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Is A.I. the Future of Web Browsing?
A test of the app Dia illustrates that the humble web browser may be the path to making artificial intelligence more natural to use.
ByBrian X. Chen
CreditSisi Yu European Union Unveils Rules for Powerful A.I. Systems
Makers of the most advanced artificial intelligence systems face obligations for transparency, copyright protection and public safety. The rules are not enforceable until next year.
ByAdam Satariano
CreditOlivier Matthys/EPA, via Shutterstock A.I.-Generated Images of Child Sexual Abuse Are Flooding the Internet
Organizations that track the material are reporting a surge in A.I. images and videos, which are threatening to overwhelm law enforcement.
ByCecilia Kang
CreditTom Brenner for The New York Times The A.I. Frenzy Is Escalating. Again.
Companies like OpenAI, Amazon and Meta have supersized their spending on artificial intelligence, with no signs of slowing down.
ByCade Metz
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At Amazon’s Biggest Data Center, Everything Is Supersized for A.I.
On 1,200 acres of cornfield in Indiana, Amazon is building one of the largest computers ever for work with Anthropic, an artificial intelligence start-up.
ByKaren WeiseCade Metz andA.J. Mast
Credit Videos and projections depicting an A.I.-generated actor, the digital memories of robots, a redwood forest and more: High-tech storytelling is having a moment.
ByMichael Paulson
CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally.
The technology’s ability to read and summarize text is already making it a useful tool for scholarship. How will it change the stories we tell about the past?
ByBill Wasik
CreditPhoto illustration by enigmatriz How Gen Z Is Transforming the Wedding Industry
Many young couples, comfortable with A.I. and social media, are blazing their own paths to the altar. But there’s one area where tradition still reigns.
ByValeriya Safronova
CreditCurtis Myers Photography A.I. Can Already See You in Ways You Can’t See Yourself
Some of the technology's most startling new abilities lie in its perception of humans.
ByCharley Locke
CreditArtwork by Daniel Savage
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More in ChatGPT ›Cognition AI Buys Windsurf as A.I. Frenzy Escalates
The deal follows Google’s $2.4 billion investment in Windsurf, an A.I. start-up, as companies race to gain technological talent and provide A.I. tools.
ByMike Isaac
How A.I. Is Transforming Wedding Planning
A.I. is enhancing a time-consuming and stressful process, providing couples and planners with event suggestions, budgeting and many other useful tools.
ByAlix Strauss
CreditSol Cotti Nvidia Becomes First Public Company Worth $4 Trillion
The A.I. chip maker reached the landmark before Apple and Microsoft, as its value rose more than tenfold after ChatGPT’s release in late 2022.
ByTripp MickleKarl Russell andBlacki Migliozzi
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CreditAhmed Gaber for The New York Times How the Attention Economy Is Devouring Gen Z — and the Rest of Us
The economics writer Kyla Scanlon on how attention has come to shape politics, our economy, Gen Z and more.
ByEzra Klein
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More in On Tech: AI Newsletter ›Applying to College? Here’s How A.I. Tools Might Hurt, or Help.
ChatGPT might change the application essay forever.
ByNatasha Singer
CreditKendrick Brinson for The New York Times How teachers and students feel about A.I.
As the school year begins, their thinking has evolved.
ByNatasha Singer
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CreditMathieu Labrecque How Should I Use A.I. Chatbots Like ChatGPT?
Large language models are already good at a wide variety of tasks.
ByKevin Roose
CreditIllustrations by Mathieu Labrecque
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Nvidia Says U.S. Has Lifted Restrictions on A.I. Chip Sales to China
The Silicon Valley chip giant said the Trump administration, which had shut down its sales to China three months ago, had assured it that licenses for the sales would now be granted.
ByTripp Mickle
Meta’s New Superintelligence Lab Is Discussing Major A.I. Strategy Changes
Members of the lab, including the new chief A.I. officer, Alexandr Wang, have talked about abandoning Meta’s most powerful open source A.I. model in favor of developing a closed one.
ByEli Tan
Their Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next Door
In the race to develop artificial intelligence, tech giants are building data centers that guzzle up water. That has led to problems for people who live nearby.
ByEli Tanand Dustin Chambers
Frank BruniI’m Watching the Sacrifice of College’s Soul
The highest ideals of higher ed are under mortal threat.
ByFrank Bruni
Guest EssayWe Warned About the First China Shock. The Next One Will Be Worse.
The Trump administration is fighting the last war while China marches toward dominating the industries of the future.
ByDavid Autorand Gordon Hanson
The Future of Weather Prediction Is Here. Maybe.
Thanks to A.I., companies like WindBorne hope to usher in a golden age of forecasting. But they rely in part on government data — and the agency that provides it is in turmoil.
ByTim Fernholzand Jason Henry
Grok Chatbot Mirrored X Users’ ‘Extremist Views’ in Antisemitic Posts, xAI Says
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company said its Grok chatbot had also undergone a code update that caused it to share antisemitic messages this week.
ByKate Conger
Google Hires A.I. Leaders From a Start-Up Courted by OpenAI
In a $2.4 billion deal, Google recruited the chief executive and a co-founder of Windsurf, which OpenAI had been in talks to buy, as the battle to dominate artificial intelligence escalates.
ByTripp Mickleand Mike Isaac
Critic’s NotebookCelebrating Humanity, Stubbornly, at Europe’s Photography Mecca
Since the 1970s, the Rencontres d’Arles has been the place to debut the art form’s latest developments. This year’s edition had a more retro feel.
ByWalker Mimms
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