‘Critical Role’ Lays Out the Next Era in Tabletop Games and Live-Action Role-Play “What Matt [Mercer] has shown me is that the power of sitting...

The Generative AI Battle Has a Fundamental Flaw Last week, the Authors Guild sent an open letter to the leaders of some of the world’s...

At a Comic-Con Without Hollywood, Fans Show Their Allegiances On the surface, Comic-Con International 2023 looked like it did in years past. Throngs of fans,...

Please Stop Asking Chatbots for Love Advice Talk to your friends. Have you called your closest friend this week? AI can’t sympathize—not really—and you know...

The New Minstrels Are Here Nicki Minaj wanted to delete the internet—and with good reason. In July, a deepfake video of her went viral on...

Why Generative AI Won’t Disrupt Books One reason books haven’t been particularly disruptable might be that many of the people looking to “fix” things couldn’t...

Hollywood’s Future Belongs to People—Not Machines Even the orcas are organizing. On the ninth day of the Writers Guild of America strike, no one on...

Djuna, South Korea’s Enigmatic Sci-Fi Legend, Opens Up About Their New Book I wrote a short story around the idea as a proof of concept,...

White Gladis and Her Killer Whales Are Getting Revenge—30 Years After 'Free Willy' The Monitor is a weekly column devoted to everything happening in the...

How to Actually Find Good Recipes Online Ever been catfished by a recipe that ranks at the top of your Google search but turns out meh...