I had an appointment for an interview with a Persian rug merchant in Lisbon. I had read that Iranian intelligence services often used that business as a cover for their clandestine operations. Sweat ...

Apple is set to announce the iPhone 17, Apple Watch Series 11, and more today as part of its “Awe dropping” special event. I’m in Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park for the festivities, so head below ...

Anthropic wanted to show off its Claude chatbot’s writing skills by having it pen a blog on the plain old internet — but just after its launch, the company kiboshed the entire thing. Revealed by ...

Anthropic has wound down its AI-generated blog by chatbot Claude, known as Claude Explains. The blog aimed to produce content for users looking for various Claude-related solutions. While users ...

Claude’s blog is no more. A week after TechCrunch profiled Anthropic’s experiment to task the company’s Claude AI models with writing blog posts, Anthropic wound down the blog and redirected the ...

Anthropic has given its AI a blog. A week ago, Anthropic quietly launched Claude Explains, a new page on its website that’s generated mostly by the company’s AI model family, Claude. Populated by ...

As one era ends, an exciting new one begins. SCOTUSblog is delighted to announce that it has been acquired by Dispatch Media, Inc., and will round out The Dispatch’s coverage of the Supreme Court and ...

Republican Donald Trump has officially won the 2024 presidential election, passing the required 270 Electoral College votes courtesy of a victory in Wisconsin. It was a decisive victory over the ...

Dave Barry isn’t running for president this year. Or maybe he is. We’ll find out soon enough. We’ll also find out soon enough what’s on his holiday gift list. The funny guy’s 2024 guide will be ...

Patrick Sand was so deeply embedded in West Seattle that when he died suddenly Thursday, it seemed like everybody living there knew about it, and grieved. Many had read about the 67-year-old’s death ...

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