Month: March 2023
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World
Fear of an A.I. Pundit
Nick Bostrom’s 2014 book, “Superintelligence,” a crucial text for the community of worriers about the risks of artificial intelligence, begins…
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Sports
Rangers vs. Devils in the First Round of the N.H.L. Playoffs? Bring it On.
For fans and players, it is fun and nerve-racking to imagine a playoff series between two teams that aren’t separated…
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World
The ChatGPT King Isn’t Worried, but He Knows You Might Be
I first met Sam Altman in the summer of 2019, days after Microsoft agreed to invest $1 billion in his…
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World
Social Security and Medicare Funds Still Face Long-Term Shortfalls, Report Says
Slower economic growth could mean some retirement benefits will be cut sooner than originally forecast.
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World
After School Shooting, Nashville Grieves and Ponders Its Divisions
For decades, Nashville has prospered while finding common ground between urban and rural, left and right, state and city. In…
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World
Suzanne Rheinstein, Designer of Classic American Interiors, Dies at 77
Her clients were not celebrities but developers, Hollywood executives and philanthropists like herself, working behind the scenes in Los Angeles…
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World
In a Land With No Soccer, Group Hopes to Use It to Score Climate Goals
The Marshall Islands Soccer Federation aims to draw interest in the sport — and to growing global warming events in…
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World
French Anger at Macron Seeps Into Unexpected Corners
The ancient wooden doors are adorned with an ornate metal knocker and a small grilled window, for guards to peek…
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World
Many Democracies Have Prosecuted Ex-Leaders. The Politics Can Be Tough.
Scholars say it is important to hold the powerful legally accountable, but there are likely to be charges — well-founded…
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World
For Ukrainian Convicts, a Strange Odyssey Through Russian Prisons
When Russian troops left Kherson, they took with them 2,500 Ukrainian convicts from local prisons. For some, it was the…