Anthropic Co-Founder & CEO Dario Amodei" width="970" height="647" data-caption='Anthropic Co-Founder &amp; CEO Dario Amodei speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 at Moscone Center on September 20, 2023 in San Francisco, California. <span >Kimberly White/Getty Images for TechCrunch</span>'> The Bloomberg Tech Summit yesterday (May 9) opened with brother and sister technologists Dario and Daniela Amodei, once principal scientists at OpenAI who later stepped away to found their own A.I. company, Anthropic, now valued at $15 billion. The entrepreneur duo are now ..read more

Burkhard Pohl, the Swiss-German owner of one of the world’s biggest collections of private fossils, is making a major gift to help rebuild the holdings of the National Museum of Brazil. Located in Rio de Janeiro, the 200-year-old institution lost the majority of its 20 million artifacts in a devastating 2018 fire. In accepting Pohl’s donation of more than 1,100 fossils that include dinosaurs, turtles, plants, insects and flying reptiles, the museum is kickstarting a campaign ahead of its planned 2026 reopening to restore what was lost. The National Museum of Brazil will partner with Pohl’s fo ..read more

The New York Sales at Sotheby's run concurrently with Christie’s Spring Marquee Week auctions and offer a similar lineup of storied masterpieces and works seemingly handpicked for the serious (and wealthy) art collector. The lineup of auctions of works from the 19th, 20th and 21st Centuries kicks off on May 13 with the Now Evening Auction and runs through the Modern Day Auction on May 16. Across the sales, several career-defining masterworks and rare-yet-recognizable pieces stand out. Francis Bacon’s Portrait of George Dyer Crouching (1966) Francis Bacon’s Portrait of George D ..read more

Reid Hoffman" width="970" height="647" data-caption='LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman is an avid investor in A.I. companies. <span >Kimberly White/Getty Images for WIRED</span>'> At the Bloomberg Tech Summit in San Francisco yesterday (May 9), LinkedIn co-founder and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman delved into the complex intersection of technology, truth, geopolitics and what the future has in store in the face of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence.  Hoffman was ushered onto stage following a pre-recorded interview between Bloomberg Tech anchor Emily Chang ..read more

Earlier this week, curators, collectors, gallerists, artists, philanthropists and a range of cultural influencers from New York and beyond gathered in MoMA PS1’s open-air courtyard for the institution’s annual gala. After a cocktail reception celebrating the debut of artist Yto Barrada’s first outdoor installation Le Grand Soir, the sundry art world insiders in attendance sat for a dinner designed by acclaimed chef Omar Tate at tables outfitted with bespoke runners created by artistic duo Shanzhai Lyric with imagery by artist sTo Len and edible “pearls” inspired by artist Lydia Okrent. The ga ..read more

During its catastrophic impact on the film industry, the recent Covid shutdowns and union strikes put a lot of actors out of work, driving them to change career goals and create their own projects—never a good idea if you ask me. Now, the results of all that desperation are polluting marquees everywhere while the world waits for the panic to return to normal. The worst offense among many is a horror called Poolman, a stinker that marks the hopeless directorial debut of Hollywood heartthrob Chris Pine, who also wrote the idiotic screenplay. It was shot in 22 days and looks it. Not only is it t ..read more

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman" width="970" height="647" data-caption='Reddit CEO Steve Huffman rings the bell at Reddit’s IPO on March 21, 2024 in New York City. <span >Spencer Platt/Getty Images</span>'> Earlier this week, Reddit delighted Wall Street with record user and revenue growth in the quarter ended March. The now 19-year-old platform saw revenue increase 48 percent (to $248 million) and user count jump 37 percent during the January-March period. Yesterday (May 9), Reddit CEO Steve Huffman discussed the high-flying results and the platform’s future growth plan at Bloomberg T ..read more

The minimalist London home of the late financial trader Ralph Goldenberg was always intended to house art. Originally designed by architect John Pawson for Doris Saatchi, first wife of mega art collector Charles Saatchi, the white walls of its cubic rooms were for decades adorned with Goldberg’s vast holdings of works by artists like Alexander Calder, Lucio Fontana and Jackson Pollock. This summer, the spirit of the iconic three-story house will be recreated by Sotheby's as it gears up to sell around eighty works from Goldberg’s collection. The auction house’s London galleries will present th ..read more

In a forest of teetering, overburdened movie franchises, Planet of the Apes stands as a mighty oak. Where other sprawling sagas spread themselves thin, wear out their welcome, or recycle the same characters and ideas again and again, the Apes series slowly but consistently grows in new directions and reaches new heights. Since its 2011 reboot, Planet of the Apes has been an anomaly amidst big-budget studio tentpoles, emphasizing drama over action and utilizing digital performance capture technology in the service of great acting and complicated characters. Now, after a seven-year hiatus, a ne ..read more

A dirty martini is arguably the most fashionable cocktail of all time. From its sleek glass to its savory and briny flavor, a dirty martini is a go-to for cocktail connoisseurs looking for a tasty buzz. Though vodka is now a popular spirit choice thanks to its clean flavor profile, gin is the traditional and classic spirit in the martini, plus the botanicals in gin add extra flavor and effervescence that take the taste of a dirty martini to the next level. Most importantly, salty olive brine gives this concoction its signature savory taste and cloudy appearance.  Given its Old Hollywood h ..read more