Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Gifts of Art from Billionaire Harlan Crow
In a damning investigation by ProPublica, journalists uncovered a string of undisclosed gifts that flowed from Republican mega donor and real estate mogul Harlan Crow...
Arthur Jafa Plans Glenstone Installation, M+ to Give 10,000 Kusama Tix to Students, and Owen Wilson Talks Art, and More: Morning Links for April 10, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines LEGAL AFFAIRS. In a headline-grabbing story last week, ProPublica reported that Supreme Court Justice Clarence...
A Swedish Warship Sank in 1628. It’s Still Yielding Secrets.
On the afternoon of Aug. 10, 1628, the Vasa, built by the Swedish to be one of the most powerful warships in the Baltic, set...
A.I. Is Coming for Lawyers, Again
More than a decade ago, lawyers were singled out as an endangered occupational species, their livelihoods at risk from advances in artificial intelligence. But the...
What’s Going On With the Abortion Pill Rulings by Federal Judges?
The ruling by a federal judge in Texas invalidating the Food and Drug Administration’s approval 23 years ago of the abortion pill mifepristone has the...
At Least 3 California Condors Die From Bird Flu in Arizona
At least three California condors in northern Arizona have died since last month from bird flu, which could spread and pose yet another threat to...
E.P.A. Is Said to Propose Rules Meant to Drive Up Electric Car Sales Tenfold
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is planning some of the most stringent auto pollution limits in the world, designed to ensure that all-electric cars make...
Leaked Pentagon Documents Are Still Circulating on Twitter and Discord. Here’s Why.
Twitter and the social media platform Discord have various policies that might have prompted them to remove the leaked Pentagon documents that Biden administration officials...
Abortion Pill Cases Appear Headed to the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The dramatic dueling rulings by two federal district judges on Friday about access to a widely used abortion pill set up a lower...
E.P.A Lab Helps Plan the Fastest Road to an EV Future
Inside a secretive government laboratory, behind a tall fence and armed guards, a team of engineers has been dissecting the innards of the newest all-electric...
China Rejects W.H.O. Accusations of Hiding Wuhan Covid Data
BEIJING — Chinese officials on Saturday offered a lengthy rebuttal to accusations by the World Health Organization that they had been slow to share data...
See How Real AI-Generated Images Have Become
April 8, 2023 Seeing has not been believing for a very long time. Photos have been faked and manipulated for nearly as long as photography...
Why Pope Francis Is the Star of AI-Generated Photos
Pope Francis wearing a long, white puffer jacket inspired by Balenciaga. Francis rocking aviators and revving a motorcycle down a busy street. Francis turning the...
How to Use Chatbots, like ChatGPT, in Your Daily Life and Work
In today’s newsletter, the fourth in our five-part series, I’m going to try to convince you that large language models are already good at a...