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Vauhini Vara consulted ChatGPT to help craft her new book, “Searches.” But the most moving sections are the ones she wrote herself.
Clichés abound in response to any new technology, but on the topic of large language models and generative artificial ...
It’s rare for a rom-com to focus on the growth of a family and the connections that we make rather than just the romantic infatuations and love moments that we see throughout the films. And yet, this ...
Victorious” star Avan Jogia’s new memoir-esque poetry collection, “Autopsy (of an Ex-Teen Heartthrob),” feigns poignancy and ...
So many people seem to want money and fame. But not me. I’ve always said I would like to be rich (or at least affluent), but ...
A new biography and film about Yoko Ono offer more opportunities to assess her contributions to culture. Two pop music critics debate if they’re worthy of their subject.
The slasher comedy Hell of a Summer is low on scares but ends up being one of the coziest horror movies in recent memory.
Batman Ninja Vs. Yakuza League is finally out, and surprisingly, it fixes one of the biggest cliches plaguing superhero stories to this day.
Unity is one of those companies that we love here on Decoder because we interact with its products all the time, but the ...
In “Darkenbloom,” by the Austrian novelist Eva Menasse, the citizens of a European border town have secrets they’d prefer to ...
It was an idyllic pocket of Los Angeles where people knew their neighbors — and homes sold for $5 million. The fire ignited competing visions for its future.
It's The Bear meets 24 in surgical scrubs, a single ever-more-stressful shift scalpel-cut into 15 hour-long episodes of edge-of-the-seat TV, making it one of the best Max shows. .