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Canada’s Cohere Raises $500M, Hires Former Meta Exec Joelle Pineau as A.I. Chief
Joelle Pineau will serve as Cohere’s new Chief AI Officer. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Haddad Media Cohere’s push to provide secure A.I. tools for enterprises is attracting big-name investors...
Suppressed Intergenerational Traumas Surface in Christine Ay Tjoe’s Abstract Canvases
“Covered and Cover” at White Cube New York featured a spellbinding new body of work by Christine Ay Tjoe. © Christine Ay Tjoe. Photo © White Cube (Frankie Tyska)...
Trump Mocks Goldman Sachs CEO’s DJ Past After Bank’s Tariff Criticism
David Solomon at the Invest America Roundtable hosted by President Donald Trump at the White House on June 09, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images David Solomon is best known as...
BlackStar Film Festival’s 2025 Selections Unpack the Power and Pretense of Cinema as a Liberatory Tool
Less compelling than it could have been, Sun Ra: Do the Impossible still shines. Courtesy BlackStar Film Festival What does cinema for liberation really mean? At the 2025 BlackStar...
The A.I. Arms Race Hits Washington: Anthropic and OpenAI Lead the Charge
Dario Amodei worked at OpenAI before co-founding Anthropic. Julien de Rosa/AFP via Getty Images Leading A.I. developers are locked in a high-stakes race not just to build cutting-edge models,...
Guillaume Cerutti Calls for €50 Million EU Fund for Joint Museum Acquisitions
France cut €2.2B in subsidies in February this year, slashing arts funding by up to 70 percent and breaking from its long-held exception culturelle. Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via...
Where to Find a Laid-Back Aperitivo Hour in New York City
Aperitivo is almost antithetical to New York City. The Italian art of the pre-dinner drink is all about taking time to relax and stimulate your taste buds and appetite...
Winston Artory Group Wants to Enhance Art Collection Management Through Tokenization
Elizabeth von Habsburg, Nanne Dekking and Peter Loukas are at the helm of the new Winston Artory Group. Courtesy of the Winston Artory Group After Art Basel, the art...
In the U.S.-China Tech Race, Corporate Governance Is the Weak Link
The tech giant’s board-approved strategies reveal how legal corporate behavior can undermine national security. Observer Labs America’s geopolitical future increasingly hinges on private technology, and corporations wield influence once...
Skydance’s Paramount Bets Big on Cindy Holland to Reboot Its Streaming Future
Cindy Holland attends the 2019 Women’s Media Awards at Mandarin Oriental on Oct. 22, 2019 in New York City. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Women's Media Award One of the...
