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    In Milan, Putting an A.I. Travel Assistant to the Test

    The human touchIn contrast, the Locanda Pandenus, where I stayed the second night, on the recommendation of Franziska Basso, a Milan-based travel designer for...

    Generative A.I. Can Add $4.4 Trillion in Value to Global Economy, Study Says

    “Generative artificial intelligence” is set to add up to $4.4 trillion of value to the global economy annually, according to a report from McKinsey...

    Fred Ryan, Publisher of Washington Post, Will Step Down

    Fred Ryan, the publisher and chief executive of The Washington Post, told employees on Monday that he was stepping down, ending his nearly decade-long...

    Silicon Valley Confronts the Singularity

    For decades, Silicon Valley anticipated the moment when a new technology would come along and change everything. It would unite human and machine, probably...

    How Could AI Destroy Humanity?

    Last month, hundreds of well-known people in the world of artificial intelligence signed an open letter warning that A.I. could one day destroy humanity.“Mitigating...

    Founders of Three Arrows, Failed Crypto Fund, Are Living Large

    Mr. Zhu said he was tuning out the criticism. On Twitter, he responded to a negative article in The Wall Street Journal by quoting...

    GM’s Electric Vehicles Will Use Tesla’s Charging Network

    General Motors said on Thursday that it would adopt Tesla technology to charge its electric vehicles, including selling models that use the plugs pioneered...

    The AI Boom Is Pulling Tech Entrepreneurs Back to San Francisco

    Doug Fulop’s and Jessie Fischer’s lives in Bend, Ore., were idyllic. The couple moved there last year, working remotely in a 2,400-square-foot house surrounded...

    Spotify Podcast Layoffs Will Affect Gimlet and Parcast Workers

    Spotify, the audio streaming platform, said on Monday that it planned to lay off about 200 people, including workers at the popular podcast studios...

    Robert Kennedy Jr., With Musk, Pushes Right-Wing Ideas and Misinformation

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a scion of one of the country’s most famous Democratic families, on Monday dived into the full embrace of a...

    These Activists Distrust Voting Machines. Just Don’t Call Them Election Deniers.

    For decades, Lulu Friesdat made election integrity her life’s work. Drawing support from activists and academics, she co-founded Smart Elections, a nonpartisan group that...

    U.S. Proposes Requiring New Cars to Have Automatic Braking Systems

    The technology could help reduce fatal accidents.Traffic fatalities are one of the most persistent causes of death in the United States, and they are...

    Don Bateman, Trailblazer in Airline Safety, Dies at 91

    Don Bateman, an engineer who invented a cockpit device that warns airplane pilots with colorful screen displays and dire audible alerts like “Caution Terrain!”...

    Boeing and NASA Delay Launch of Starliner Over Parachutes and Wiring

    Why It Matters: NASA needs two rides to orbit.To get to and from the space station, NASA currently relies on SpaceX, the company founded...

    Europe Frets U.S. Battery Factory Subsidies Will Hurt, Not Help

    European leaders complained for years that the United States was not doing enough to fight climate change. Now that the Biden administration has devoted...

    California Builds the Future, for Good and Bad. What’s Next?

    California was the first state to pass tailpipe-emissions standards, the first to legalize the medical use of marijuana, the first to adopt paid family...