‘OpenAI is likely to fail now’: writer and scientist Gary Marcus on the sacking of Sam Altman
This morning, OpenAI – the firm behind ChatGPT – rehired its chief executive, Sam Altman, after it fired him on…
Inside the Armistice Day protests
The Metropolitan Police today staged their largest-ever operation with two marches – the pro-Palestinian march and a smaller counter-protest –…
Kamala Harris doesn’t get AI
At least Kamala Harris managed to avoid the dreaded phrase that we should ‘harness AI’s ‘potential’. But that was just…
Both sides deny being behind Gaza hospital strike
Who is responsible for the bombing of a hospital in Gaza? This evening as many as 500 people are thought…
Netanyahu: ‘What we will do to our enemies will echo for generations’
Just a week ago, Benjamin Netanyahu was urging Israelis to take a break. He said citizens should ‘go for a…
Martin Amis 1949-2023: How The Spectator covered his life
Martin Amis died in Florida on Friday, of oesophageal cancer at the age of 73. Some of The Spectator’s best…
Why are the Nat Cons so serious?
The problem with socialism, the saying goes, is that it takes up too many evenings. Well, the National Conservatism conference,…
What the V&A Dundee exhibition doesn’t tell you about tartan
Angus Colwell is not convinced that the V&A Dundee’s exhibition Tartan is what the city needs
20 years on: How The Spectator covered the Iraq war
This morning, two decades ago, ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’ began. A bombing campaign of ‘shock and awe’ was launched, with George…
Xi’s nuclear warnings are a coup for Scholz
Checks and balances on Vladimir Putin don’t come from inside Russia. The people around him supported forced mobilisation, pushed his…
Putin at 70: How The Spectator has covered his life
Vladimir Putin turns 70 today. Since he became Prime Minister of Russia in 1999, some of The Spectator’s greatest contributors…
Welcome to the weird world of the New Right: Subversive podcast reviewed
Subversive is a podcast that documents the world of the ‘New Right’, a strange development in conservatism. Host Alex Kaschuta,…
What's behind Putin's no-show?
Has Vladimir Putin carried out a cynical stunt, or ducked out of a seismic decision? That’s the debate among Kremlinologists…
Why would the Saudis bail out Biden?
Is Saudi Arabia shunning Washington? Mohammed bin Salman has reportedly been refusing to phone Joe Biden, who wants the kingdom to…
Glorious and bracing interrogation of the world's smartest people: Conversations with Tyler reviewed
Tyler Cowen is a man who leaves you at once in awe and perturbed. He is the Holbert L. Harris…
Omicron: cause for hope?
It will be weeks before we know just how worried we should be about Omicron — but the first indications seem…
TikTok's fake news problem
Something troubling is happening on TikTok. The video sharing app is sometimes dismissed as a place where young people go…
