One of the first sentences I was ever paid to write was “Try out lighter lip stick colors, like peach or coral.” Fresh out of college in the mid 2010s, I’d scored a copy job for a how-to website. An ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Lately, I’ve been returning to a ...

Imagine Jo: Everyone in Jo's life recognizes her as an outstanding problem solver. She's the type of person who seems capable of almost anything. Jo excels at intuitive problem-solving. Over her life, ...

President Donald Trump has often accused the Federal Reserve of “hurting people” and preventing Americans “from buying houses” by keeping interest rates elevated. (1) However, at a recent press ...

The big problem isn't that large language models struggle with solving puzzles. It's that they can't explain how they got their answers. Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's ...

Zanskar used AI tools to identify a site that could host a commercial power plant. Sometimes geothermal hot spots are obvious, marked by geysers and hot springs on the planet’s surface. But in other ...

We look into the mental health crisis affecting American youth. By Sam Sifton I am the host of The Morning. The numbers are staggering. Nearly one in four 17-year-old boys in the United States has ...

In “Straight Talk with Rick and Jal,” Harvard University’s Jal Mehta and I examine the reforms and enthusiasms that permeate education. In a field full of buzzwords, our goal is simple: Tell the truth ...

OpenAI says ChatGPT will now ditch the em dashes if you tell it to. The telltale sign that supposedly signals text written by AI has popped up everywhere in recent months, including in school papers, ...

The montage of the American Dream begins with a front door and a mortgage. President Donald Trump is correct to say that the dream is slipping out of reach for too many families. Home prices have ...