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Chatbot Hype or Harm? Teens Push to Broaden A.I. Literacy
It was difficult late last year for many teenagers to know what to make of the new wave of A.I. chatbots. Teachers were warning students not to use bots like ChatGPT, which can fabricate human-sounding essays, to cheat on their schoolwork. Some tech ...
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Arts
‘Apollo 13’ and ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Join National Film Registry
These movies, along with “Bamboozled” and “Home Alone,” are among 25 selected by the Librarian of Congress.
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World
What’s Shy, Has Eight Legs and Eats Spotted Lanternflies?
Invasive joro spiders have been spotted as far north as Maryland. Scientists say it’s only a matter of time before they make their way to New York.
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World
Andre Braugher, Actor on ‘Homicide’ and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine,’ Dies at 61
He was best known for playing stoic police officers on two acclaimed but very different television series — one an intense drama, the other a comedy.
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World
U.N. Seeks Repayment of $63.6 Million From Former Official
The official was fired after investing millions in U.N. funds in housing and energy projects that went badly. He is contesting the order.
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Arts
A Poet of His Time, for Better and Worse
A new biography and a career-spanning collection of Anthony Hecht’s work show how fluent he was in his period’s style, and hint at the ways it might have restrained him.
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Arts
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Revisits His ‘Illusion of Suffering’ on Broadway
As with so many family reunion plays, the squabbling Lafayette siblings in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s “Appropriate” dislodge their share of skeletons from the closets of their childhood home, a former plantation in southern Arkansas. But here those ...
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World
Why Defenders of Harvard’s President Are Focused on Academic Freedom
The principle is highly valued by many at American universities, but critics say it is sometimes invoked to dodge repercussions.
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Magazine
My Kids Look White. Does My Thai Father Make Them Asian?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on representing multiracial heritage, especially when the details are complex.
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Arts
David Mamet, a.k.a. ‘Embittered Dave,’ Would Like a Word
In a new memoir, the filmmaker and playwright shares his opinions on Hollywood past and present.