Posts by Sophie Clearwater
The Case Against Pacing the AI Frontier
A coordinated slowdown in frontier capability becomes a nuclear option precisely when it is used as a substitute for controls. We believe a better path is to advance and control. That requires balancing capability with responsibility, predictability, and reliability—then making that balance visible in bounded workflows and control at the point of use. Pacing capability…
Read MoreDark past of New York Times tech exec shot dead by his in-laws in California — as wife’s shocking claims revealed
The New York Times tech executive who was allegedly shot dead by his elderly in-laws in California has a checkered past of domestic and child abuse, The Post has learned. Jonathan McKinsey, 40, the newspaper’s head of engineering for games player experience, was killed by Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, in the parking…
Read MoreMichelle Branch Reacts to Avril Lavigne and Vanessa Carlton Comparisons
Comparison was everywhere when Michelle Branch got her start. Indeed, the “Game of Love” singer recalled being constantly brought up in conversations about her peers Avril Lavigne and Vanessa Carlton when she rose to fame in the early 2000s—and it wasn’t exactly a pleasant experience for her. “The difference, I think, between being a female…
Read MoreChanel West Coast Reveals Inspiration Behind Country Music Era
Chanel West Coast isn’t doing country just for the look of it. After the Ridiculousness star made the transition into country music in 2025, she explained that her jump into the genre is deeper than you might think. “I love being in country and really being a female representing from the West Coast in country,” she explained…
Read MoreGoFundMe: 'Factual misrepresentations' led to end of fundraiser for man paying wife's cancer bills
GoFundMe says it was her identity, not her parents’ story, that led to the fundraiser being pulled. Source link
Read MoreIs ‘Heart of the Beast’ based on a true story?
Heart of the Beast, aka the new Brad Pitt dog movie now playing in theaters, is the perfect movie for people who love dogs and the U.S. military. Directed by David Ayer (The Beekeeper, A Working Man), with a screenplay written by Cameron Alexander, Heart of the Beast stars Brad Pitt as a retired Army…
Read MoreDid Charli XCX Subtly Shade Taylor Swift at VMAs 2026? The Truth
Internet users are certain Taylor Swift and Charli XCX have bad blood. After a clip circulated of the “party 4 you” singer seemingly unenthused while watching the “Opalite” singer become the first-ever recipient of the Artist-Director award at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards Sept. 27, more context has come to light about the viral moment. In the 11-second…
Read MorePaper Tiger’s Gavin Goudey Details Advice From Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson & Miles Teller
“Miles actually taught me a lot of technical stuff,” Goudey added. “Like how to operate on set, because this was my first time being on a set of this caliber. So, just seeing how he operates as number one on the call sheet, how he treats everybody around him. It was really, really cool to…
Read MoreDedicated dad of 2 killed by Central Park bicyclist during walk to work
A dedicated dad of two was knocked to the ground and killed when a bicyclist rammed into him during his morning walk to work in Central Park last week, according to police and his family. Richie O’Brien, 41, was walking through the iconic greenspace on the way to his steamfitter job around 6:35 a.m. September…
Read MoreThe Truth About ‘Addictive Personalities’
—Photo-Illustration by TIME (Source Image: SomkiatFakmee via Canva) What’s your personality like? There are scientifically validated ways to learn more about yours (though they’re not perfect). But there are also plenty of descriptors that can lead people astray. One of these is the notion of an “addictive personality,” meaning a single profile of a person…
Read MoreWhy Noah Kahan Wasn’t at VMAs 2026
Noah Kahan might be an astronaut, but he couldn’t be at the VMAs with all the moon people. Although the “Orbiter” singer was nominated for Best Alternative video at the Sept. 27 ceremony—which saw Taylor Swift, Madonna and BTS among winners—he could not be present in Los Angeles as he is currently in Australia for The Great Divide tour. “Can’t watch the Vmas…
Read MoreEverything You Should Know About Truffle Hunting in Italy
Ernesto Giunta and Giovanni Mangone run Tufo e Tartufi. Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco It’s a sunny spring day in Tuscany, and we’re loading up in a truck to go truffle hunting. Two truffle dogs, Mosca and Bianca, are resting in their crate, which hangs off the back of the car, parked outside Castelfalfi. I’d always…
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