What a COVID Commission Tells Us About AI Governance

The parallels between the COVID pandemic and the AI revolution are not obvious at first glance. One was a biological event. The other is a technological transformation. The timelines differ. The decision-makers differ. But John Chachas sees a structural similarity that matters: in both cases, decisions with enormous consequences for ordinary people were made rapidly,…

9,500 Surgeries and Counting: The Lasting Legacy of Vanessa Getty’s PURR Sale

The PURR Sale ended in an afternoon. The thing it funded is still running. That gap—between the brevity of the event and the duration of its impact—is what makes the PURR Sale worth examining closely. Vanessa Getty created the luxury fashion fundraiser in 2008 not as a one-time occasion but as a funding mechanism for…