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Meta Unveils a More Powerful A.I. and Isn’t Fretting Over Who Uses It

The largest companies in the tech industry have spent the year warning that development of artificial intelligence technology is outpacing their wildest expectations and that they need to limit who […]




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Why 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 […]




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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 […]




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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, […]




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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 […]







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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. […]




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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 […]







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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 […]