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Vogue
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Vogue
How Clairo, Claud, Noa Getzug, and Josh Mehling Made Shelly a Thing
When, in the fall of 2020, Claud Mintz, Noa Getzug, Josh Mehling, and Claire Cottrill released a two-song EP as a band called Shelly, it sounded exactly like what it was: four best friends from college just having fun together. First meeting at Syracuse University—which Mintz and Cottrill, known professionally as the singer-songwriters Claud and Clairo, respectively, had dropped out of early to pursue music full-time—they'd all found themselves marooned in their childhood bedrooms: Mintz in Chicago, Getzug in Los Angeles, Mehling in Houston, and Cottrill in Atlanta, passing MP3s and Voice Memos back and forth until Shelly materialized. From that EP came 'Steeeam,' its guitar progressions perfect for dancing around in our own parents' houses. The song became an unexpectedly viral hit; then, as the world opened up again, the band's members went off in their own directions—Claud, Clairo, and Mehling as musicians, and Getzug in A&R at UMG. This past April, however, the band was back together again, performing 'Steeeam' live for the first time at Coachella—and watching tens of thousands of people sing the lyrics to their little pandemic project back to them. It was only then that they decided to give the people what they wanted and head into the studio, and in July, the band released Shelly 2, an EP with the same Side A/Side B style as its predecessor.
Eater
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Eater
One of LA's Best Thai Restaurants Is Expanding With Two New Locations
is an editor of the Southern California/Southwest region, who covers the evolving landscape of LA's food scene. It's gearing up to be an exciting summer for Holy Basil. Wedchayan 'Deau' Arpapornnopparat's Bangkok-style Thai restaurant is relocating from its original location in Downtown LA to the former Guerrilla Tacos space in the Arts District. The Downtown location on the first floor of Santee Court Apartment will remain open until the move, which is slated for this fall. The Arts District location will feature an expanded menu, along with a beverage program from partner Joy Yuon. But before Holy Basil makes the move to the Arts District, Arpapornnopparat will open a new location of the restaurant in Santa Monica at the end of July. While Holy Basil expands, Arpapornnopparat and Yuon are already cooking up their next idea. The duo is set to open Yhing Yhang BBQ inside the forthcoming Maydan Market in West Adams. The restaurant, which translates to 'more grill' in Thai, will serve gai yhang (grilled chicken thighs) and neuh yhang (grilled beef short ribs), alongside roasted duck curry, among other dishes. Yhing Yhang will be joined by a new Oaxacan stand from Poncho's Tlayudas chef Alfonso 'Poncho' Martinez, Rose Previte's Michelin-starred restaurant Maydan, and more. Mr. Beef is coming to LA On the heels of the release of the latest season of The Bear, Mr. Beef is returning to Los Angeles for a pop-up at Uncle Paulie's Deli on July 19 and 20. The restaurant and its beef sandwiches served as the inspiration for The Bear's fictional restaurant, the Original Beef of Chicagoland. Alongside the sandwiches, Courtney Storer (the culinary producer and a co-executive producer on The Bear) will serve Italian ice from her pop-up, Coco's to Go. A pickle cart sponsored by HexClad and exclusive merchandise will also be on-site. Claud comes to Los Angeles Acclaimed New York restaurant Claud is headed to Los Angeles for a one-night-only collaboration with Dunsmoor on August 7. The set-price menu will be served family-style, with courses that encompass raw, larder, main, and dessert. Tickets are priced at $135 per person, and reservations can be made on OpenTable. Beer and wine at Skaf's on York Highland Park's Lebanese restaurant, Skaf's on York, just added beer and wine to its menu. Head over to the casual eatery for a glass of natural wine or Lebanese beer paired with shawarma plates and hummus. Holbox heads west Chef Gilberto Cetina of Michelin-Starred Holbox is headed to Venice on July 22 for a one-night-only collaborative dinner with Chef José Olmedo Carles Rojas of Si! Mon. The pair will present a six-course tasting menu, priced at $180 per person, and a cantina-style a la carte menu. Reservations are currently sold out on Resy, but limited walk-ins are available. Eater LA All your essential food and restaurant intel delivered to you Email (required) Sign Up By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Eater
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Eater
The Team Behind Penny and Claud Is Opening Another Spot
is an editor and reporter for the Northeast region at Eater, focusing primarily on New York City, where she was born and raised. She covers restaurants, bars, pop-ups, and the people powering them. Chase Sinzer and Joshua Pinsky, the team behind East Village hits Claud and Penny, have signed a third lease at 139 East 12th Street, near Third Avenue. Claud opened in 2022 and was initially billed as a wine bar; functionally, it is a restaurant that has become known for dishes like its chicken, sizzling shrimp, and chocolate layer cake. Penny, which opened upstairs in 2024, is a raw bar. Their new, as-yet-named project, will be an actual wine bar that's more snacky than full meals. The 20-seat space will open sometime in winter 2025 with 1,000+ wine selections from around the world, according to a spokesperson. With all the heaps of accolades their previous two projects have received in the neighborhood, it's fair to say that the new space's few seats will fill up fast. A Taiwanese restaurant family expands in Brooklyn Formosa Dumplings, which first opened in Bushwick in 2023, will add another location in Prospect Heights, at 43 Underhill Avenue, at Dean Street. As Eater reported upon its initial launch, Formosa is run by Chuya Lee and her father, Hsin Chang Lee, a Taiwanese chef, who has been involved in Sanmiwago, the popular dumpling chain, with a following in Manhattan's Chinatown and beyond. But Formosa is a true neighborhood dumpling spot using family recipes. Topical new bar lists 'Fuck ICE' on the menu Frijoleros, a new Mexican cocktail bar with snacks, is opening at 131 Greenpoint Avenue in Greenpoint on Thursday, July 10 — formerly the home of Jungle Cafe. An opening drinks menu posted on Instagram stories lists options like the Fuck ICE (a frozen watermelon margarita with a floater), as well as the Mero Mole (Japanese whiskey and black sesame horchata), and the Fine Sap (tequila, snap peas, green apple, egg white, and lime). Bartender Fabiola Juarez is involved in the project, having grown up working in her family's longtime Bay Ridge Mexican staple, Coszcal de Allende, and more recently bringing it into a new era by relocating the restaurant with a fresh look. She also worked alongside her mother running the pandemic-era tamale pop-up, Maiz a Mesa, in Fort Greene Park. Longtime Roberta's alum leads new pizzeria Turbo Pizza is now open, serving Detroit-style pizza and wings, in very Bushwick digs, with a pool table. Brothers Max and Spencer Nelson, who run the nearby bar, 101 Wilson, are behind the casual new hangout, located at 1540 Dekalb Avenue, at Irving Avenue. Chef John True, who spent over 13 years at Roberta's, is in the kitchen. Eater NY All your essential food and restaurant intel delivered to you Email (required) Sign Up By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Anthropic shows the limits of AI as it scraps blog experiment
Anthropic shows the limits of AI as it scraps blog experiment originally appeared on TheStreet. One of the market's fastest-growing artificial intelligence (AI) startups just terminated one of its initiatives shortly after launching it. Since the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, users have marveled at the chatbot's writing ability, often asking it to break down technical topics. Students quickly seized on these new tools and began using them to write their academic papers, launching an ongoing debate that still has no clear resolution. 💵💰Don't miss the move: Subscribe to TheStreet's free daily newsletter💰💵 As the technology sector's new growth market has evolved, Anthropic has emerged as one of its leading startups, known primarily for its Claud AI model, a popular choice in the tech community. But a recent revelation from the company raises questions about the future of AI as a tool for writing. Early in June 2025, Anthropic quickly launched an initiative intended to demonstrate its models' writing abilities, only to abruptly cease it one week later. Many people outside the tech community likely missed that Anthropic kicked off June 2025 with the launch of Claude Explains, a blog with posts written by its AI models. It featured pieces that instructed readers on how to 'Simplify complex codebases with Claude' and similar highly technical topics tied to only a week of operation, though, Anthropic has opted to scrap the AI blog initiative, quietly removing it from its webpage over the weekend of June 8. Users who click on its former address are now directed back to the company's home page, which does not mention the former blog. According to TechCrunch, while AI models did the writing, human editors still oversaw its posts for accuracy, described as 'subject matter experts and editorial teams." A spokesperson for the company is quoted as saying, '[The blog] is an early example of how teams can use AI to augment their work and provide greater value to their users. Rather than replacing human expertise, we're showing how AI can amplify what subject matter experts can accomplish.' However, now the entire project appears to have ended as quickly as it began, indicating that Anthropic decided the results produced by the blog simply did not justify the resources required to maintain it. But one expert has laid out some reasons why the company likely opted for this course of action. In an article on LinkedIn, AI 4 Writers owner Thomas Testi discussed the early demise of Claude Explains, highlighting a lack of transparency as a factor that worked against it. 'A big problem with Claude Explains was that it was really hard to understand,' he states. 'The blog posts failed to distinguish AI-generated content from human-edited content clearly for readers. In an era where digital audiences are increasingly skeptical of AI-generated media, this absence of disclosure was a breach of trust.' More AI News: Hollywood legend bets big on controversial technology One AI stock makes up 78% of Nvidia's investment portfolio ChatGPT suffers major outage with no restoration date Despite Anthropic's attempts to frame Claude Explains as a resource for AI enthusiasts, Testi also notes that many social media users saw it as a 'thinly veiled attempt to automate content marketing,' an accurate characterization, in his view. Shortly before the launch of Clade Explains, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei caught many people's attention when he predicted that AI would lead to a 'bloodbath' for white-collar workers, particularly for those in early career based on the decision made by his team to terminate its AI blog, it seems that Anthropic doesn't have the technology to completely replace technical writers and bloggers, at least not yet. Additionally, despite its initial framing as a blog written by AI, Claude Explains' content still had oversight from human editors. There is also the possibility that Anthropic might have opted against its AI blogging initiative due to the tendency of AI models to make false claims. According to a recent report from the MIT Sloan School of Management: 'The technology behind generative AI tools isn't designed to differentiate between what's true and what's not true. Even if generative AI models were trained solely on accurate data, their generative nature would mean they could still produce new, potentially inaccurate content by combining patterns in unexpected ways.' The fact that Anthropic has not addressed its decision to terminate the blog suggests it wants to move on quickly, rather than issuing a shows the limits of AI as it scraps blog experiment first appeared on TheStreet on Jun 10, 2025 This story was originally reported by TheStreet on Jun 10, 2025, where it first appeared. Sign in to access your portfolio
Eater
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Eater
Best Dishes NY Editors Ate This Week: June 9
With Eater editors dining out sometimes several times a day, we come across lots of standout dishes , and we don't want to keep any secrets. Check back for the best things we ate this week. Half chicken with lovage and pickled peppers at Claud I'm on a mission, it seems, to try every half- and whole chicken on menus around town: so it was a given that we'd order the half-chicken at Claud during a recent visit. It was a hit. So juicy and so savory, the dish is dressed with lovage and a shower of pickles. There's plenty of brine without overwhelming the dish, but make sure you order (housemade) bread for the plate. (Maybe practice restraint if you're saving room for the restaurant's famous slice of chocolate cake.) 90 E. 10th Street, at Third Avenue, East Village — Melissa McCart, lead editor, Northeast After writing about Mama's Pizza closing on the Upper West Side last month, I figured it was time for me to check out the founders' grandson's downtown slice spinoff Mama's Too. I walked past the very long time outside of L'industrie Pizzeria to this unassuming pizza shop, quickly ordered my new slices, and found a seat in the crowded space. I got one of each format: the Angry Nonna square slice, a nice sweet-savory combination thanks to the slightly zingy hot honey and chile oil; and then the house slice, which was a perfect rendition of what a fresh pizza slice should be (together for $11.25 with tax and tip). I regret not getting a sandwich, but there's always next time. 323-325 Bleecker Street, near Christopher Street, West Village — Nadia Chaudhury, editor, Northeast Naks, the Filipino restaurant from the Unapologetic Foods team, has switched over to an a la carte menu for the entire restaurant (the main room was previously reserved for the $135 tasting menu-style kamayan). The new format means groups can try much more food, and the standout for us was the Kanto fried chicken ($16) — boneless chicken that managed to be incredibly crispy, hot, and tender even after we went back for seconds 20 minutes after it was served. Don't miss the grilled lemon soda pork belly ($16) or the clay-pot adobo rice, ($32) either. 201 First Avenue, between East 12th and 13th streets, East Village — Stephanie Wu, editor-in-chief This past Sunday, a group of friends and I were lucky enough to grab a last-minute reservation at the very intimate and often-crowded Lost and Found in Long Beach. It's a very unassuming spot that never disappoints and keeps you coming back with its seasonal changes and frequent menu updates. I was pleasantly surprised to see a bison strip loin, which came dressed with an incredibly vibrant house-made chimichurri sauce that blew me away. I also snuck bites of my wife's bistro burger, which never fails to deliver. Pro-tip: Do not skip the charred cheesecake. 951 West Beech Street, Long Beach — Connor Reid, senior video producer Tuna sandwich at Bottega Crown Heights daytime offerings leveled up in a big way this summer. First, Lisbonata, the Portuguese egg tart pop-up, opened an order-through-the-window permanent location. (The yuzu and pistachio flavors are a must!) Then, on the other side of Eastern Parkway, Bottega, a coffee shop with food, is also new. It's here that I had some of my favorite sandwiches of late. We went for the chicken Milanese with broccoli rabe and provolone, a fancy take on the Italian classic; as well as the tuna with pickled red onion, marinated artichoke, fried capers, fontina, pistou rosé, and lemon aioli on griddled milk bread, basically an adult tuna melt (both $16). Venture to both businesses on a summer Friday and you'll have the ideal lunch bang bang. 619 St. Johns Place and 215 Rogers Avenue — Emma Orlow, editor, Northeast Now that the weather is heating up, one of my favorite places to people-watch is Bar Italia on Madison Avenue, where I just spotted Vera Wang and lots of decked-out shoppers. I don't usually think of pasta as a light choice, with the exception of this dish ($42), made with incredibly sweet fresh cherry tomatoes simmered for hours before whole filets of Mediterranean fish are added. Chef Dennis Franceschini always has seasonal specials, and if you get there in the next week or two, you can still catch the oversized white asparagus — sweet, nutty, and so soft you can cut it with a fork. 768 Madison Avenue, between 65th and 66th Streets — Beth Landman, contributing writer, Northeast Sign up for our newsletter.
