When I moved from Florida to Colombia, I could afford a luxurious lifestyle with a chef and maid. I can’t justify living in the US anymore.
The author (left) moved from Florida to Colombia with his wife (right). I was born, raised, and spent most of my life in Milwaukee. I married and had three children with my first wife there. After vacationing in Maui, Hawaii, in my 30s, my wife and I decided to move there in 2014. We fell…
My trip to Las Vegas to celebrate my 40th birthday was a victory lap, not a midlife crisis
I celebrated my 40th birthday in Las Vegas with friends and had a wonderful time entering the newest decade of my life. When I first began planning a Las Vegas trip with my girlfriends to celebrate my 40th birthday, I was a bit uneasy. While I packed, I found myself trying on the tight, sparkly…
Bleak images show snapshots of daily life in the closed world of North Korea
A man looking toward the North Korean city of Namyang from the city of Tumen in Jilin province, northeast China. It’s still rare for the outside world to get a glimpse of daily life in North Korea. The country only recently allowed Western tourists back in following the COVID-19 pandemic, and sometimes photographers have difficulty…
Studio Ghibli has few legal options to stop OpenAI from ripping off its style
OpenAI introduced a new viral feature allowing people to generate images in the anime style of Studio Ghibli. With ChatGPT’s new Ghiblifying feature, OpenAI is digging into its aggressive stance on copyright law. OpenAI’s 4o image generation tool, made available for paying ChatGPT users this week, allows people to transform images into the style of…
ChatGPT can’t decide whether its Ghibli-style images violate copyright or not
An image generated by OpenAI’s 4o tool showing an older artist being angry at a young tech executive When AI-generated Ghibli-style images started popping up on social media this week, I contacted OpenAI. The startup had just launched a new image-generation tool called 4o, a powerful upgrade from its DALL-E 3 service. Users started asking…
I’m Poppi’s cofounder and chief brand officer. I love chaos and never take a lunch break — here’s what a day in my life looks like.
Allison Ellsworth, the cofounder and chief brand officer of Poppi. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Allison Ellsworth, the 37-year-old cofounder and chief brand officer of Poppi based in Austin. It’s been edited for length and clarity. Before starting Poppi, I was an independent landman contractor who traveled across the US to…
It’s too risky for Luigi Mangione to have a laptop in jail, even without internet: DA
Luigi Mangione is Luigi Mangione wants a laptop — and while federal prosecutors do not object, state prosecutors say that even a device with no internet access could put witnesses at risk of harm by “those who sympathize with him.” “There is a concern that should defendant have unfettered access to video surveillance, he may…
I’ve moved all over the world for love. I struck out a few times until I finally met the man I’d marry.
I (not pictured) have fallen in love abroad a few times. I love love. I love the full experience of it, from falling hard for someone you want to glue yourself to 24/7 to maturely navigating the ups and downs of a relationship. I love the give-and-take, the blending of safety and passion, and the…
I’m a pediatrician working in the middle of Texas’s measles outbreak. Here’s what I want parents to know.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dr. Lara Johnson, chief medical officer of Covenant Health Lubbock Service Area and Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock, Texas. It has been edited for length and clarity. The children’s hospital in Lubbock, Texas, where I work, saw its first measles case about a month ago. Since…
