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Back to news homeWhy the Early Success of Threads May Crash Into Reality
A big tech company with billions of users introduces a new social network. Leveraging the popularity and scale of its existing products, the company intends to make the new social […]
To Build A.I. Technology, Start-Ups Turn to Bigger Rivals for Help
The tech industry loves its garage start-up stories. From Hewlett-Packard to Google, the tales of bootstrapped companies that have turned into giants has inspired generations of entrepreneurs.But the huge amounts […]
China’s Cloud Computing Firms Raise Concern for U.S.
In the digital cold war between the United States and China, American officials are increasingly turning their attention to a new target: Chinese cloud computing giants.Over the last 18 months, […]
Google’s Ads Violate Antitrust Laws, E.U. Says
Google on Wednesday was charged with violating European Union antitrust laws by using its dominance in online advertising to undercut rivals, the latest in a string of cases around the […]
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 for the better but possibly for […]
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 the risk of extinction from A.I. […]
A.I. Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Industry Leaders Warn
“There’s a very common misconception, even in the A.I. community, that there only are a handful of doomers,” Mr. Hendrycks said. “But, in fact, many people privately would express concerns […]
Prompts to Try Asking ChatGPT
Welcome back to On Tech: A.I., a pop-up newsletter that teaches you about artificial intelligence, how it works and how to use it.A few months ago, my colleagues Cade Metz […]
Google’s Photo App Still Can’t Find Gorillas. And Neither Can Apple’s.
Credit…Desiree Rios/The New York TimesEight years after a controversy over Black people being mislabeled as gorillas by image analysis software — and despite big advances in computer vision — tech […]