Harvard Gazette Highlights: Fairy Tales, CS50's AI Tutor, and Paul Giamatti

Harvard's Gazette has highlighted a life immersed in beauty and horror, as Maria Tatar has spent her career tracing the evolution of folk and fairy tales and explaining why they still matter.

David Malan said CS50's AI tutor is a net positive — and getting better. Separately, the monster Paul Giamatti always wanted to play is explored, with "Rhinoceros" cast members revealing the feral film performances that inspire them to get into character.

Trisha Pasricha offered a literary prescription: the English humorist's "uniquely boundless optimism," suggesting it's Monday, so try Wodehouse.

Featured events include "Redesigning School for the AI Era" at the Harvard Graduate School of Education at noon Monday, an opening reception for "An Introduction to Van Lévé" at the Alain Locke Gallery of African & African American Art from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, and "Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines," a Harvard Science Book Talk at 6 p.m. Tuesday.