Tag Archives: NYT

The White House Bet Big on Intel. Will It Backfire?

A plan to revive U.S. chip manufacturing rests partly on a company that is firing workers and delaying factories, even as the government pushes for the opposite.

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Former OpenAI Researcher Says Company Broke Copyright Law

Suchir Balaji helped gather and organize the enormous amounts of internet data used to train the startup’s ChatGPT chatbot.

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Character.ai Faces Lawsuit After Teen’s Suicide

The mother of a 14-year-old Florida boy says he became obsessed with a chatbot on Character.AI before his death.

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As Election Looms, Disinformation ‘Has Never Been Worse’

A torrent of falsehoods, from home and abroad, have undermined what was once a shared faith in the honesty of America’s democracy.

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How to Use Images From Your Phone to Search the Web

If you’re not sure how to describe what you want with keywords, use your camera or photo library to get those search results.

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OpenAI Hires Aaron Chatterji to Be Its Chief Economist

Aaron Chatterji was chief economist at the Commerce Department under President Biden and served on President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers.

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Ward Christensen, Early Visionary of Social Media, Dies at 78

Housebound during a 1978 blizzard, he and a friend began devising the first computer bulletin board, a forerunner of online services like Reddit, TikTok and Facebook.

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Elon Musk’s Big Business and Conflicts of Interest With the U.S. Government

Mr. Musk, who holds billions in federal contracts, wants to be in charge of the regulators that oversee him if Donald Trump wins.

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Microsoft and OpenAI’s Close Partnership Shows Signs of Fraying

The “best bromance in tech” has had a reality check as OpenAI has tried to change its deal with Microsoft and the software maker has tried to hedge its bet on the start-up.

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This $350 Oura Ring 4 Tracks Your Sleep. Is It Worth the Splurge?

The $350 Oura Ring 4 looks sleek and cool, and it may be useful for data-hungry health enthusiasts. But it failed this sleep-deprived parent.

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