An Almighty Algorithm’s Grand Debut

• The Big Read: Inside the ascendance of Anthropic’s “first lady” • Elon Musk’s flying roadster is finally ready • Plus, Recommendations—our weekly pop culture picks: “ The Betrayal of Shohei Ohtani ,” “ Little Blue Dot ” and “ Furious ” What’s the best measure of AI’s great proliferation? Most obviously, we can sum up the enormous amounts of money generated by OpenAI and Anthropic—a task my colleagues at The Information approach with great vigor . We could also look at how the technology has become a top-of-mind issue in Washington. Or we might consider how AI has become a frequent villain of choice in Hollywood—particularly in horror films . With the technology getting so much screen time,