Seven leading A.I. companies in the United States have agreed to voluntary safeguards on the technology’s development, the White House announced on Friday, pledging to manage the risks of the […]
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Back to news homeA.I. Regulation Is in Its ‘Early Days’
Regulating artificial intelligence has been a hot topic in Washington in recent months, with lawmakers holding hearings and news conferences and the White House announcing voluntary A.I. safety commitments by […]
Biden Administration Unveils Tougher Guidelines on Mergers
The Biden administration’s top antitrust officials unveiled tougher guidelines against tech mergers on Wednesday, signaling their deepening scrutiny of the industry despite recent court losses in their attempts to block […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]