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  • The CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, went before a Senate subcommittee Tuesday and called for regulation of artificial intelligence.
  • Toni Morrison's 1987 work Beloved is the best American novel of the past quarter-century. That's according to a vote of writers and critics who were invited to weigh in with their choices by The New York Times Book Review.
  • We visit the Hilltown 6 pottery studios before their workshops and open house, take a tour of the Amherst Survival Center, and explore the difference between "wrack" and "rack" with the Word Nerd.
  • Tennis's top-ranked Swiatek beat Gauff 6-1, 6-3 in the final at Roland Garros. Swiatek's unbeaten run of 35 matches equals one by Venus Williams in 2000 as the longest this century.
  • In a Jeopardy-style game at the annual Def Con hacking convention in Las Vegas, hackers tried to get chatbots from OpenAI, Google and Meta to create misinformation and share harmful content.
  • For some insight into the fighter pilot culture, Linda talks with Captain Rosemary Mariner, a retired Navy Captain Aviator. She was trained to fly planes like the fighter that collided with the US reconnaissance plane. Mariner is now a Research Fellow for the University of Tennessee, Center for the Study for War and Society.
  • We bring both the noise and the ruckus with the folx organizing Hip Hop for the Homeless 10 at Gateway CIty Arts, CEO of Transhealth Dallas Ducar tells us of their upcoming Holigay Party at Marigold Theater, and Word Nerd Emily Brewster walks us through some of the WOTY runners up.
  • Also: A lawsuit alleges Motel 6 shared guest information with immigration officials; Iranian anti-government protests continue; and nobody won the Powerball lotto - it's now worth $550 million!
  • Surprise, anger, parenting and Lizzo: That's one way to sum up the list of the most engaging stories in 2019. Other big topics included consumerism and climate change — and officials behaving badly.
  • The estate of Suzanne Adams, who was killed by her son in a murder-suicide, is suing OpenAI and Microsoft. The suit alleges ChatGPT encouraged her son's delusions, which led to the deaths.
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