Fears About A.I. Prompt Talks of Super PACs to Rein In the Industry

Fears About A.I. Prompt Talks of Super PACs to Rein In the Industry

As artificial intelligence companies prepare to pour money into the midterm elections, some in the A.I. world are hatching plans of their own to curb the industry’s influence.

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The Interview: How Wikipedia Is Responding to the Culture Wars

The Interview: How Wikipedia Is Responding to the Culture Wars

Attacks against the site are piling up. Its co-founder says, Trust the process.

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What Is Agentic A.I., and Would You Trust It to Book a Flight?

What Is Agentic A.I., and Would You Trust It to Book a Flight?

Companies are racing to develop artificial intelligence tools that can make reservations for flights, hotels and more on your behalf. Here’s what to know.

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A.I. Can Do More of Your Shopping This Holiday Season

A.I. Can Do More of Your Shopping This Holiday Season

New tools and features from retailers and tech companies use artificial intelligence to help people find gifts and make decisions about their shopping lists.

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I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse.

I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse.

My students’ easy access to chatbots forced me to make humanities instruction even more human.

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RealPage Agrees to Settle Federal Rent-Collusion Case

RealPage Agrees to Settle Federal Rent-Collusion Case

The Justice Department had accused the real estate software company of enabling landlords to charge tenants more than free-market rates.

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An Auto Holy Grail: Motors That Don’t Rely on Chinese Rare Earths

An Auto Holy Grail: Motors That Don’t Rely on Chinese Rare Earths

Weary of being captive to geopolitics, car companies are looking for ways to replace powerful rare-earth magnets in electric motors.

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X Displays Users’ Locations, Fueling Scrutiny Over Political Accounts

X Displays Users’ Locations, Fueling Scrutiny Over Political Accounts

Online sleuths quickly found that some accounts posting about U.S. politics, including those in support of the MAGA movement, appeared not to be based in the United States.

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How OpenAI’s Changes Sent Some Users Spiraling

How OpenAI’s Changes Sent Some Users Spiraling

OpenAI adjusted ChatGPT’s settings, which left some users spiraling, according to our reporting. Kashmir Hill, who reports on technology and privacy, describes what the company has

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What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality

What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality

In tweaking its chatbot to appeal to more people, OpenAI made it riskier for some of them. Now the company has made its chatbot safer. Will that undermine its quest for growth?

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A.I. Toy Bear Speaks of Sex, Knives and Pills, Consumer Group Warns

A.I. Toy Bear Speaks of Sex, Knives and Pills, Consumer Group Warns

The chatter left startled adults unsure whether they heard correctly. Testers warned that interactive toys like this one could allow children to stray into inappropriate exchanges.

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Cryptology Group Held an Election, but Can’t Decrypt the Results

Cryptology Group Held an Election, but Can’t Decrypt the Results

A global group of researchers was unable to read the vote tally, after an official lost one of three secret code keys needed to unlock a hyper-secure election system.

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The Fate of Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly Is Now in a Judge’s Hands

The Fate of Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly Is Now in a Judge’s Hands

A judge queried lawyers about whether a breakup made sense during closing arguments on how to fix the tech giant’s dominance in online advertising.

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We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.

We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.

This week the company announced that it would require users to undergo an A.I.-powered age estimation process in order to chat with others on the platform. Will this change reassur

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The A.I. Boom Has Found Another Gear. Why Can’t People Shake Their Worries?

The A.I. Boom Has Found Another Gear. Why Can’t People Shake Their Worries?

It is a time of superlatives in the tech industry, with historic profits, stock prices and deal prices. It’s enough to make some people very nervous.

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