Walter Isaacson

Ada Lovelace Already Answered the Big Questions About A.I.

What Ada Lovelace can teach us as we develop artificial intelligence.

Angus King and Mark Hertling

Lethality and Testosterone Will Get Us Only So Far

Backing down on Ukraine while failing in Iran is an invitation to our enemies.

The Editorial Board

A.I. Companies Say They Aren’t Responsible for Their Unpredictable Products. Don’t Believe Them.

A.I. giants must operate under our laws.

Stephen Stromberg

She Could Flip the Senate. All She Wants to Talk About Are Fish and Diesel.

Inside the weird campaign that could flip the Senate to the Democrats.

letters

The Flawed Search for a Chatbot’s Soul

Readers discuss a front-page article about assertions that A.I. models could display human behavior and consciousness.

Some Republicans Reject Trump’s Move to Import Diesel Fuel From Russia

High diesel costs have posed a problem for Republicans in the midterms, but President Trump’s decision did not satisfy some candidates in key Senate races.

In the Senate, Collins Often Defies Trump but Rarely Stops Him

A New York Times analysis of Senator Susan Collins’s voting record shows that she frequently breaks with Republicans but more seldom changes an outcome.

For Trump, a Firing Squad on Livestream Becomes the Latest Spectacle

The idea seemed to surprise even some inside the Trump administration.

On the Ground — Well, in the Ground — in Kansas

Adam Hamilton wants to be the first Democrat to win a Senate seat there in nearly 100 years.

Trump Casts Himself as Columbus’s Protector in Pitch to Italian Americans

President Trump sought to inject the Genoese explorer into the current political conversation.