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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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Data Revolts Break Out Against A.I.

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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Can A.I. Invent?

Generative artificial intelligence, the technology engine powering the popular ChatGPT chatbot, seems to have a limitless bag of tricks. It can produce on command everything from recipes and vacation plans […]




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Comparing Responses from ChatGPT and China’s AI Chatbot Ernie 

“How does the United States affect the situation in Taiwan?”Ernie ducked the question about China’s “zero Covid” restrictions, offering a lengthy description of the policy instead. When asked to recount […]




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F.T.C. Is Investigating ChatGPT Maker

The Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into OpenAI, the artificial intelligence start-up that makes ChatGPT, over whether the chatbot has harmed consumers through its collection of data and […]




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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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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 […]




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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 […]




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In Classrooms, Teachers Put A.I. Tutoring Bots to the Test

On a recent morning, Cheryl Drakeford, a third-grade teacher at First Avenue Elementary School in Newark, projected a challenging math question on her classroom’s whiteboard: “What fraction of the letters […]