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An Insider’s Guide to the Best Seats in the Academy of Music

Whatever performance you happen to be seeing, just being inside this crown jewel of South Broad (built in 1857) is an experience. That ceiling! The […]

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Where to Sit When You’re Out & About & Around Philadelphia

In a city like Philadelphia, finding the perfect spot to sit and relax can feel like striking gold. Whether you’re looking for a quiet corner […]

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An Insider’s Guide to the Best Seats in Fairmount Park

With thousands of acres in East and West Fairmount Park and too many destinations to name, there’s (literally) a lot of ground to cover when […]

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Should We Trust AI? A Penn Expert Weighs In

As AI has become a part of our everyday lives, so has existential dread about where this whole “intelligent machines” thing will lead us. Rather […]

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I Hosted a Podcast on Artificial Intelligence. Then My AI Doppelgänger Showed Up

Sometime in the winter of 2021, I went to check my long-neglected LinkedIn but couldn’t find my password. Rather than go through the rigamarole of […]

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Philly’s AI Revolution: 16 Fascinating Ways Philadelphia Is Using Artificial Intelligence

Mere human intelligence? That’s for plebeians and Luddites. If it suddenly feels like we’re all augmenting our game with artificial intelligence — that’s because we […]

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How Philly Learned to Love AI: Everything You Need to Know About Our Bot-Powered Future

Artificial intelligence is officially everywhere in Philly (including lots of places you’d never think to look). Here, everything you need to know about the brave […]

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Five Really Smart Philadelphians Talk About What AI Can (and Can’t) Do

We ask five really smart local leaders about the capabilities of AI technology (and, for fun, their favorite work of science fiction). The Marketing Maven […]

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Point/Counterpoint: Educators and Students Weigh in on ChatGPT

University-based instructors make the case for AI’s potential to level the educational playing field. Meanwhile, one Temple journalist argues that generative AI could defeat the […]

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Meet the Bad Boy of Philly Antiquities

When I find W. Graham Arader III in his stunning 26-room pre-Revolutionary suburban mansion last summer, he’s eating from a clear plastic tub — the kind […]