"Optimus treated attendees to a sub-optimal performance at Tesla’s AI Day event on Friday"

"An evolutionary approach to consciousness can resolve the ‘hard problem’ – with radical implications for animal sentience"

"Staring at the work of Argentinian artist Panter Xhita is like looking through a peephole into intimate moments from the cultures around her. There is an insightful vulnerability, an honesty, that evokes human connection. Her individual _...Read More_

"‘Freedom on hold’ read the caption on the cover of the April 2020 issue of Vogue Portugal. In a visual reference to Magritte’s ‘Kiss,’ the cover showed a black-and-white image of two people, in medical masks, kissing. Created at the onset _...Read More_

"Christie’s 3.0 has teamed up with Chainalysis, Manifold, and Spatial to sell NFT artwork on Ethereum. The inaugural sale features artist Diana _...Read More_

"As one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the United States, Santa Fe has long enchanted visitors with its rich history and unquestionable beauty. Situated at the base of New Mexico’s Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Santa Fe’s _...Read More_

"The site of Nefertiti’s tomb, one of the longest-running archaeological mysteries, has left experts puzzling for centuries. But this week, a former British Museum curator argued that he may have found a clue that could eventually lead to _...Read More_

"OpenAI restricted access during the beta testing phase to receive feedback, the company said, and, crucially, to find out whether their safety systems were effective at blocking violent, sexual, or misleading images that could be used to _...Read More_

"UK foreign secretary James Cleverley has called for Iran to “stop the repression of voices within their own country” – the latest instalment of a long tradition of UK politicians expressing (or feigning, depending on your stance) concern _...Read More_

"The emergence of crypto art demonstrates what an art world without institutions can look like—even if it’s not the utopia some hoped for."

"Freedom, Maggie Nelson admits while introducing this quartet of extended essays, is a problematic word. In part that’s because it’s been co-opted by rightwingers – as fuck-you, neo-Confederate freedom in the author’s embattled United _...Read More_

"Depending on where you stand, ‘cancel culture’ is either deserved payback for those who have enjoyed their privilege for too long, or a serious threat to free speech and public life. In his lively and thoughtful book Canceling Comedians, _...Read More_

"One more menstrual cycle that lasts more than forty days. The bitch isn’t in a hurry, and my Clue app gently reminds me of it. Some would freak out about it, but with experiences I’ve learned that I shall not fear pregnancy but rather _...Read More_

"What am I looking at? I regularly return to such a reliable question when watching Vijay Masharani’s work. This isn’t because I don’t recognise the basic components of subject matter in each of his video works – they’re usually quite clear _...Read More_