For more than 20 years, Kit Loffstadt has written fan fiction exploring alternate universes for “Star Wars” heroes and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” villains, sharing her stories free online.But in […]
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Back to news homeCourt Ruling Clears Path for Microsoft to Buy Activision
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled against the Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to delay Microsoft’s $70 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, setting the stage for the tech giant and the […]
As Businesses Clamor for Workplace A.I., Tech Companies Rush to Provide It
Earlier this year, Mark Austin, the vice president of data science at AT&T, noticed that some of the company’s developers had started using the ChatGPT chatbot at work. When the […]
New Uncensored Chatbots Ignite a Free-Speech Fracas
A.I. chatbots have lied about notable figures, pushed partisan messages, spewed misinformation or even advised users on how to commit suicide.To mitigate the tools’ most obvious dangers, companies like Google […]
Microsoft Says it Could Abandon Activision Deal if Judge Delays It
Microsoft said the Activision deal would instead be good for consumers, expanding their ability to play Activision’s games through low-cost options like Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass, a subscription service, or […]
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, […]
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 […]
Apple Is Stepping Into the Metaverse. Will Anyone Care?
Mark Zuckerberg embraced a digital world known as the metaverse when he said in November 2021 that he was changing his company’s name from Facebook to Meta.A month later, Bill […]
Reid Hoffman Is Praising the Virtues of AI
Reid Hoffman, billionaire entrepreneur and venture capital investor, is worried about artificial intelligence — but not for the doomsday reasons making headlines. Instead, he worries the doomsday headlines are too […]
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 […]