OpenAI Goes From Stock Market Savior to Burden as AI Risks Mount
Wall Street’s sentiment toward companies associated with artificial intelligence is shifting, and it’s all about two companies: OpenAI is down, and Alphabet Inc. is up.
AI Researchers Say They’ve Invented Incantations Too Dangerous to Release to the Public
With great power comes great dupe-ability. Last month, we reported on a new study conducted by researchers at Icaro Lab in Italy that discovered a stupefyingly simple way of breaking…
Dijon Jams With Justin Vernon, Nick Hakim On ‘SNL’
Dijon performing on "Saturday Night Live" on Dec. 6, 2025 (photo: Will Heath / NBC). Artist/producer Dijon coaxed Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon back to the live stage last night (Dec.…
Trump Presents KISS, George Strait, Gloria Gaynor & More Kennedy Center Honorees With Medals in Oval Office
President Donald Trump on Saturday (Dec. 6) presented the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees with their medals during a ceremony in the Oval Office, hailing the slate of artists he was deeply involved in choosing…
Australian PM Vows to Hold Social Media to Account as Ban Nears
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reminded social media companies that they will be held responsible when a ban on children having accounts takes effect on Wednesday.
CME Data Center Outage Caused by Human Error, CyrusOne Says
An outage that took down markets operated by CME Group Inc. for more than 10 hours at the end of last week was caused by human error at a data…
Phil Upchurch, Legendary Guitarist Who Worked With Michael Jackson & Donny Hathaway, Dies at 84
Phil Upchurch, an iconic guitarist and session musician who collaborated with Donny Hathaway, Michael Jackson and countless other music legends, has died. He was 84. Upchurch passed away on Nov.…
Melody’s Echo Chamber Ascends Heavenward On ‘Unclouded’
Melody Prochet (photo: Diane Sagnier). For more than a decade, Melody Prochet’s songs have drifted through dream logic — language dissolving into texture, emotion refracted through haze. Unclouded, her fourth…
On Kelly Moran’s ‘Mirrors,’ All Is Not What It Seems
(photo: Brian Karlsson) The latest Warp album from the New York composer/pianist Kelly Moran, Don’t Trust Mirrors, is the culmination of six years of work, and it sounds like a…
Jazz Upstarts SML Stay Heady On ‘How You Been’
(photo: Charlie Weinemann). At a March Seattle gig, SML generated three epic improvisations of subtle groove science (the second piece even evoked the funky swagger of Average White Band’s “Schoolboy…