AvatarVoxflipped into Future PerfectAvatarAvatarNowAI "agents" could do real work in the real world. That might not be a good thing.verified_publisherVox - Kelsey PiperWhy AI agents that could book your vacation or pay your bills are the next frontier in artificial intelligence. ChatGPT and its large language model (LLM) competitors that produce text on demand are very cool. So are the other fruits of the generative AI revolution: art generators, music generators, …
AvatarVoxflipped into All StoriesAvatarAvatar1 hour ago3 Body Problem’s most mind-bending question isn’t about aliensverified_publisherVox - Sigal SamuelWould you swear a loyalty oath to humanity — or cheer on its extinction? Stars that wink at you. Protons with 11 dimensions. Computers made of rows of human soldiers. Aliens that give virtual reality a whole new meaning. All of these visual pyrotechnics are very cool. But none of them are at the core …
AvatarVoxflipped into Energy SolutionsAvatarAvatar1 hour agoWhy fossil fuel producers are oddly optimistic in the climate change eraverified_publisherVox - Umair IrfanCoal, oil, and natural gas producers have found their vision for a low-carbon world. HOUSTON, Texas — In a video message projected onto massive screens in a packed conference hall, Sultan al-Jaber, the president of the COP28 climate conference held in the United Arab Emirates last year, graciously …
AvatarVoxflipped into All StoriesAvatarAvatar1 hour agoA very bad year for press freedomverified_publisherVox - Caroline HouckRussia’s year-long detention of Evan Gershkovich is one part of a very grim picture for journalism. This morning, Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter and the first American journalist to be arrested in Russia on espionage charges since the Cold War, woke up to his second year in …
AvatarVoxflipped into PolicyAvatarAvatar2 hours agoWhy buying a house feels impossible right nowverified_publisherVox - Amanda LewellynCan’t buy, won’t sell: Today’s housing market, explained. Buying a house just doesn’t feel possible right now. Home prices have doubled in the last decade, with much of that growth happening in just the last four years. By one measure, housing affordability has fallen to its lowest level since the …
AvatarVoxflipped into World PoliticsAvatarAvatar2 hours agoWhy Russia has kept a Wall Street Journal reporter in jail for a year — and countingverified_publisherVox - Ellen IoanesEvan Gershkovich’s case isn’t just about press freedom. It’s about geopolitics. Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter detained in Russia on charges of spying, just had three months added to his jail time — and he hasn’t even gone to trial yet. It’s been a year since Gershkovich, who had …
AvatarVoxflipped into All StoriesAvatarAvatar3 hours agoThe crisis that could bring down Benjamin Netanyahu, explainedverified_publisherVox - Zack BeauchampNetanyahu has till Sunday evening to present a fix to Israel’s controversial conscription law. If he fails, his government likely fails with him. This Sunday, Israel is scheduled for a political crisis. At midnight Israel time on April 1, the government will hit a deadline for changing its policy on …
AvatarVoxflipped into All StoriesAvatarAvatar16 hours agoThe Bachelor has a notorious influencer pipeline — but only for white contestantsverified_publisherVox - Fabiola CineasInstagram follower counts indicate Bachelor Nation doesn’t care as much about leads and contestants of color. The latest season of The Bachelor concluded with an emotional proposal and an exciting announcement: For the first time in the franchise’s more than 20-year history, there will be an Asian …
AvatarVoxflipped into Culture17 hours agoBeyoncé’s Cowboy Carter asks: Who does country belong to?verified_publisherVox - Alex Abad-SantosHer new album seems to have roots in her reception at the 2016 CMA Awards, but the country music establishment can’t stop Beyoncé. In the lead-up to Friday’s release of Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé gave us a small tidbit about its inspiration. She wrote on Instagram that the album was “over five years in …
AvatarVoxflipped into All StoriesAvatarAvatar19 hours agoHow MAGA broke the mediaverified_publisherVox - Zack BeauchampRecent controversies surrounding Ronna McDaniel and Candace Owens show how the media struggles to handle the increasingly extreme right. Two of the biggest stories in the American media at this moment are about staffing choices: former Republican National Committee chair Ronna Romney McDaniel’s …
AvatarVoxflipped into World PoliticsAvatarAvatar1 day agoISIS-K, the group linked to Moscow’s terror attack, explainedverified_publisherVox - Ellen IoanesISIS-K has become a global terror threat while the world has been distracted. The Islamic State — the notorious group known for building a brutal regime in Iraq and Syria — has claimed responsibility for Friday’s terror attack at a Moscow concert venue that killed at least 139 people. ISIS released …
AvatarVoxflipped into Future PerfectAvatarAvatar1 day agoAI already uses as much energy as a small country. It’s only the beginning.verified_publisherVox - Brian CalvertThe energy needed to support data storage is expected to double by 2026. You can do something to stop it. In January, the International Energy Agency (IEA) issued its forecast for global energy use over the next two years. Included for the first time were projections for electricity consumption …