OpenAI's AI solved a Millennium Prize problem, but the math community is unenthusiastic. They value the new insights and techniques generated during the problem-solving journey—the 'how'—not just the final answer, which the AI's paper fails to detail.
Legal frameworks created to fight foreign jihadists have experienced significant 'scope creep.' The Trump administration has repurposed these authorities, including the Patriot Act and terrorist designations, to target Latin American narco gangs and domestic left-wing organizations.
With 100 million Americans born after 9/11, a new generation of voters and lawmakers lacks the firsthand fear that drove the creation of expansive surveillance and security powers. This demographic shift is creating political momentum to re-evaluate and curtail these laws' impact on civil liberties.
The opera 'The White-Haired Girl,' championed by artist Guo Lanying, tells the story of a peasant woman abused by a landlord and rescued by the CCP. This narrative co-opted a traditional art form, turning it into powerful propaganda that equated the Party's revolution with the liberation of oppressed women.