College football programs are awash in revenue from unprecedented multimedia contracts. Expansion of the playoff from eight to 12 teams fulfills the long-held desire of a sizable portion of the fanbase. Players are in on the financial bonanza. And in 2024, the sport faces an existential crisis with the undefined nature of NIL that begs…
By Aatish Bhatia Aatish Bhatia interviewed A.I. researchers, studied research papers and fed an A.I. system its own output. Aug. 25, 2024 The internet is becoming awash in words and images generated by artificial intelligence. Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, wrote in February that the company generated about 100 billion words per day — a…
Measles, a highly contagious but preventable disease, is resurging in pockets of the United States, a warning of the dangers of the strengthening anti-vaccine movement. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded more cases this year than the 58 tallied in all of 2023, although the agency is not expected to release exact…
Christopher A. Wray, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, warned on Wednesday that China was ramping up an extensive hacking operation geared at taking down the United States’ power grid, oil pipelines and water systems in the event of a conflict over Taiwan. Mr. Wray, appearing before a House subcommittee on China, offered an…
