The Best of The New York Times

A lawyer representing a man who sued an airline relied on artificial intelligence to help prepare a court filing. It did not go well.

In a new study, researchers describe a device that connects the intentions of a paralyzed patient to his physical movements.

For half a century, Geoffrey Hinton nurtured the technology at the heart of chatbots like ChatGPT. Now he worries it will cause serious harm.

Surveillance-based advertising is not only destroying democracy; it also pitches us lousy, overpriced goods.

Once a symbol of affluence, the stretch limo has largely fallen out of favor as the rise of Uber and Lyft, the Great Recession and new regulations hastened a shift to chauffeured vans and S.U.V.s.

A provocative paper from researchers at Microsoft claims A.I. technology shows the ability to understand the way people do. Critics say those scientists are kidding themselves.

Whether the platform is dying or not, it’s time to reckon with how exactly it broke our brains.

Forced to shutter Prune, I’ve been revisiting my original dreams for it — and wondering if there will still be a place for it in the New York of the future.

A few years ago, business was booming. That growth has slowed, with some wondering if the number of consumers has reached its limit.

V.R. treatments may provide relief similar to intravenous opioids — a tantalizing prospect for the millions of Americans living with chronic pain.

The sweet spot for physical activity and longevity seemed to arrive at about 35 minutes a day of brisk walking or other moderate activities.

The demise of a California housing measure shows how progressives abandon progressive values in their own backyards.

When a new landlord bought their building in the Bronx and threatened to raise rents and kick them out, tenants banded together. They never expected how far they might get: the chance to buy their…

At the president’s New Jersey golf course, an undocumented immigrant has worked as a maid since 2013. She said she never imagined she “would see such important people close up.”

Newly unearthed documents reveal how an environmental-minded socialite became an ardent nativist whose money helped sow the seeds of the Trump anti-immigration agenda.

Tracing Putin’s 22-year slide from statesman to tyrant.

A historian of fascism and political atrocity on Trump, the mob and what comes next

It’s good for your mental and physical health, and doesn’t require any equipment. So why does it seem so hard to get started?

«Sports, in general, were not my thing. Running, less so.»

Whether you’re lacing up your running shoes after a few months or a few years, follow these tips to avoid injury and frustration.

The writer Caity Weaver’s pursuit of the manifest destiny of the millennial generation ended up looking better in the photos.

To a yearlong celebration of the centenary of Dada, you can add first-rate restaurants, Art Deco bars and a lake cruise with views of the Alps.

The president has long sold himself as a self-made billionaire, but a Times investigation found that he received at least $413 million in today’s dollars from his father’s real estate empire, much of it through tax dodges in the 1990s.

As the U.S. confronted a new wave of infection and death through the summer and fall, the president’s approach to the pandemic came down to a single question: What would it mean for him?

Everyone wants to be popular online. Some even pay for it. Inside social media’s black market.

Several people involved in the events that took down Twitter this week spoke with The Times. What might have been a pursuit of Bitcoin spun out of control.

More than two dozen women in the tech start-up industry spoke to The New York Times about being sexually harassed by investors and mentors.

Computer programming once had much better gender balance than it does today. What went wrong?

The internet wants you to believe you aren’t doing enough with all that “extra time” you have now. But staying inside and attending to basic needs is plenty.

«“I’m trying to be more OK with just being.”»

We’re in a golden age of progress in artificial intelligence. It’s time to start taking its potential and risks seriously.

Yvon Chouinard has forfeited ownership of the company he founded 49 years ago. The profits will now be used to fight climate change.

More than 300 bookstores have opened in the past couple of years — a revival that is meeting a demand for “real recommendations from real people.”

New research reveals surprising truths about why some work groups thrive and others falter.

«The researchers eventually concluded that what distinguished the ‘‘good’’ teams from the dysfunctional groups was how teammates treated one another.»