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Inside OpenAI’s Library

OpenAI may be changing how the world interacts with language. But inside headquarters, there is a homage to the written word: a library.

Β© Christie Hemm Klok for The New York Times

Beth Linker is Turning Good Posture On its Head

26 April 2024 at 05:01
A historian and sociologist of science re-examines the β€œposture panic” of the last century. You’ll want to sit down for this.

Β© Hannah Beier for The New York Times

In her new book, Beth Linker, a historian of science at the University of Pennsylvania, confronts conventional wisdom about good posture. β€œIt’s fake news,” she said.

New York Botanical Garden Creates a β€˜Wonderland’ Adventure

24 April 2024 at 05:02
A show at the New York Botanical Garden, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s books, will explore his fictional and real worlds through plants, art and artifacts.

Β© Karsten Moran for The New York Times

The New York Botanical Garden exhibition β€œWonderland: Curious Nature,” which opens on May 18, features fantastical plants and specimens, like this Iceland poppy.

She Dreams of Pink Planets and Alien Dinosaurs

10 April 2024 at 05:00
Lisa Kaltenegger, director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University, hunts for aliens in space by studying Earth across time.

Β© Heather Ainsworth for The New York Times

Lisa Kaltenegger, founding director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University. β€œI think a lot of people might not be so aware of where we are right now, and that they are living in this momentous time in history,” she said. β€œWe can all be a part of it.”

What to Know About Tech Companies Using A.I. to Teach Their Own A.I.

As artificial intelligence developers run out of data to train their models, they are turning to β€œsynthetic data” β€” data made by the A.I. itself.

Β© Jackie Molloy for The New York Times

Anthropic, an artificial intelligence start-up in San Francisco, has been vocal about its efforts to make synthetic data work.

How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.

OpenAI, Google and Meta ignored corporate policies, altered their own rules and discussed skirting copyright law as they sought online information to train their newest artificial intelligence systems.

Β© Jason Henry for The New York Times

Researchers at OpenAI’s office in San Francisco developed a tool to transcribe YouTube videos to amass conversational text for A.I. development.
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