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City Life

Suburban Philadelphians Are Fighting Against Data Centers. Can They Win?

   Listen to the audio edition here: Patti Erickson was volunteering at Upper Merion’s Community Cupboard on October 19th when her husband texted: Brian O’Neill, […]

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City Life

A Loathed AI Spokesperson, iPhone Duo, and Trump vs. LeBron: Philly, By the Numbers

 Listen to the audio edition here: A record-setting Sixers game! A presidential scolding! A craft beer-repping blonde woman that is not actually human! It’s been […]

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City Life

AI Bots Stole My Music

Two years ago, an unexpected notification on my phone derailed my day. A longtime listener of my band, Makeshift Hammer, sent us a DM with […]

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Be Well Philly

AI Comes to the Medical Exam Room

     Listen to the audio edition here: Imagine being able to instantly grasp the results of an MRI that your family physician ordered after […]

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How I Discovered Philly’s Most Successful Cookbook Author Doesn’t Actually Exist

It’s Tuesday afternoon, close to the start of service, and I’m texting with Joe Cicala, chef of Cicala at the Divine Lorraine and someone who […]

City Life

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 […]

City Life

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 […]

City Life

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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City Life

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 […]

City Life

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 […]

City Life

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 […]