Technology and porn are becoming disturbingly intertwined. Please enable javascript to get your Slate Plus feeds. If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Check your phone for a link to finish setting up your feed. Please enter a valid phone number.

The drama reveals just how deeply Silicon Valley has sunk its claws into Hollywood. Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time. You're already subscribed to the aa_Nitish_Pahwa newsletter. You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time.

I Just Discovered My Stepmom Is Doing Something Offensive With Her "Children's Books." How do I make her see reason? Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time. You're already subscribed to the aa_Jenee_DesmondHarris newsletter.

How to Do It My Boyfriend Said His Family Friend Is Like a "Sister" to Him. Uh, That's Not What His Computer History Says. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. I've been with my boyfriend for a year and things have been smooth sailing so far, with very little contention between us two. But about a week ago, he left his laptop open on the bed and I decided to take a look at his ChatGPT history.

Food Can the Real Restaurant Phone Be Saved? Across the industry, A.I. is poised to take over reservations by phone. But what if parrying with a grouchy maître d' is part of what makes dining out great? Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The first time I called Kat--the conversational A.I. receptionist fielding calls at fried-chicken-and-ramen joint Katsubō, in Charleston, South Carolina--I heard the convincing din of restaurant background noise before she addressed me in her youthful (cheeky, even?) voice.

The president's Justice Department tried to "coerce" a group of top Democrats. A Republican-appointed judge was not amused. This story is adapted from Slate's new and revamped Slatest newsletter. You can sign up here to get it in your inbox every day. A federal judge just slapped down an attempt by the Trump administration to intimidate Minnesota Democrats.

Science A.I.'s First Big Math Breakthrough Is Not What It Seems But it can help us do genuinely creative work--for a reason you might not expect. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Last month, OpenAI announced that its latest version of ChatGPT had solved a major math problem, one that had stumped experts for 80 years. This was considered among the most important unsolved problems in combinatorics, a prominent branch of math and computer science dealing with finite objects and arrangements. As opposed to previous A.I.-powered breakthroughs that involved back-and-forth conversations between a chatbot and a human expert, this was cracked with a single prompt.

Can ChatGPT Be a Criminal Accomplice? With swiftly circumvented filters and no discernment, LLMs deliver "expertise" even when they shouldn't. Please enable javascript to get your Slate Plus feeds. If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Check your phone for a link to finish setting up your feed.

His fortunes reached new heights while his online behavior reached new lows. Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time. You're already subscribed to the aa_Nitish_Pahwa newsletter. You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time.

Unhinged I'm About to Go on a Date With a New Woman. I Know Something About Her--and She Doesn't Know I Know. I don't want to scare her away. I'm not sure what the proper etiquette is for acknowledging that you've recognized a mildly famous person when you match with them on a dating app. This is now the third time this has happened to me.