Sen. Dianne Feinstein for remaining in office after a series of health issues, dismissing concerns about Feinstein’s continued ability to serve as a sexist double standard.
Who’s Really Paying to Bus Migrants From the Border?
When a bus packed with migrants pulled into downtown Los Angeles in mid-June, it caused a local stir: In a city with one of the country’s largest immigrant populations, this was the first busload to arrive courtesy of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
They Love Tech. They’ve Got Money. Why Does Silicon Valley Ignore Old People?
Silicon Valley isn’t just consumed by youth; often, it’s blinded. Look at Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg created the social network for college students, but Facebook has been struggling to hang on to young users for more than a decade; usage by people older than 25 has steadily grown over that time, and along with YouTube, Facebook has become the internet’s most popular social network among people older than 50. This wouldn’t seem terrible for a company that makes money from advertising, as Facebook does. After all, older people are the future of business: According to a recent analysis by AARP, people older than 50 now account for more than half of the world’s consumer spending, and their share is projected to grow to 60% by 2050.
Florida Expected to Approve Classical Exam as a Competitor to the SAT
The Classic Learning Test is the college admissions exam that most students have never heard of. An alternative to the SAT and ACT for only a small number of mostly religious colleges, the test is known for its emphasis on the Western canon, with a big dose of Christian thought.
America’s Fire Spotters Aren’t Ready to Fade Away Just Yet
FLATHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, Mont. — If, on a hot, dry day a fire should break out within a certain 300,000-acre patch of northwest Montana, in an expanse of backcountry between the crest of the Whitefish Range and the glacier-carved peaks that hug the Continental Divide, there’s a good chance Leif Haugen will be the first person on Earth to see it.
Trump Media Buyer Gets More Time to Complete Long-Delayed Merger
Shareholders of a cash-rich shell company approved a measure Tuesday that will give the firm 12 additional months to complete its long-delayed merger with former President Donald Trump’s social media company.
Pork Industry Grapples With Whiplash of Shifting Regulations
These were supposed to be boom times for Pederson’s Natural Farms. In the days this spring after the Supreme Court upheld a California law banning the sale of certain pork products made from pigs raised in small gestation pens, the phones were ringing off the hook at Pederson’s headquarters in Hamilton, Texas.
Back to New Jersey, Where the Universe Began
HOLMDEL, N.J. — On a field just below the summit of Crawford Hill, the highest point in Monmouth County, New Jersey, almost within sight of the skyscrapers of Manhattan, sits a cluster of shacks and sheds. Next to them is the Holmdel Horn Antenna, a radio telescope somewhat resembling the scoop of a giant steam shovel: an aluminum box 20 feet square at the mouth and tapering to an 8-inch opening, through which the radio waves are funneled into the “cab,” a wooden hut on stilts. From a distance, the whole site could be mistaken for an old mining camp you might come across in Montana or Idaho.
He’s Wanted in a 1970 Bombing. The FBI Aged His Photo to Seek Tips.
In the more than 50 years since a bomb ripped through a mathematics center at the University of Wisconsin, killing a graduate student and injuring several others in what was considered an attack protesting the Vietnam War, the FBI has received hundreds of tips about the whereabouts of one of the suspects, Leo F. Burt.
Faced With Evolving Threats, U.S. Navy Struggles to Change
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — A symphony of sorts echoed through the sprawling shipyard on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi — banging, hissing, beeping, horns, bells and whistles — as more than 7,000 workers hustled to fill orders fueled by the largest shipbuilding budget in the Navy’s history.
A New Hulu Series Celebrates the Many Faces of Black Success
Seat eight highly successful Black people around a dinner table and prompt them to discuss reparations and hairstyles and Kanye West over crawfish bisque and roast duck. That’s the premise for a new television show, produced by ESPN’s Black-focused media platform, Andscape, called “The Conversations Project,” now streaming on Hulu. A hybrid of talk show and dinner party, the unscripted series explores the pride and peril of being Black in America.
Three American Lives Forever Changed by a Weapon Now Being Sent to Ukraine
WASHINGTON — In the summer of 2003, not long after U.S. forces had taken Baghdad, a group of Marines were clearing unexploded ordnance in central Iraq when one of the small grenades littering the ground detonated.
Auto Strike Looms, Threatening to Shut Detroit’s Big 3
The United Auto Workers union and the three Detroit automakers have less than two weeks to negotiate a new labor contract, and a strike of some sort seems increasingly likely. The union’s president, Shawn Fain, has primed rank-and-file members to be prepared to walk off the job if the union’s long list of demands for improved wages and benefits are not met.
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