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Off-Third: NYU Tisch launches artificial intelligence acting studio
Off-Third is WSN’s satire column. Last week, Tisch Dean Rubén Polendo left administrators and faculty stunned after announcing the Norwood AI Center for Acting as Tisch Drama’s newest professional training studio. The center is named in honor of award-winning AI actress Tilly…
Review: ‘Practical Magic 2’ barely breaks the sequel curse
The appeal of the 1998 movie “Practical Magic” was never amazing writing or a thrilling plot, but the sisterhood and womanhood brought to life by lead actresses Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. Plus there’s the cozy vibes: a magical lifestyle in coastal New England with occult…
Review: Lizzy McAlpine soars to new heights of vulnerability on ‘Angel’
After Lizzy McAlpine’s last album cycle in 2024, she doubted if she would even return to music. She filled her time with a stint in the Broadway play “Floyd Collins,” which revitalized her love of performing. Now reunited with close collaborators Mason Stoops and Taylor Mackall…
The Soapbox: An AI attack in Australia, a new Rubik’s Cube world record set by a 6-year-old in China, and a controversial eviction in Spain
In Australia, OpenAI hacks into a government website OpenAI’s artificial intelligence models infiltrated an Australian government website with citizens’ private healthcare information, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Wednesday — a first of its kind attack, as rogue…
Ranked: Top 5 school bags
Coming in all shapes and sizes, the bag you choose to sport around campus can make or break your school year. But it can be hard to find middle ground between style and convenience. You need a bag spacious enough to carry your laptop and with enough pockets to find your keys…
Review: This Is Lorelei’s ‘The Singer in My Band’ is a relatable introspection
When Nate Amos was ready to record his third album under the alias This Is Lorelei, he left Brooklyn and returned to his parents’ home in rural Vermont. Being back with his family unexpectedly shaped the album, with instrumental and vocal collaborations from his dad and sister…
Legal experts talk reproductive surveillance at NYU Law event
Two family law attorneys discussed how the criminalization of abortion increases surveillance of marginalized communities at an NYU Law event on Wednesday. Guest speaker Valena Beety, co-founder of the Indiana Innocence Project — a nonprofit that aims to free wrongfully convicted…
Gothamist
Published September 25NYC councilmember wants to ban tickets for spitting after arrest video circulates
Rev. Kevin McCall Councilmember Chris Banks and other community members speak in front of the 73rd Precinct stationhouse in Brownsville on Thursday evening. The video shows an NYPD officer ticketing a man minutes before the officer grabbed the man by the collar, threw him to the…
Bronx Times
Published September 25AI whistleblowers could get paid under new NYC Council proposal
New York City lawmakers want to give AI whistleblowers a financial reason to come forward — and give New Yorkers a new way to sue artificial intelligence companies over certain harms. The proposals are part of a sweeping package announced Friday by City Council Speaker Julie…
THE CITY
Published September 25LISTEN: A Knickerbocker History of Terror
“Terrorism” first entered English to describe a government, like France’s post-revolutionary Republic of Virtue, terrorizing its own citizens. Now it’s a word governments use to determine who counts as a threat. In the final episode of FAQ NYC’s special series, A Knickerbocker…
Gothamist
Published September 24NJ governor asks Caldwell, her second in command, to resign
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill said it is “in the best interest” for Garden State residents for Dale Caldwell to step down, after releasing a report that confirmed scathing allegations of inappropriate comments made by him. [ more › ]
THE CITY
Published September 24NYC Ditches Federal Homeless Veterans Program, Citing Concern for Transgender Vets
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration is pulling out of a federal program meant to help veterans transition out of homelessness, alleging the Trump administration would have required New York City to discriminate against transgender vets seeking shelter to receive the funding.…