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    Europe’s A.I. ‘Champion’ Sets Sights on Tech Giants in U.S.

    Arthur Mensch, tall and lean with a flop of unkempt hair, arrived for a speech last month at a sprawling tech hub in Paris...

    Tell Us: Has Elon Musk’s Behavior Affected How You View Tesla?

    Endorsing an antisemitic post on X. Withholding Starlink satellite internet service from Ukraine to prevent a drone attack on Russian forces. Reposting conspiracy theorists...

    Despite the Watch World’s Secrecy, Data Services Expand

    Unlike the consumer goods, beverage or retail sectors, the note continued, there are no large consultancies publishing market share data on the Swiss watch...

    Humane’s AI Pin Wants to Free You From Your Phone

    On a recent afternoon, I held a bagel in front of me and said: “Look and tell me if this is healthy.”A monotone voice...

    What Happened When a German Car Factory Went All Electric

    Zwickau, a city in Germany’s east, may not be as famous as Detroit, but its economy has revolved around internal combustion engines since August...

    How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.

    In late 2021, OpenAI faced a supply problem.The artificial intelligence lab had exhausted every reservoir of reputable English-language text on the internet as it...

    Maryland Passes 2 Major Privacy Bills, Despite Tech Industry Pushback

    The Maryland legislature this weekend passed two sweeping privacy bills that aim to restrict how powerful tech platforms can harvest and use the personal...

    In Battle Over Health Care Costs, Private Equity Plays Both Sides

    Insurance companies have long blamed private-equity-owned hospitals and physician groups for exorbitant billing that drives up health care costs. But a tool backed by...

    What to Know About Tech Companies Using A.I. to Teach Their Own A.I.

    OpenAI, Google and other tech companies train their chatbots with huge amounts of data culled from books, Wikipedia articles, news stories and other sources...

    Is A.I. Already Taking Jobs? +A Filmmaker Tries Sora + The XZ Backdoor Caper

    Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTubeThis week we look at how A.I. is affecting jobs. As companies start...

    Did One Guy Just Stop a Huge Cyberattack?

    The internet, as anyone who works deep in its trenches will tell you, is not a smooth, well-oiled machine.It’s a messy patchwork that has...

    Fisker’s Ocean SUV investigated for doors that won’t open

    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a third investigation into EV startup Fisker’s Ocean SUV, this time centered on problems getting the...

    Tesla’s Sales Fell in First Quarter as Competition Intensified

    Tesla, which has been accustomed to brisk growth, reported a drop in car sales during the first three months of the year as models...

    China’s Advancing Efforts to Influence the U.S. Election Raise Alarms

    Covert Chinese accounts are masquerading online as American supporters of former President Donald J. Trump, promoting conspiracy theories, stoking domestic divisions and attacking President...

    Why Did Matt Farley Put a Song About Me on Spotify?

    These days, the song brings in about $1,200 per month, enough to pay his rent, Casey told me, with what sounded like a Lebowskian...

    Is Garry Tan San Francisco’s ‘Twitter Menace’ or True Believer?

    But Mr. Tan’s passion, as it is for a growing number of tech industry leaders, is San Francisco politics. He is one of a...