Technology

City Life

Should We Trust AI? A Penn Expert Weighs In

As AI has become a part of our everyday lives, so has existential dread about where this whole “intelligent machines” thing will lead us. Rather […]

City Life

I Hosted a Podcast on Artificial Intelligence. Then My AI Doppelgänger Showed Up

Sometime in the winter of 2021, I went to check my long-neglected LinkedIn but couldn’t find my password. Rather than go through the rigamarole of […]

City Life

Philly’s AI Revolution: 16 Fascinating Ways Philadelphia Is Using Artificial Intelligence

Mere human intelligence? That’s for plebeians and Luddites. If it suddenly feels like we’re all augmenting our game with artificial intelligence — that’s because we […]

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City Life

How Philly Learned to Love AI: Everything You Need to Know About Our Bot-Powered Future

Artificial intelligence is officially everywhere in Philly (including lots of places you’d never think to look). Here, everything you need to know about the brave […]

City Life

Five Really Smart Philadelphians Talk About What AI Can (and Can’t) Do

We ask five really smart local leaders about the capabilities of AI technology (and, for fun, their favorite work of science fiction). The Marketing Maven […]

City Life

From AI to Crypto, When Did Everything Get So … Fake?

So there’s this 31-year-old schlub named Sam Bankman-Fried who built this company called FTX that investors sank billions of dollars into because it sounded new […]

Foobooz

Do Diners Dream of Tipping Robots?

Every night at 1721 Chestnut Street, Kur-B the robot gets plugged back into the wall and shuts down to slumber. Twelve hours later Kur-B will […]

City Life

Philly Entrepreneur Creates Search Engine for Jobs That Don’t Require Marijuana Testing

Let’s say you’re on the hunt for a job. So you turn to any of a number of job search engines out there — maybe […]

the company behind the noria aka kapsul air conditioner, which was philadelphia's biggest kickstarter campaign ever, is a spectacular failure
City Life

Philly’s Biggest Kickstarter Ever Is Still Infuriating Backers Five Years Later

The Noria air conditioner, now called the Kapsul air conditioner, sounded like a great idea way back in 2016. That’s when South Philly engineer Kurt […]

malcolm burnley, co-host of NPR's new AI Nation podcast, which is a podcast about artificial intelligence
City Life

This Philly Journalist’s Podcast About Artificial Intelligence Will Scare the Hell Out of You

There are lots of (read: way too many) podcasts in this world. But one that has really caught our attention of late is the new […]

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NextHealth PHL

NextUp: The Philly Company Making It Easier to Live With Migraine

“NextUp” is a weekly NextHealth PHL feature that highlights the local leaders, organizations and research shaping the Greater Philadelphia region’s life sciences ecosystem. Email qmuse@phillymag.com with pitches […]

NextHealth PHL

RoseAnn Rosenthal Steps Down as CEO of Ben Franklin Tech Partners

For 25 years, RoseAnn Rosenthal has served as the president and chief executive officer of Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Ben Franklin), the […]

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Be Well Philly

How to Finally Break Your Phone Addiction This Year

You keep saying you want less screen time. Catherine Price, Philly-based author of How to Break Up With Your Phone, tells you how to finally […]

Foobooz

Mezcal Negronis Are on the Menu at El Techo, the All-Year Rooftop Bar From the Suraya Crew

The third and final restaurant at the Pod Philly hotel, El Techo, opens tonight, October 23rd, on the eleventh floor of the hotel with a […]

NextHealth PHL

Q&A: NeuroFlow and Genomind Team Up to Advance Mental Health Care

Genomind, a King of Prussia-based mental health company, and NeuroFlow, a Philadelphia-based health care analytics and technology company, recently announced an agreement to partner their […]