Mayor Johnson wants to levy a per employee tax on city businesses.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/chicago-head-tax-brandon-johnson-business-employees-c3d00301
The world record holder for women is banned from competing—a reminder that performance-enhancing drugs hurt runners and the sport.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/doping-casts-a-shadow-on-the-new-york-city-marathon-5caead00
The science never said humanity was doomed. Now, apparently, you’re not obliged to believe it is.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/bill-gates-apologizes-for-earths-survival-b0d9c39d
Among other things, he oversaw the introduction of the slogan, “What Happens Here, Stays Here.”https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/rossi-ralenkotter-las-vegas-tourism-6bede9bc
An American actor was working toward reviving his ancestral home in England, but the local council locked him out midproject. “To be shut out is unacceptable.”https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/hopwood-hall-middleton-england-4a2f2a8a
Data centers are contributing to higher prices as fat energy bills electrify local politics.https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/surging-power-costs-are-putting-the-squeeze-on-customers-f8b2c04b
Three liberal Justices on a make-it-up court go to voters for retention.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/pennsylvania-supreme-court-ballot-retention-kevin-dougherty-christine-donohue-david-wecht-1e7287e9
Voters Tuesday will decide between democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/nyc-mayoral-election-explained-9f38f5f2
President Trump said he wants to find a way to fund the federal food assistance program set to suspend payments to millions on Nov. 1 due to the shutdown.https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/judge-orders-u-s-to-tap-emergency-funds-for-snap-benefits-6d0097c9
More gay people are speaking out against the gender ideology of trans and queer activists.https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-growing-divide-in-the-rainbow-coalition-1128015b
The Broadview, Ill., facility is a “black hole” where federal officials act with impunity, advocates allege.https://www.wsj.com/us-news/trump-administration-sued-over-dire-conditions-at-chicago-area-immigration-facility-bfa708d5
A three-minute video that shows a fake Zohran Mamdani dancing while New York burns is one of many deepfakes surfacing in the New York mayoral race and beyond.https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-varsity-blues-felon-who-spent-under-5-000-to-create-an-anti-mamdani-deepfake-video-f6c3b520
The university ran budget deficits for 14 years straight, spending big to raise its profile and enrollment. The plan worked, but now the bill’s come due and cuts are under way.https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/colleges-face-a-financial-reckoning-the-university-of-chicago-is-exhibit-a-8918b2b0
Cambridge College included dropouts from other schools, former prison inmates and people with low test scores.https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/eileen-moran-brown-college-underserved-adults-1b32af7d
Everyone is obsessed with artificial general intelligence—the stage when AI can match all feats of human cognition. The guy who named it saw it as a threat.https://www.wired.com/story/the-man-who-invented-agi/
The Frankenstein director tells WIRED the real Victor Frankensteins are tyrannical politicians and Silicon Valley tech bros.https://www.wired.com/story/guillermo-del-toro-hopes-hes-dead-before-ai-art-goes-mainstream/
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we run through the top stories of the week and look closely at people’s complaints to the FTC alleging that ChatGPT led them or loved ones into AI psychosis.https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-wired-roundup-ai-psychosis-ftc-files-google-bedbugs/
In a motion to dismiss filed earlier this week, Meta denied claims that employees had downloaded pornography from Strike 3 Holdings to train its artificial intelligence models.https://www.wired.com/story/meta-claims-downloaded-porn-at-center-of-ai-lawsuit-was-for-personal-use/
American hopes for political reform in China faded years ago, and now hopes for economic liberalization are fading too.https://www.wsj.com/world/china/the-trade-war-couldnt-change-chinas-economy-25c464d8
The president had said recently the U.S. was considering strikes against targets in the country.https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/trump-says-hes-not-planning-venezuela-strike-d091c2fa