Google hasn’t released a frontier-level Gemini Pro AI model since early 2026, but it sure loves rolling out new Gemini Flash variants. Today, Google is announcing its third Flash model release in just six weeks, making it more likely that we’ll never see the promised Gemini 3.5 Pro. But no matter, says Google, because Gemini…
Advocates for the use of AI in the classroom have long argued that the tech could supercharge learning, giving the current generation of students a major leg up as they get ready to enter a nearly unrecognizable work force. But reality has long struggled to keep up with those lofty visions. Educators have watched in…
AI-obsessed moms and dads are using the tech for parenting in bizarre and downright dystopian ways that’ll bring out your inner luddite. In a new Business Insider piece, a cognitive neuroscientist named Sarah Baldeo described how she spent the past year traveling for work. Her solution to stay present for her 15-year-old son while she…
When Dolly Parton died this week, everyone mourned. She was the queen of country music and a magnetic actress, enrapturing the public with her bodacious but kind personality. She was a feminist icon and also a gay icon. She was a devout Christian and a loyal wife. There was something about her for everyone to…
In a joint statement earlier this week, United Nations chief António Guterres and Red Cross president Mirjana Spoljaric Egger sent out an urgent message. “We are now dangerously close to crossing a moral red line: the autonomous targeting of humans by machines,” they said. But while international humanitarian law strictly forbids targeting civilians and civilian…
In May, Meta laid off roughly ten percent of its global workforce, affecting almost 8,000 people. The vast culling came amidst repeated promises of an AI-led technological revolution that would make human labor a thing of the past. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in particular, was clearly infatuated by the idea. As Reuters reports, Meta execs…
Basement, arguably New York City’s best-known contemporary nightclub, has always had a tight, Berghain-esque door policy. That’s part of its allure. You stand before the bouncer and await to receive their vibe check, and you either get let into its dark, crimson-lit halls, or get turned away, feeling the stigma of being uncool. That’s just…
