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.

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.

Users I Read the Pope's Encyclical on A.I. I'm Astounded By What He Wrote. It's an urgent warning--and a celebration of humanity and what we can do at our best. 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.

I was skeptical about ChatGPT and Claude at first. Then I started to come around--and I'm glad I did. 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_Alex_Kirshner newsletter.

Jurisprudence It Was One of DOGE's Most Absurd Abuses. One year ago, the Trump administration canceled more than 1,400 grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities. More than $100 million in congressionally appropriated funds awarded to scholars, writers, archivists, and researchers across the country was snatched up in three days. There was no due process. Just a chatbot and two guys from DOGE who had no legal authority to be there in the first place.

Meanwhile its Audacious Project --a funding initiative that gives mature nonprofits the opportunity to pitch "moonshot" plans to a coalition of philanthropists--has raised over $1 billion in each of the last two years, in an epic Robin Hood operation for a handful of large-scale projects on climate, health, education, and criminal justice: The Audacious recipients here this year are taking this brief break from their work preventing 16 million unsafe abortions, helping governments in 20 countries prevent lead poisoning, or intercepting 5 percent of the world's river-borne plastic before it reaches the ocean.