How Yungblud Came to Sing ‘Changes’ at Ozzy Farewell Show
"Ozzy isn't just my hero, he's my family," the young rocker said. Continue reading…
A Prominent OpenAI Investor Appears to Be Suffering a ChatGPT-Related Mental Health Crisis, His Peers Say
Earlier this week, a prominent venture capitalist named Geoff Lewis — managing partner of the multi-billion dollar investment firm Bedrock, which has backed high-profile tech companies including OpenAI and Vercel…
Wu-Tang Clan Wind Down ‘Final’ Tour With Guest Stars
As they race toward tonight’s (July 18) Philadelphia finale of their Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber tour, Wu-Tang Clan trotted out a host of high-profile guests earlier this week during…
OpenAI and Anthropic Are Horrified by Elon Musk’s “Reckless” and “Completely Irresponsible” Grok Scandal
Experts at OpenAI and Anthropic are calling out Elon Musk and xAI for refusing to publish any safety research — and for potentially not having done any at all. In…
House China Panel Faults Trump’s Move to Ease Nvidia AI Chip Sales
The Trump administration’s decision allowing Nvidia Corp. to resume shipments of its H20 artificial intelligence chips to China risks bolstering Beijing’s military capabilities and expanding its capacity to compete with…
‘Eddington’: Ari Aster’s Miserabilism Gets in the Way of a Promising Social Satire
Paul Haggis’ Crash (2004) is a shallow film; its characters nothing more than reductive racial tropes colliding into and screaming epithets at one another. Somehow, the film defied the odds…
Rappers With Honorary Days Named After Them
Hip-hop holidays. Continue reading…
Jakob Nowell Was Born For This
He sounds just like his father, man. It’s eerie. It’s natural that Jakob Nowell might not want to be told this. If that’s the case, he handles it gracefully, humbly…
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Dan Sugarman of Ice Nine Kills
Name Dan Sugarman Best known for Being the lead guitarist in Ice Nine Kills and ex-As Blood Runs Black. Riffs and slippery-dumb leads, mentoring other musicians, and wearing costumes, makeup and suits in…
A DeepMind veteran on the future of AI and quantum
Quantum computing has always felt just over the horizon, so I’ve only tracked its progress from a distance. But that horizon is suddenly much closer: prototype machines with around 100…