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AI Slop Is Everywhere. Spotify, LinkedIn and Others Have Had Enough. (Mon, 17 Aug 2026)
Spotify, LinkedIn and others are trying to dig out of a digital sewage heap full of low-quality content made with artificial intelligence.
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Nvidia to Back Ohio Data Center With as Much as $105 Billion (Mon, 17 Aug 2026)
The data center, one of the world’s largest, could cost as much as $500 billion and will be leased by OpenAI.
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China Wants Its Data to Power the World’s A.I. (Mon, 17 Aug 2026)
China is exporting more than A.I. models. It wants its data to influence the world’s chatbots, raising fears that Beijing’s narratives will spread with the technology.
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As A.I. Data Centers Spread, Pressure Mounts to Share Profits (Sun, 16 Aug 2026)
Policymakers around the country are maneuvering to ensure that tech giants aren’t the only ones who stand to benefit.
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States Seek $200 Billion From Meta Over Child Social Media Addiction Claims (Tue, 18 Aug 2026)
California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey are taking the social media giant to trial in the first bellwether federal case over child harm.
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Silicon Valley Executives Are Tech Fans. Just Not For Their Own Kids. (Tue, 18 Aug 2026)
At home, moderation and restraint are the rule for tech parents. Boredom is exalted. Maybe they’re onto something.
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The Blackout That Could Devastate America (Tue, 18 Aug 2026)
The power grid relies on thousands of aging, hand-built transformers. If enough fail, the blackout could last years.
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The Iranian YouTube Show Posing Questions Few Dare Ask (Sat, 15 Aug 2026)
Azad, a popular online debate program, has tackled topics that push the limits of Iran’s authoritarian system. Some question how it has remained on air.
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Zuckerberg’s Anti-Doom Fantasy + Finally an A.I. Detector That Works + A.I. Math (Fri, 14 Aug 2026)
“The first rule of Mark Zuckerberg is never count out Mark Zuckerberg.”
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Chatbots Are Pushing Us Toward a Post-Human Internet (Fri, 14 Aug 2026)
In matters of work, school and even romance, we turn to A.I. chatbots. But what happens when the bots begin talking to one another?
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Judge Affirms Settlement Allowing HPE’s Deal for Juniper (Thu, 13 Aug 2026)
States had opposed an agreement allowing a Hewlett Packard Enterprise acquisition, calling the settlement ineffective and corrupt.
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Another OpenAI Executive, Denise Dresser, Departs the A.I. Start-Up (Thu, 13 Aug 2026)
Denise Dresser, who was previously the C.E.O. of Slack, is the latest in a string of executives to leave the artificial intelligence start-up.
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I Tested a Popular A.I. Slop Detector. It Felt Empowering. (Fri, 14 Aug 2026)
Pangram excels at distinguishing chatbot-generated words from human writing. But it’s not reliable for spotting artificial images.
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3 Ex-Georgia Deputies Used Flock Cameras to Stalk People, Sheriff Says (Thu, 13 Aug 2026)
The former Bibb County deputies were arrested this week amid a growing national debate over Flock cameras, which can be found on roads in every state but Alaska.
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Driver Sets Record for Hydrogen-Powered Vehicle at More Than 406 M.P.H. (Wed, 12 Aug 2026)
Andy Green, a 64-year-old retired Royal Air Force pilot from Britain, was already the only person to break the sound barrier on land. “The ground comes at you very, very quickly,” he said.
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Thrive Holdings, A.I.-Focused Buyer of Service Firms, Raises $2 Billion (Wed, 12 Aug 2026)
The company, Thrive Holdings, acquires businesses to infuse them with artificial intelligence and drew interest from backers like SoftBank.
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Spotify Will Label A.I. Artists and Avoid Promoting Them (Tue, 11 Aug 2026)
The new label, which will begin to be applied next month, is an effort by the streaming service to be more transparent about A.I.-generated music on its app.
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Brad Lightcap, a Top OpenAI Executive, Steps Down (Tue, 11 Aug 2026)
Brad Lightcap, a longtime leader, said he was starting a new venture. His exit from the artificial intelligence company is the latest in a series there.
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His Start-Up’s Goal: A.I. That Is Trainable and Not Controlled by a Big Company (Tue, 11 Aug 2026)
A co-founder of xAI is going all in on building open-source artificial intelligence so that “anyone can control and shape A.I. for their own needs.”
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How Social Media Sparked a Refugee Crisis Between Spain and Morocco (Tue, 11 Aug 2026)
A wave of disinformation online contributed to a surge of migrants in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta who were trying to reach Europe, resulting in about 90 deaths.
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