Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. nrakich (Nathaniel Rakich, senior elections analyst): Last weekend, conservative activists and media members alike descended on Washington, D.C., for the Conservative Political Action Conference. But all is not well in CPAC-land. Matt Schlapp, the conference’s longtime chair, isContinue Reading
Red alert! And no, we’re not talking about the hair. When looking back on all the must-see fashion moments from Oscars weekend, Megan Fox certainly deserves credit for turning heads with her look at Vanity Fair‘s annual after-party March 12. But while attending the star-studded event at the Wallis Annenberg Center forContinue Reading
Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Steve Harmison took seven wickets for 12 runs as England bowled West Indies out for 47, on this day inContinue Reading
Alongside GPT-4, OpenAI has open sourced a software framework to evaluate the performance of its AI models. Called Evals, OpenAI says that the tooling will allow anyone to report shortcomings in its models to help guide improvements. It’s a sort of crowdsourcing approach to model testing, OpenAI explains in aContinue Reading
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments last fall for a case challenging the use of race-conscious admissions at Harvard University; a ruling is expected later this spring or early summer. Craig F. Walker / The Boston Globe via Getty Images The origins of the affirmative action debate arguably revolved aroundContinue Reading
The 49-year-old explained that Scout had surprised Tori, husband Dean McDermott and their kids Liam, 16, Stella, 14, Hattie, 11, Finn, 10, with a blue Christmas tree blue in honor of Tori’s unborn baby boy, Beau, who is now six. Tori noted, “We were blown away.” The 9021OMG podcast host also shared theContinue Reading
The British No1, ranked 12th in the world, battled through to defeat world No103 Daniel 6-7 (5) 7-5 6-2 in a contest lasting just over two hours and 40 minutes. Norrie appeared destined for defeat after losing the opening set via a tiebreaker and going 4-1 down in the second.Continue Reading
Porsche said Monday it will add a full-sized all-electric SUV to its lineup — slotting above several other upcoming EVs — as part of its goal for 80% of all new sales to be EVs by 2030. Porsche didn’t share many details about the all-electric SUV, including its name, price pointContinue Reading
Author Marianne Williamson officially entered the 2024 Democratic presidential primary on Saturday. President Biden has yet to announce his reelection campaign, but every indication is that he plans to do so. It’s very unlikely that Williamson will be a serious challenger to Biden, but with multiple polls suggesting that aContinue Reading
Emma Watson basically said “Accio Oscars.” The Harry Potter alum made her first red carpet appearance in five months, stepping out at the 2023 Oscars viewing party for the Elton John AIDS Foundation on March 12. Emma was a beauty in an off-the-shoulder, semi-sheer black gown, while carrying a sparkling clutch and showing off aContinue Reading
