How artificial neural networks build their own learning machinery

Canada's First Nations Are Using Their Land To Build Dense Housing

These New Snails Can Slam Shut Their Shells Like Doors

Elephants Engineer Their Ecosystems Even in Death

TV Networks Protested Press Bans by Declining To Cover Trump. That Might Have Been Illegal, the DOJ Says.

Leap Seconds Have Helped Keep Clocks Synchronized with Earth’s Rotation, But Their Time May Be Over

All the Things You’re Not Allowed to Say In Texas

Tonight: Pakistan’s Former Foreign Minister on a War That Just Got Bigger

Someone Trying to Vanish Articles About Forged U.K. Court Order Aimed at Vanishing Article About Businessman Mason Soiza

MacArthur Fellowship, or Minority Fellowship?

Deskilling the body

Silicon Valley’s self-styled futurists build marvelous machines. Their politics, though, recycle discredited ideas. Jill Lepore explains

Don't Blame AI Labs for What Hackers Do With Their Tools

If You Want a Real Digital Commons, Build It Yourself

“They Have Been Denied Their Right to Parent and Protect Her”

Single Orangutan Moms Set up Playdates for Their Kids

I Am Now "THE ENEMY!" (as Is Everyone Who Uses the Term "Artificial Intelligence")

'AI Kill Switch Act' Won't Stop Rogue AI, but It Will Slow Down Innovation

Open Thread

Colombia's New President Wants More U.S. Military Help Fighting Cartels

The Catechetical College?