There’s a famous scene in “Casablanca” where Captain Renault, acting on orders from the Nazis, closes Rick’s Cafe. “I’m shocked, shocked to find out that gambling is going on in here,” Renault tells Rick. The croupier steps up to hand Renault a wad of cash and says, “Your winnings, sir,” to which Renault replies, “Oh, thank you very much.” […]
A Biden administration plan to sell $18 billion worth of F-15 fighter jets to Israel is moving forward after two top Democratic holdouts in Congress signed off on the deal, according to multiple people familiar with the sale. Representative Gregory W. Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, who had […]
When former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever left the company in May, everyone wondered why. In fact, the recent internal turmoil at OpenAI and a short-lived lawsuit by early OpenAI backer Elon Musk were suspicious enough for the internet hivemind to come up with the “What did Ilya see” meme, referring to the theory that […]