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A museum in Bar Harbor, Maine, dedicated to the art, culture, and heritage of the Wabanaki Nations, is in the process of repatriating 17 items to the Native American confederation. (The four local nations are the Penobscot Nation, the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the Mi’kmaq Nation, and the Houlton band of Maliseet Indians.) According to an article in the Portland Press Herald, the objects are a human tooth and various funerary objects: tools, animal hides, and fabric materials. A Field Register notice published by the National Park Service September 11, 2025, traces the complicated history of these objects. It explains that 15…
by I. Edwards Teenagers chatting with ChatGPT will soon see a very different version of the tool—one built with stricter ways to keep them safe online, OpenAI announced. The new safeguards come as regulators increase scrutiny of chatbots and their impact on young people’s mental health. Under the change, anyone identified as under 18 will automatically be directed to a different version of ChatGPT designed with “age-appropriate” content rules, the company said in a statement. The teen version blocks sexual content and can involve law enforcement in rare cases where a user is in acute distress. “The way ChatGPT responds…
Karen Leader, an associate professor of art history at Florida Atlantic University (FAU), was placed on administrative leave due to comments made about Charlie Kirk, the right-wing activist shot dead in Utah last week. On Saturday, FAU President Adam Hasner released a statement announcing that an unnamed faculty member had “been placed on administrative leave pending investigation” due to “repeated comments made on social media … regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk.” Conservative activists on X identified Leader as the faculty member in question shortly after, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Sunday. Related Articles Leader’s X account is private,…
The Gold Art Prize, a series of five awards given biennially to AAPI and Asian diaspora artists, has named this year’s batch of winners, among them up-and-comers such as Dan Lie and Stella Zhong. In addition to Lie and Zhong, Morehshin Allahyari, Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork, and Kenneth Tam also won the prize, which awards each winner an unrestricted $25,000. Lie, who won Berlin’s Preis der Nationalgalerie in 2024, is known for vast installations that function as active ecosystems, with soil, flowers, and more that continue to change form during the exhibition. Zhong creates spare paintings and sculptures whose minimal forms…
Google is making it possible to now share your Gemini Gems — custom AI assistants and experts designed for specific tasks — the company announced on Thursday. The feature launched last year, initially as part of the Gemini Advanced paid subscription, allowing users to write instructions to create an AI chatbot for different scenarios. For instance, Google launched with premade Gems like a learning coach, a brainstorming assistant, a career guide, a writing editor, and a coding partner. Now, Google says you’ll be able to share your Gems with friends, family, or coworkers as easily as you can share a…
Elon Musk has provided some clarification to recent reports suggesting that PharmAGRI, a US pharmaceutical and agricultural infrastructure company, is looking to deploy 10,000 Optimus robots for its operations. Musk posted his clarification on social media platform X. Alleged Optimus purchase Recently, reports emerged stating that PharmAGRI Capital Partners will be tapping into Tesla’s humanoid robots for its operations. The firm claimed that it had executed a Letter of Intent with Tesla to deploy up to 10,000 Optimus Gen 3+ humanoid robots across its SuperPharm and CEA facilities. This should allow the company to automate its labor and ensure diversion…
A fire ripped through a 19th-century warehouse in Red Hook, Brooklyn, late Wednesday, collapsing parts of the building and wiping out dozens of artist studios ahead of a major neighborhood open studios weekend. Reports say the blaze began around 11:35pm at 481 Van Brunt Street, near the waterfront. Flames quickly spread through the four-story structure, forcing firefighters to pull back and attack the blaze from outside. More than 250 FDNY members spent over seven hours bringing the fire under control, with aid from a fireboat. The roof and fourth floor collapsed during the operation, officials said. Two firefighters sustained minor…
Over the summer, just before departing the Museum of Modern Art as its longtime director, Glenn Lowry appeared to obliquely address the Trump administration’s ongoing attack on cultural institutions, noting that the veteran New York institution must fight to continue mounting the shows that it does. “If we believe in a museum that celebrates the values of pluralism, that honors freedom of expression, and protects minority rights and dissent, then we will have to actively defend our values,” Lowry said in June at MoMA’s Party in the Garden, according to a New York Times appraisal of his 30-year tenure. “If…
Witnessing the success of Nano Banana, it has now been made available on the Perplexity WhatsApp bot. As per countless social media posts, it seems that users will be able to edit images at will by adding simple prompts. Nano banana just dropped on Perplexity 🍌Generate or edit any image using the highest-quality model directly on WhatsAppMessage +1 (833) 436-3285 to start pic.twitter.com/MrOY0wePHS— Ask Perplexity (@AskPerplexity) September 18, 2025 Here’s How You Can Use The New Feature: First, users will have to add Perplexity by going to social.perplexity.ai, and then start chatting with the AI engine through WhatsApp. Once a…
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesGoogle is adding more artificial intelligence into its Chrome browser as the search giant tries to fend off burgeoning competition from AI startups OpenAI and Perplexity.In a blog post Thursday, Google said it’s rolling out Gemini in Chrome to users of Mac and Windows computers in the U.S. as well as to mobile devices. Users will be able to ask Gemini for help understanding the contents of a particular webpage, work across tabs, or do more within a single tab, such as schedule a meeting or search for a YouTube video.”We are evolving the…