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Category: Other News
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OpenAI’s Plans For Its New ChatGPT Superapp
This matters for Weak Signals & Single-Source Alerts because it gives a concrete current signal to track: OpenAI’s Plans For Its New ChatGPT Superapp OpenAI’s Codex and ChatGPT app lead Andrew Ambrosino talks to Big…
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In conversation with Alexandra Cunningham Cameron, Judd Foundation’s first director of design
Cultural Milestones this week: Judd Foundation has appointed Alexandra Cunningham Cameron as its first director of design, a new role created to; and King Charles III’s official state portrait by Jonathan Yeo, which became a viral…
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Our Plastic-Surgery Nightmare
Long-Form Worth Your Time this week: The New Yorker traces how digital culture and cosmetic surgery have converged to produce a new, uncanny ideal: faces; and A structural failure at the Pfizer building conversion—buckling steel columns…
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The United States’ OpenAI Equity Stake, Meta The Neocloud, Karp’s Attack
Weak Signals & Single-Source Alerts this week: OpenAI is reportedly considering granting the U.S. government a 5% equity stake to secure political buy-in, a; and A new study from Ramp and Revelio Labs, covering over 21,000 U.S.
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Art & Design Exhibitions and Openings, Acclaimed art organization Swiss, and more.
Art & Design Exhibitions and Openings this week: Swiss Institute (SI), a leading New York platform for experimental contemporary art, has acquired the ground floor; and New York City Mayor Mamdani has partnered with the Whitney Museum and…
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Artist Tributes & Obituaries, Village People Singer Victor Willis Dies 74, and more.
Artist Tributes & Obituaries this week: Victor Willis, the co-founder and lead singer of the Village People, died June 30 at age 74 after a short illness; and Song Burnsoo, a pioneering Korean fiber artist who transformed textile into a…
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New Music & Album Announcements, Margo Price Surprise Releases, and more.
New Music & Album Announcements this week: Margo Price has surprise-released a protest album titled *Days of Unrest*, featuring covers of Woody Guthrie, Bob; and Dinosaur Jr.
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Humor, Cartoons, and Short Takes on, Daily Cartoon Wednesday July 1st, and more.
Humor, Cartoons, and Short Takes on American Life this week: Visual commentary on current affairs suggests underlying narrative tensions; and The New Yorker’s July 3rd Daily Cartoon bundle offers a mix of humor and cultural commentary…
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American Culture, Celebrity, and the, How Lizzo Became One Pop Culture s Great, and more.
American Culture, Celebrity, and the Arts this week: Lizzo’s fifth studio album, Bitch, sold just 2,650 copies in its first week and missed the Billboard 200 entirely, a; and The New Yorker’s 250th-anniversary issue asks sixteen writers…
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Trump, the Supreme Court, and the, Donald Trump Celebrates America, and more.
Trump, the Supreme Court, and the Future of American Politics this week: The New Yorker reports on the transformation of America’s 250th anniversary into a Trump-branded spectacle, with the; and The Atlantic’s analysis of Trump’s July 4…