Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

At the northwest corner of Cave Creek Road and Carefree Highway in Carefree, a mysterious replica of the iconic Transformer Bumblebee has appeared, welcoming visitors into the city. Where did it come ...

K. John Holmes is the senior board director and scholar at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in Washington DC. Liberty’s Grid: A Founding Father, a Mathematical Dreamland, ...

OpenAI’s latest artificial intelligence (AI) system dropped in September with a bold promise. The company behind the chatbot ChatGPT showcased o1 — its latest suite of large language models (LLMs) — ...