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A.I. Godfather Yoshua Bengio Launches Nonprofit to Counter the Rise of Agentic A.I.
Yoshua Bengio testifies during a hearing before the Privacy, Technology, and the Law Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee on July 25, 2023. Alex Wong/Getty Images Yoshua Bengio, a pioneering...
Observer’s Guide to Fine Art Storage, Where Masterpieces Go to Wait
Unlike standard self-storage, fine art storage facilities offer purpose-built environments designed to house and protect artworks under tightly controlled conditions. Courtesy Fortress What is the afterlife of an artwork?...
The Big Givers Club
As Bill Gates vows to give away his entire fortune, the modern billionaire class continues to reinvent philanthropy as performance—balancing ambition, altruism and enduring control. Observer Bill Gates recently...
ESPN’s Streaming Leap Could Make or Break Sports TV as We Know It
A view of the logo during ESPN The Party on February 5, 2016 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Mike Windle/Getty Images for ESPN) Mike Windle/Getty Images for ESPN...
Boston’s Triennial Reimagines Public Art Through the City’s Social, Historical and Ecological Realities
Patrick Martinez, Cost of Living, 2025. Photo: Faith Ninivaggi Biennials and triennials are proliferating across the globe, often launched by local governments as tools for tourism and city branding....
Mott 32 Puts All Its Ducks in a Row for a Glamorous Hollywood Debut
Mott 32 is opening in L.A. next year. Courtesy Mott 32 Upscale Chinese food will level up dramatically in Los Angeles when world-renowned Mott 32 opens a 12,000-square-foot location...
How Gen Z and Prints Are Reshaping the Art Market’s Future
While headlines suggest a slump, the art market is expanding thanks to young collectors and prints priced under $50,000. Kevin Czopek/BFA.com You’ve probably seen the dire headlines about the...
To Make an Exhibition, Make A Library: An Interview With the New Museum’s Massimiliano Gioni
Massimiliano Gioni’s curatorial process often begins not with a thesis, but with a desire to preserve, reinterpret and reanimate cultural memory. Deonté Lee/BFA.com Massimiliano Gioni is a man of...
Summer in the City: New York’s Best Hotel Pools to Swim and Sip
For every well-designed rooftop oasis in New York City, there’s a sad rectangle of water surrounded by folding chairs and a "resort vibes" playlist on its last loop. Half...
Exclusive | Retta reveals what really goes on in the ‘Parks and Rec’ cast group chat
The “Parks and Recreation” cast will always be family. Retta, who played Donna Meagle on the hit NBC sitcom, exclusively told The Post that the cast is still in touch...
Arrest made in shooting that left 1 dead and 11 hurt around North Carolina house party
A 20-year-old man was arrested Tuesday on an attempted murder charge in connection with a weekend shooting around a house party in North Carolina that led to the death of one...
Indiana man, 77, calmly calls cops to report he had just killed his wife, mother-in-law and stepson and injured 4th victim: ‘I shot them all’
A 77-year-old Indiana man calmly called police moments after he allegedly shot his wife, mother-in-law and two stepsons — killing three of them — to report the horrific crime....