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New York Times
6 hours ago
- General
- New York Times
Editors' Note: July 30, 2025
An article on Friday about people in Gaza suffering from malnutrition and starvation after nearly two years of war with Israel lacked information about Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq, a child suffering from severe malnutrition and whose photo was featured prominently in the article. After publication of the article, The Times learned from his doctor that Mohammed also had pre-existing health problems. Had The Times known the information before publication, it would have been included in the article and the picture caption. An article on Monday about a family who uploaded their father's lengthy reading list after his death in hopes of inspiring readers misstated the name of the high school that the man, Dan Pelzer, attended. It was Detroit Catholic Central High School, not Detroit Central Catholic High School. An article on Monday about the box office earnings for Marvel's 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' misidentified the movie with the lowest box office total in Marvel's history. 'Thunderbolts*' had the second-lowest box office total in Marvel's history, after 'The Marvels,' which had the lowest. A Critic's Notebook article on Monday about the National Ballet of Japan making its British debut referred imprecisely to a debut of the National Ballet of Japan. Its European debut was in Moscow in 2009, not last week. The error was repeated in a capsule summary of the article and a picture caption. A photo caption with an article on Tuesday about NASA's soft drink space race misspelled the surname of an astronaut. He was Karl G. Henize, not Karl Heinz. An obituary on Saturday about Joe Vigil, a renowned coach and leading expert on distance running and altitude training, misstated the branch of the military in which he served. It was the U.S. Navy, not the Army. Errors are corrected during the press run whenever possible, so some errors noted here may not have appeared in all editions. To contact the newsroom regarding correction requests, please email nytnews@ To share feedback, please visit Comments on opinion articles may be emailed to letters@ For newspaper delivery questions: 1-800-NYTIMES (1-800-698-4637) or email customercare@
New York Times
18 hours ago
- Business
- New York Times
Has A.I. Become Part of Your Life?
If artificial intelligence is going to change the world, then it has already begun to do so: People are using A.I. to code apps, apply for jobs, create marketing pitches. They're using it to visualize their ideas, adjudicate arguments and teach school kids. Many are talking with chatbots as they would with friends or lovers or advisers. The contours of A.I.'s transformations are being negotiated now not just by A.I. companies and researchers, but by its consumers. Many people are integrating A.I. deeply into their professional and personal lives. And the flexibility and accessibility of general-purpose A.I. tools makes it easy for even new users to use it for purposes unanticipated by those who built them: For instance, people started using large language models like ChatGPT in place of personal trainers long before specialized apps were developed for that purpose. The terms under which we use A.I. are also up for grabs. Will our government allow A.I. to proliferate unconditionally, or will we try to restrict and regulate it? Will we welcome A.I. anywhere it can be used, or will we try to cordon it off from certain parts of our lives with new social norms and etiquette? One of the deepest and most abiding fears about artificial intelligence is that it will replace human beings. But beneath the big existential questions are more practical concerns. Will A.I. make the human accountant or human software engineer as rare as a candle maker or shoemaker? Will A.I. create new kinds of jobs, the way technological advances gave us the job of software engineer in the first place? Perhaps equally important as the effects on jobs and the labor market is how A.I. might play a human shaped-role in our everyday lives, as a therapist, say, or a confidant. We want to hear from you. How has A.I. become part of your life? We'd like to hear about the ways that you've been using models and what concerns, if any, that you have about using them. We may use a selection of your responses in a future project. The Times is committed to publishing a diversity of letters to the editor. We'd like to hear what you think about this or any of our articles. Here are some tips. And here's our email: letters@ Follow the New York Times Opinion section on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Bluesky, WhatsApp and Threads.
New York Times
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Book Club: Let's Talk About ‘The Catch,' by Yrsa Daley-Ward
In this month's installment of the Book Review Book Club, we're discussing 'The Catch,' the debut novel by the poet and memoirist Yrsa Daley-Ward. The book is a psychological thriller that follows semi-estranged twin sisters, Clara and Dempsey, who were babies when their mother was presumed to have drowned in the Thames. The novel begins decades later, when Clara sees something strange: A woman who looks just like their mother is stealing a watch. Clara believes this is her mother, and wants to welcome her back into her life. Dempsey is less certain, in part because the woman doesn't seem to have aged a day. She believes the woman is a con artist because it's simply not possible for her to be their mother … right? What's real? What's not? And what does that mean for the lives of these struggling sisters? Daley-Ward unpacks it all in her deliciously slippery novel. On this episode, the Book Club host MJ Franklin talks about 'The Catch' with his colleagues Jennifer Harlan and Sadie Stein. Other books mentioned in this week's episode: 'The Other Black Girl,' by Zakiya Dalila Harris 'The Haunting of Hill House,' by Shirley Jackson 'Wish Her Safe at Home,' by Stephen Benatar 'Erasure,' by Percival Everett (you can listen to our book club conversation about it here) 'Playworld,' by Adam Ross (you can listen to our book club conversation about it here) 'The House on the Strand,' by Daphne du Maurier 'Grief Is the Thing With Feathers,' by Max Porter 'The Furrows,' by Namwali Serpell 'Dead in Long Beach, California,' by Venita Blackburn 'The Vanishing Half,' by Brit Bennett 'Death Takes Me,' by Cristina Rivera Garza 'Audition,' by Katie Kitamura We would love to hear your thoughts about this episode, and about the Book Review's podcast in general. You can send them to books@
New York Times
5 days ago
- Politics
- New York Times
Trump Fights ‘Woke' A.I. + We Hear Out Our Critics
Hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton Produced by Rachel Cohn and Whitney Jones Edited by Jen Poyant Engineered by Katie McMurran Original music by Dan PowellElisheba IttoopMarion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto On Wednesday, President Trump signed three A.I.-related executive orders, and the White House released 'America's A.I. Action Plan.' We break down what's in them, how the federal government intends to target 'political bias' in chatbot output, and whether anyone will stand up against it. Then, do we hype up A.I. too much? Are we downplaying potential harms? We reached out to several prominent researchers and writers and asked for their critiques about how we cover A.I. For a limited time, you can get a special-edition 'Hard Fork' hat when you purchase an annual New York Times Audio subscription for the first time. Get your hat at Guests: Brian Merchant, author of the book and newsletter 'Blood in the Machine' Alison Gopnik, professor at the University of California, Berkeley Ross Douthat, New York Times opinion columnist and host of the podcast 'Interesting Times' Claire Leibowicz, head of A.I. and media integrity at the Partnership on AI Max Read, author of the newsletter 'Read Max' Additional Reading: Trump Plans to Give A.I. Developers a Free Hand The Chatbot Culture Wars Are Here 'Hard Fork' is hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton and produced by Whitney Jones and Rachel Cohn. We're edited by Jen Poyant. Engineering by Katie McMurran and original music by Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto. Fact-checking by Caitlin Love. Special thanks to Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam, Dahlia Haddad and Jeffrey Miranda.
New York Times
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
A Contentious Media Merger, and the F.B.I.'s Epstein Scramble
Hosted by Tracy Mumford Produced by Will Jarvis and Ian Stewart Edited by Ian StewartJessica Metzger and Tracy Mumford Featuring Alan Rappeport F.C.C. Approves Skydance's $8 Billion Merger With Paramount, by Benjamin Mullin Trump Spars With Powell Over Fed's Costly Renovations in Rare Visit, by Colby Smith How a Frantic Scouring of the Epstein Files Consumed the Justice Dept., by Adam Goldman and Alan Feuer Gazans Are Dying of Starvation, by Rawan Sheikh Ahmad, Isabel Kershner and Abu Bakr Bashir France Will Recognize Palestinian Statehood, Macron Says, by Roger Cohen Israel and the U.S. Pull Back From Talks With Hamas, by David E. Sanger and Johnatan Reiss Hulk Hogan, Shirt-Shredding Superstar of Pro Wrestling, Dies at 71, by Victor Mather Tune in, and tell us what you think at theheadlines@ For corrections, email nytnews@ For more audio journalism and storytelling, download the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and sign up for our weekly newsletter.
