This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Today we’re focusing on a new development in Ukraine that gives us more insight into Donald Trump’s approach to Russian President Vladimir Putin….
Modern large language models are really good at a lot of tasks, like coding, essay writing, translation, and research. But there are still a lot of basic tasks, especially in the “personal assistant” realm, that the most highly trained AIs in the world remain hopeless at. You can’t ask ChatGPT or Claude “order me a…
As President Donald Trump announced his intentions to begin negotiations to end the ongoing war in Ukraine, local Ukrainians in Massachusetts said they are worried that these negotiations will result in Ukrainian territorial concessions to Russia.Following phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday, Trump announced that he had…
When it comes to AI, I’d consider myself a casual user and a curious one. It’s been creeping into my daily life for a couple of years, and at the very least, AI chatbots can be good at making drudgery slightly less drudgerous. But whenever I start to feel convinced that tools like ChatGPT and…
South Korea is in the grip of a political crisis after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Tuesday — a shocking move that sparked mass protests and drew sharp rebuke from the country’s parliament. Though Yoon has said he will reverse his declaration, that’s unlikely to end South Korea’s political problems, which go…
Expanded tariffs on imports from China and other trade partners are part of President-elect Donald Trump’s economic plans once he takes office in January. Though he claims his protectionist trade policy will bring jobs back to the US, Trump’s tariffs will come at a steep cost to consumers and the economy as a whole. “We’re…
Nearly three years into Russia’s full-scale invasion into Ukraine, the Biden administration gave Ukraine the green light to strike deeper into Russia using US-supplied longer-range missiles. The Ukrainian military quickly put that permission to use: On Tuesday, it attacked a weapons depot about 70 miles from Ukraine’s border. The US and NATO allies have hesitated…
Xi Jinping has managed to maintain his grip on power in the People’s Republic of China for longer than a decade. What will unfold when the 71-year-old president eventually steps down? “I think it’s almost certain that he will choose a weak … successor,” said Yuhua Wang, a professor of government and one of three…
Foreign Secretary David Lammy ripped into Russia at the UN today in an extraordinary tirade referencing slavery, “Putin’s imperialism” and his African heritage. Addressing delegates at the United Nations’ HQ in New York City, Lammy directly took aim at Russia’s envoy to the organisation, Vasily Nebenzya, as he “called out” imperialism. Lammy said: “I say…
Over the past two days, the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah has been targeted with an attack as sophisticated and audacious as it is brutal, with the devices in their own pockets turned into deadly weapons. On Tuesday, hundreds of pagers distributed by Hezbollah to its members and associates in Lebanon and Syria exploded, killing at…