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Under Review
Can A.I. Writing Be More Than a Gimmick?
Vauhini Vara consulted ChatGPT to help craft her new book, “Searches.” But the most moving sections are the ones she wrote herself.
By Anna Wiener
The New Yorker Documentary
What Do Adopted Children Owe Their Birth Parents?
In “Filho,” the filmmaker Tomas Ponsteen, who was adopted from Brazil, grapples with whether or not to search for his biological mother.
Crossword
The Crossword: Wednesday, April 9, 2025
One-named pianist dubbed Mr. Showmanship: eight letters.
By Patrick Berry
The Front Row
“A Minecraft Movie” Is a Tale of Two Cinematic Universes
Even a child is unlikely to be entertained by the film’s stream of Minecraft in-jokes—but fans of the director Jared Hess may find something else to excavate.
By Richard Brody
The Front Row
What Pauline Kael Failed to See About Young Film Lovers
The first piece Kael wrote for The New Yorker, “Movies on Television,” suggests why she remains a vexing influence in cinema more than a half century later.
By Richard Brody
Deep State Diaries
“I Am Seeing My Community of Researchers Decimated”
Across the country, the Trump Administration’s assault on public institutions and its cuts to government funding are forcing scientists to abandon their work and the patients who benefit from it.
By E. Tammy Kim
Shouts & Murmurs
An A.I.-Generated Article on How to Tell If the Article You’re Reading Is A.I.-Generated
If artificial intelligence wrote it, redundancies won’t be there. I repeat, if artificial intelligence wrote it, redundancies won’t be there.
By Graham Techler
The Lede
The Other Side of Signalgate
The Trump Administration’s extraordinary security breach has elicited shock, amusement, and anger. An eyewitness in Yemen describes what happened when the bombs started to fall.
By Rozina Ali
The Lede
The Trump Show Comes to the Kennedy Center
Can the fifty-four-year-old arts hub weather the next four years?
By Katy Waldman