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How does one begin to tell an odyssey? For Raffaela Naldi Rossano—the subject of this summer issue’s cover story—there are three basic elements. The first is home, a recurring element in the artist’s practice, here taking the form of transformed domestic objects that, as Francesco Urbano Ragazzi writes, move art “away from the capitalist solitude of the last thirty years to reconnect with history.” The second is the sea, specifically a Mediterranean boat trip that engenders the artis...

Is the hype (and doomsaying) around generative A.I. programs like ChatGPT obscuring what the technology actually does—and its genuine limitations and dangers?

In today’s letters to the editor: MPs and lobbying; nuclear waste; ChatGPT; heart attacks; measles; don’t be rude; climate change