Some of the most powerful people building A.I. are now asking, in effect, to be stopped. Leading firm Anthropic recently conceded that “if it were possible to effectively slow the development of this technology to give ourselves more time to deal with its immense implications, we think that would likely be a good thing.” It […]
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When art collector and 2025 Yale Directors Forum fellow Marie-Cécile Zinsou first started looking into the feasibility of opening a contemporary art museum in Benin, she was met with a lot of resistance. “People told me that there was no need for a museum because there was no public for that. My intuition was that
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Putney is a bend in the Thames where London starts behaving like a system rather than a sprawl—nothing quite settles; instead, everything circulates. Commuters rush off trains and the District Line in loose clusters, runners already pacing the Embankment, rowers cutting through dark waters before the High Street has properly opened. That movement is most
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Bloomberg’s chief technology officer has, by his own admission, a job that is half about building the future and half about stopping the future’s more embarrassing impulses from getting anywhere near production. “Half my job is keeping out nonsense from the company,” Shawn Edwards tells Observer, and he is not entirely joking. The nonsense he’s
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As leaders across technology, media and finance gather in Sun Valley this week, much of the conversation will center on A.I.—its extraordinary pace, its commercial potential and its implications for nearly every industry. But beneath the excitement lies a quieter strategic question that may ultimately be more important: if A.I. democratizes knowledge, what becomes the
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Lisson Gallery, showing suspended corten steel forms resembling enlarged lace or botanical structures alongside delicate glass and plant-like sculptures on rust-colored pedestals.” width=”970″ height=”727″ data-caption=’Installation view: Kelly Akashi’s “Heirloom” at Lisson, New York. <span class=”lazyload media-credit”>© Kelly Akashi, courtesy Lisson</span>’> Following a much-celebrated L.A. debut with Lisson Gallery, Kelly Akashi is presenting a new body
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When Andy Warhol first branched into silkscreen painting, the technology was mostly in use for signage. He’d already hand-painted Campbell’s Soup Cans (1962) and had been thinking about the signs outside supermarkets that might advertise these were on sale. His first silkscreens, however, were of currency. In his epic biography Warhol, Blake Gopnik points out
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The Future Perfect shows a brown sofa facing a wall of garden-facing windows, with sculptural objects outside and several low tables with patchwork-style surfaces in the foreground.” width=”970″ height=”728″ data-caption=’Founded by David Alhadeff in 2003, The Future Perfect is distinguished by its curatorial focus, which showcases studio-created works alongside one-of-a-kind pieces. <span class=”lazyload media-credit”>Courtesy The
Ask someone to name the best thing they have ever bought. Many people will mention a car, a watch, a home, or another meaningful purchase. Then ask a different question: What was the greatest experience of your life? The answer almost always changes. People smile. Their energy changes. They begin telling stories. They remember who they
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David Zaslav arrives at the Sun Valley Lodge for the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 7, 2026 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Every year, some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful figures from the media, finance, technology, and political spheres converge at the Sun Valley Resort for the exclusive week-long conference hosted
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