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    Supreme Court to Consider Social Media Laws From Texas and Florida

    The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday in a pair of cases that could fundamentally change discourse on the internet by defining, for...

    What to Know About the Supreme Court Case on Free Speech on Social Media

    Social media companies are bracing for Supreme Court arguments on Monday that could fundamentally alter the way they police their sites.After Facebook, Twitter and...

    A Marketplace of Girl Influencers Managed by Moms and Stalked by Men

    The ominous messages began arriving in Elissa’s inbox early last year.“You sell pics of your underage daughter to pedophiles,” read one. “You’re such a...

    Google DeepMind C.E.O. Demis Hassabis on the Path From Chatbots to A.G.I.

    Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTubeThis week’s episode is a conversation with Demis Hassabis, the head of Google’s artificial...

    Instagram’s Uneasy Rise as a News Site

    On a recent Wednesday in Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood, Mosheh Oinounou, a former producer for CBS, Bloomberg News and Fox News, swiped through Instagram. He...

    Google Is Giving Away Some of the A.I. That Powers Chatbots

    When Meta shared the raw computer code needed to build a chatbot last year, rival companies said Meta was releasing poorly understood and perhaps...

    Inside the Funding Frenzy at Anthropic, One of A.I.’s Hottest Start-Ups

    Last May, Anthropic, one of the world’s hottest artificial intelligence start-ups, raised $450 million from investors including Google and Salesforce. It was the beginning...

    Plans to Expand U.S. Chip Manufacturing Are Running Into Obstacles

    In December 2022, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the key maker of the world’s most cutting-edge chips, said it planned to spend $40 billion in...

    Facial Recognition in Airports: Biometrics Technology Is Expanding

    On a recent Thursday morning in Queens, travelers streamed through the exterior doors of La Guardia Airport’s Terminal C. Some were bleary-eyed — most...

    The Antitrust Enforcers Aimed at Big Tech. Then Came the Backlash.

    The South Korean government unleashed a wave of panic across the internet industry: The country’s antitrust regulator said it would enact the toughest competition...

    In Big Election Year, A.I.’s Architects Move Against Its Misuse

    Artificial intelligence companies have been at the vanguard of developing the transformative technology. Now they are also racing to set limits on how A.I....

    Elon Musk Says SpaceX Has Switched Incorporation to Texas

    The private rocket company SpaceX has switched where it is incorporated to Texas from Delaware, its founder, Elon Musk, said on Wednesday, weeks after...

    Hackers for China, Russia and Others Used OpenAI Systems, Report Says

    Hackers working for nation-states have used OpenAI’s systems in the creation of their cyberattacks, according to research released Wednesday by OpenAI and Microsoft.The companies...

    The Friar Who Became the Vatican’s Go-To Guy on A.I.

    Before dawn, Paolo Benanti climbed to the bell tower of his 16th-century monastery, admired the sunrise over the ruins of the Roman forum and...

    When the Voice You Hear Is Not the Actor You See

    In the darkest moments of a family tragedy, when the playwright Mona Pirnot couldn’t find the strength to verbalize her feelings to her boyfriend...

    Imran Khan Uses A.I. To Give Victory Speech in Pakistan

    Imran Khan, Pakistan’s former prime minister, has spent the duration of the country’s electoral campaign in jail, disqualified from running in what experts have...