New York Magazine

Sam Altman expressed concern that the AI industry is in a bubble, while former Google CEO Eric Schmidt warned that a focus on AGI and superintelligence has been a distraction, urging that the U.S. treat AI more like China does.

After Donald Trump’s shocking return to power, there was a lot of talk about the Democratic party badly in need of fresh blood. But in the battle to flip the Senate in 2026, Democrats are relying more than ever on recruiting old folks to run, Ed Kilgore reports.

The hits just keep on coming for Eric Adams. One former Adams advisor gave a potato chip bag full of cash to a reporter; another was indicted for a second time.