I felt my body was turning me into a bimbo — and I wanted to be an intellectual. Dolly proved we could have boobs and brains.

San Francisco is blanketed in AI ads that make no sense – and most of us have stopped reading them. But others are fighting back.

Crying in the shower. Taking mental health leave. This is what it’s like to work at the tech giant during the AI job apocalypse.

Crying in the shower. Taking mental health leave. This is what it’s like to work at the tech giant during the AI job apocalypse.

No supervisor has yet introduced a bill to rename Cesar Chavez Street.

Residents have strong feelings about refuse — including the fact that there never seems to be anywhere to put it.

The SF Monterey Blvd. murder house sold for $2.2M. Why the sale price is a San Francisco tragedy.

A homeowner is offering his 13-acre estate in exchange for Anthropic stock. He’s already talking to shareholders, he said.

Members of the National Science Board, which the US Congress founded in 1950, were given no explanation for their termination.

From drunk barfing at the de Young gala to Willie Brown’s “secret” drink recipe, we’re spilling all the SF tea. Plus: A Noe Valley polycule is hiring (height requirements apply!) and a sea lion pup ta...

Student loans and the Bay Area’s staggering cost of living are pushing physicians out of the hospital and into lucrative AI-training gigs.

A man was arrested within hours. OpenAI says the suspect made threats at company headquarters.

The Standard’s ‘PST’ podcast hosts couldn’t believe what houses are selling for right now. Let’s see how you do.

California City is a tiny town that’s become home to the state’s largest ICE detention center. Residents want it gone, but the mayor is struggling to do anything about it.

Six more months of giant Burner vibes on San Francisco’s waterfront. “R-Evolution,” the 45-foot metal nude that first wowed Burning Man crowds, isn’t going anywhere soon after Rec and Parks extended h...

At three San Francisco schools that have instituted phone bans, the hallways are filled with noise and the students are focused on learning — all without a cell in sight.

“Erik, you’re not crazy.” ChatGPT fueled a 56-year-old tech industry veteran’s paranoia, encouraging his suspicions that his mother was plotting against him.

“It’s getting out of hand,” one seller says. “They realize the US market is a gold mine.”

Neil Young has requested that his Facebook account stop being used, with the rocker quitting in response to Meta chatbots interacting with children.

Police are requesting the public’s help locating an 11-year-old boy from San Jose who has been missing since Monday. He was last known to be heading to San Francisco on public transportation.

"For 3 months, he had replaced sodium chloride with sodium bromide obtained from the internet after consultation with ChatGPT."

Discreet devices and software are recording everything. Is it legal? And do you consent?