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Work The 'godmother' of AI is getting into the startup game - Fortune (No paywall)
 There’s an attention-grabbing new entrant in the competitive world of AI startups. Computer scientist and Stanford University professor Fei-Fei Li, known as the “godmother” of AI, is building a new company “that uses human-like processing of visual data to make AI capable of advanced reasoning,” according to a Reuters report. Work Work Work This year's Met Gala theme is AI deepfakes | TechCrunch
Whether you love or hate celebrity culture, the Met Gala is an event. Those less jaded among us get to see all of the biggest stars take their boldest fashion risks of the year; unlike an award show, it’s an event that encourages avant-garde extravagance. And if you find the whole thing vapid, then you can laugh along at how Ed Sheeran’s outfit looks like something Troy Bolton wore in High School Musical 3. Work The New Ivies: As Employers Sour On The Super-Elite, These 20 Colleges Shine - Forbes (No paywall)
For the entirety of America’s existence, the Ivy League has provided an essential service. In sorting the best and the brightest upon admission and then rigorously educating them, these “Ancient Eight” universities have provided employers, investors and even voters a meritocratic seal of approval. Some one-third of U.S. presidents and the current Forbes 400 list of richest Americans are Ivy alums, as well as eight sitting members of the Supreme Court. Work OpenAI Releases ?Deepfake? Detector to Disinformation Researchers
In a year stacked with major elections around the world, calls for ways to monitor the lineage of A.I. content are growing more desperate. In recent months, audio and imagery have already affected political campaigning and voting in places including Slovakia, Taiwan and India. Work In Paris and Beyond, 6 Sumptuous European Hotels
Like several of the latest hotels in Paris, such as Hotel Norman and Le Grand Mazarin, this hot spot in the Marais is an intimate affair with just 23 rooms and suites. A homage to the novelist Marcel Proust, the hotel features sumptuous spaces that conjure the Belle Époque and in them you’ll discover objects linked to the hotel’s namesake, including an autographed copy of “Swann’s Way.” Work Work Work A Week of Pomp to Project Putin?s Confidence
The country’s lawmakers, regional governors, religious leaders, high-ranking officials and other guests will wait for Mr. Putin to arrive at the Grand Kremlin Palace from the nearby Senate Palace, the site of the presidential office. Work How Changing Ocean Temperatures Could Upend Life on Earth
Katrin Bennhold is the Berlin bureau chief. A former Nieman fellow at Harvard University, she previously reported from London and Paris, covering a range of topics from the rise of populism to gender. More about Katrin Bennhold Work Work It Took Decades, but Japan?s Working Women Are Making Progress
The Foreign Ministry, led by a woman, Yoko Kamikawa, exceeds both other government agencies and familiar corporate names like Mitsubishi, Panasonic and SoftBank in an important sign of progress: its placement of women in career-track, professional jobs. Work Work Work OpenAI and Stack Overflow partner to bring more technical knowledge into ChatGPT
OpenAI will have access to Stack Overflow’s API and will receive feedback from the developer community to improve the performance of AI models. OpenAI, in turn, will give Stack Overflow attribution — aka link to its contents — in ChatGPT. Users of the chatbot will see more information from Stack Overflow’s knowledge archive if they ask ChatGPT coding or technical questions. The companies write in the press release that this will “foster deeper engagement with content.” Work House Republicans? Next Target: Reports of Antisemitism in K-12 Schools
The district leaders — David Banks, chancellor of New York City schools; Enikia Ford Morthel, superintendent of Berkeley schools; and Karla Silvestre, the school board president in Montgomery County — must walk a tightrope at the hearing. They are likely to face complex questions about free speech and the point at which protest of Israel veers into antisemitism. Those are matters of contentious debate, both nationally and in their own communities. Work Work Can Philadelphia Fix One of the Most Drug-Plagued Neighborhoods in the Country?
Ms. Parker, a Democrat, talked of bringing in the National Guard (Gov. Josh Shapiro, also a Democrat and the person who would have to authorize such a deployment, was against the idea). And last month her administration released a highly-anticipated plan to “eliminate Kensington as the narcotics destination of Philadelphia.” Work Biden to Condemn Antisemitism at Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony
On Tuesday, the administration will release new guidance from the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights to every school and college in the country, outlining examples of antisemitic discrimination, as well as other forms of hate, that could lead to investigations for violations ofthe Civil Rights Act. The landmark legislation prohibits discrimination based on race, color and national origin, and the department has interpreted it as extending to Jewish students. Work Work Hamas?s Offer to Hand Over 33 Hostages Includes Some Who Are Dead
Peter Baker is the chief White House correspondent for The Times. He has covered the last five presidents and sometimes writes analytical pieces that place presidents and their administrations in a larger context and historical framework. More about Peter Baker Work Protesters Occupy Building at Rhode Island School of Design
The protesters declared that they had renamed the building Fathi Ghaben Place, after a Palestinian artist who died in Gaza in February. Palestinian officials have said that Mr. Ghaben was not allowed to leave Gaza to seek medical care. Work Judge Pushes Back Critical Filing Deadline in Trump Documents Case
Judge Cannon’s postponement of the filing deadline was merely the latest example of her acceding to Mr. Trump’s attempts to delay the classified documents trial. Even though she held a hearing in Fort Pierce on March 1 specifically to change the current May 20 start of the trial, she has not yet selected a new date. Work Inside the White House Scramble to Broker a Deal in Gaza
“Biden is continuing all efforts to thread multiple needles at once,” said Mara Rudman, a former deputy Middle East special envoy under President Barack Obama who is now at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. The president is still warning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel that a “Rafah ground invasion is a terrible idea,” she said, while also “pressuring Hamas in every way possible to get hostages out and more humanitarian aid in.” Work Work U.S. Army Soldier Is Detained in Russia
Eric Schmitt is a national security correspondent for The Times, focusing on U.S. military affairs and counterterrorism issues overseas, topics he has reported on for more than three decades. More about Eric Schmitt Work Work Work Work Work Work Work 20 Unforgettable Looks at the Met Gala
The actress, one of five hosts of this year’s gala, arrived on the carpet in a bluish-green Maison Margiela by John Galliano gown that recalled the palette of a peacock, a comparison even further evoked by what appeared to be a feather protruding from her headpiece. Work Cocktail Hour at the Met Gala: What Comes After the Carpet
Ms. Wintour, the global editorial director of Condé Nast and the editor in chief of Vogue, had once again convened her starry annual bash, turning a soaring temple of the arts into a looking glass on our times — one reflecting a heady swirl of celebrity, commerce, fashion, beauty, aspiration, power, intrigue and bankable influence. Work Brittney Griner, in Her Own Words
At first, Griner naïvely thought she would be fined and sentenced to house arrest. But possession of even a small amount of drugs is a serious offense in Russia, and she was eventually charged with narcotics smuggling. Days later, when Russia invaded Ukraine, Griner found herself a high-profile pawn in a vicious geopolitical battle. Work Work Opinion | Europe Is About to Drown in the River of the Radical Right
While the inherent tendency of the great, Machiavelli argued, is to accumulate wealth and power to rule the rest, the inherent desire of the people is to avoid being at the elites’ mercy. The clash between the groups generally pulled polities in opposite directions. Yet the Roman Republic had institutions, like the tribunate of the plebs, that sought to empower the people and contain the elites. Only by channeling rather than suppressing this conflict, Machiavelli said, could civic freedom be preserved. |
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