Chatbots are charming – but can they keep a secret?
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // Much has been made of the surface-level dangers of generative artificial intelligence: It writes like a robot, invents facts and struggles with nuance. These are…
David Chauvin
No. 950: Seizing the day, hiring the DOGE’d, getting into the Zono – and Long Island goes to the movies!
Horse sense: Welcome to Wednesday, friends, as this latest busy workweek rounds the clubhouse turn and the shortest month of the year gallops toward the finish. Win, place or…
Online-search woes multiply as Google dips, AI rises
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // For nearly two decades, Google has enjoyed an iron grip on the search-engine market – but the rise of artificial intelligence-driven search alternatives, most notably…
No. 936: Kicking off 2025 with important LI surveys, next-gen med-tech and the true King of Rock ’n’ Roll
By popular demand: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just any Wednesday but (already) the second Wednesday of 2025 – and the midpoint of the first full workweek…
No. 935: Wrapping up 2024 with holiday hits, IDA deals and plenty of sangria (and our highest hopes for 2025)
Sixteen days of Christmas: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and not just any Friday but the last Friday before Christmas and Hanukkah – and the last Friday of the…
PR mega-merger threatens the very soul of creativity
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // In one memorable episode of “Mad Men,” Sterling Cooper merges into the tongue-twisting Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, igniting a chaotic clash of egos and overlapping…
No. 922: The election from Hell, Halloween and other terrors, with candy corn (yikes!) and cabbage (eek!)
Fear itself: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as harrowing horrors, ghastly ghouls, brain-dead beasts and other morbid monstrosities terrorize townsfolk and curse the countryside. It’s also the night before…
Fyre alarm: How criminal failure can fuel huge success
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // With only 11 days until Election Day and the exhausting, omnipresent punditry aiming to push voters to the polls, it’s important to remember that politics…
No. 908: Food for thought, and food for the hungry, on 9/11 (and every day)
Green day: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we jet through another late-Summer/quasi-Fall workweek. Speaking of jets, sincere apologies to New York Jets fans and appreciative thank-yous to the…
One way or another, nonvoters will decide Election 2024
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // On Nov. 8, 1960, John F. Kennedy was elected President of the United States in one of the closest and most influential elections in U.S….
No. 890: In which wind hubs break ground, the deafblind gear up and love rules all, especially in the kitchen
Playground primer: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as our socioeconomic seesaw tilts toward the latter half of another busy workweek. We’re jumping off the grueling merry-go-round and sliding into…
Election fatigue: The struggle is real, and getting worse
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // Thirty years ago – on June 17, 1994 – came the wildest day in the history of sports media. The New York Rangers had just…
No. 875: Historical ‘Tales,’ water works and beloved Shea Stadium, on a day when you should go bananas
Due diligence: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as another demanding workweek – complete with challenging schedules and changeable springtime weather patterns – runs its busy course. No hump day would…
Meta physics, royal pains in the age of digital disclosure
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // Two seemingly disparate events have recently captured our collective attention: the British Royal Family’s handling of media relations and Meta’s strategic decision to steer away…
No. 859: Oysters rejoice, East End Food updates and NASCAR roars to life, with (another) C-3PO cameo
Bright ideas: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we roll through another busy – and much sunnier – workweek. It’s Feb. 21 out there, the days are growing longer…