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How a Lobbying Group Is Arguing That Big Tech Protects Free Speech (Mon, 07 Oct 2024)
NetChoice, backed by tech giants including Meta and Google, has successfully argued in court that Big Tech hosts protected speech.
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Abuse Claims Add to Telegram C.E.O. Pavel Durov’s Legal Troubles (Thu, 03 Oct 2024)
The mother of three children with Pavel Durov has poked holes in the Russian tech titan’s carefully managed image through a criminal complaint and her account of their opulent lifestyle.
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Meta Unveils New Instant A.I. Generator (Fri, 04 Oct 2024)
The tech giant is among the many companies building technology that could remake Hollywood — or help spread disinformation.
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OpenAI Adds $4 Billion Credit Line on Top of $6.6 Billion Investment Round (Thu, 03 Oct 2024)
The San Francisco company is gathering the billions its executives believe they will need to continue building new A.I. technology.
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Google Researchers Win Nobel Prize Amid Company’s Antitrust Battle (Wed, 09 Oct 2024)
Two of the company’s A.I. researchers shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, just hours after the Justice Department started spelling out plans that could lead to its break up.
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Does Your School Use Suicide Prevention Software? We Want to Hear From You. (Wed, 09 Oct 2024)
Concerned about anxiety and depression among students, some schools are monitoring what children type into their devices to detect suicidal thinking or self-harm.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Goes to 3 Scientists for Predicting and Creating Proteins (Wed, 09 Oct 2024)
The Nobel, awarded to David Baker of the University of Washington and Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper of Google DeepMind, is the second this week to involve artificial intelligence.
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Can You Turn Off Google and Meta’s AI Tools? Sometimes, and Here’s How. (Wed, 09 Oct 2024)
Google, Microsoft and Meta are shoving A.I. chatbots into our faces. Sometimes, there’s a way out.
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Can Your Electric Vehicle Catch Fire During a Hurricane? (Wed, 09 Oct 2024)
E.V. batteries that are submerged in saltwater can catch fire after the floods subside, but experts say it’s a rarity.
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U.S. Weighs Forcing Google to Break Off Parts of the Company (Wed, 09 Oct 2024)
They include making Google’s data available to rivals and forcing it to break off parts of the company, the Justice Department said in a court filing.
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Bitcoin Documentary ‘Money Electric’ Reopens Search for Satoshi Nakamoto (Tue, 08 Oct 2024)
The identity of the pseudonymous Bitcoin creator has eluded sleuths for years. But does finding the real Mr. Nakamoto really matter?
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A.I. Pioneer Geoffrey Hinton Reflects on Winning the Nobel Prize (Tue, 08 Oct 2024)
The computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton spoke with The Times shortly after learning he had won the Nobel Prize for Physics.
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Nobel Physics Prize Awarded for Pioneering A.I. Research by 2 Scientists (Tue, 08 Oct 2024)
With work on machine learning that uses artificial neural networks, John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “showed a completely new way for us to use computers,” the committee said.
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Google Must Open Android to Other App Stores, Judge Says (Mon, 07 Oct 2024)
The internet giant was ordered by a federal judge to make a series of changes to address its anticompetitive conduct.
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9 of the Most Celebrated Awards in Science Outside of Nobel Prizes (Tue, 08 Oct 2024)
The Nobel Foundation offers prizes in only three scientific disciplines, but other awards have been created to honor scientists in different fields.
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Can California Regulate A.I.? + Silicon Valley’s Super Babies + System Update! (Fri, 04 Oct 2024)
“In the United States, we have 50 laboratories of democracy and they’re called states.”
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OpenAI Completes Deal That Values Company at $157 Billion (Wed, 02 Oct 2024)
The A.I. start-up’s valuation has risen by more than $70 billion in nine months.
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Did Apple Just Kill Social Apps? (Wed, 02 Oct 2024)
Some app makers worry that a subtle change to the iPhone’s contact-sharing permissions could make it hard for them to get the fast growth they need to compete.
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Tesla Sales Increase, Suggesting Electric Car Demand Is Rebounding (Wed, 02 Oct 2024)
The automaker reported a gain of 6.4 percent for the latest quarter, its first such increase this year.
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Apple’s A.I. Is Landing Soon on iPhones. Here’s What It’s Like. (Wed, 02 Oct 2024)
The initial version of Apple Intelligence focuses on helping you with words and photos. Prepare to be impressed and unnerved.
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