Weather: ⛅ Sunny and frigid this morning, cloudy later with highs in the upper 40s.
It's Friday in New York City, where the education department plans to open a new selective, tech-oriented high school aimed at making students "builders as well as ethical users" of artificial intelligence.
But many parents and educators have been sounding alarms over the role of AI in the city’s schools, including plagiarism and data security concerns.
And they're questioning how the city could open a school with a strong focus on AI before establishing a systemwide policy on the technology.
New York City can proceed with enforcing a ban on foie gras — despite arguments that the move could harm farms outside the city — following an appellate court ruling yesterday.
Moody's this week downgraded New York City's financial outlook from "stable" to "negative," adding that "state-level proposals to enhance revenue" could help turn things around.
FBI Director Kash Patel is hosting some UFC fighters at Quantico this weekend for "agents to learn and train with some of the greatest athletes on earth."
"The clearest sign that my early 20s were over was when I went from never getting hangovers to getting them regularly," writes Elizabeth Shwe. "And that’s when I really began to consider: Am I drinking because I actually want to or because it’s so ingrained in our social norms?"
Luxury home stager Jason Saft’s annual tag sale is no ordinary discount shopping experience: It’s a chic bargain hunter’s favorite event that draws designers, collectors and enthusiasts from near and far to a heavily marked-down, personally curated array of furniture.
Catherine Cohen — the Houston-born, New York-forged comedian — has a small but memorable role in “Sentimental Value,” the Norwegian arthouse film that’s nominated for nine Oscar awards, including Best Picture.
