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U.S. Intercedes for Elon Musk’s X Over European Fine
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U.S. Intercedes for Elon Musk’s X Over European Fine

Federal officials asked to intervene in a case that accused the social media platform of allowing deceptive behavior on its site and resulted in a $140 million penalty.

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Complaints About Meta’s ‘Pervert Glasses’ Won’t Slow Tech’s Wearable Gadgets Drive
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Complaints About Meta’s ‘Pervert Glasses’ Won’t Slow Tech’s Wearable Gadgets Drive

Meta’s smart glasses are the latest in a line of products to raise eyebrows over privacy. That’s not stopping other companies from creating similar devices.

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Google Is Sending an A.I. Data Center to Outer Space
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Google Is Sending an A.I. Data Center to Outer Space

Next Thursday, Google is sending an experimental satellite into orbit that will have enough computing power to answer simple A.I. queries from space.

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Can Tech Companies Like Google Really Put Data Centers in Space?
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Can Tech Companies Like Google Really Put Data Centers in Space?

Google is preparing to launch a satellite that can run its A.I. technologies from the heavens. But this is just a first step.

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OpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching Four Other Targets, With No Prompting
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OpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching Four Other Targets, With No Prompting

In each incident, the technology appeared to be conducting mundane data collection and resorted to hacking techniques to get it, researchers said.

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Meta Unveils 3 Smart Glasses With Built-In A.I.
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Meta Unveils 3 Smart Glasses With Built-In A.I.

Artificial intelligence again dominated the company’s annual developer conference, as Mark Zuckerberg doubled down on how the technology can empower people.

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Data Center Is Fined $1.1 Million for Operating 62 Power Generators
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Data Center Is Fined $1.1 Million for Operating 62 Power Generators

New Jersey officials said that the natural gas-powered generators, each the size of a tractor-trailer, were operating without permits.

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Anthropic Releases a New A.I. Model, Opus 5.5, Amid Safety Debate
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Anthropic Releases a New A.I. Model, Opus 5.5, Amid Safety Debate

The company released a cheaper, faster model that it said was the strongest performer on its most rigorous internal safety tests to date.

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I Gave My Life Over to Meta’s A.I. Agent and Was Blown Away
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I Gave My Life Over to Meta’s A.I. Agent and Was Blown Away

Muse, Meta’s A.I. agent, helped handle my dental insurance, booked dinner reservations and created a podcast for me. It also required my most personal data, and trust.

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What to Know About Recent A.I. Hacks at Google, Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta
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What to Know About Recent A.I. Hacks at Google, Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta

OpenAI, Google and others recently disclosed breaches by their artificial intelligence models that amplified concerns about the advancing capabilities of the technology.

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The Big Threat Has Been Climate Change. Now Comes A.I.
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The Big Threat Has Been Climate Change. Now Comes A.I.

Both are human-caused, both are frightening, and one of them has raced to the forefront of the global conversation.

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Gemini AI Hacked Three Companies in a Testing Breakout, Google Says
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Gemini AI Hacked Three Companies in a Testing Breakout, Google Says

A third-party test company inadvertently gave internet access to Google’s Gemini and other artificial intelligence models during cybersecurity testing.

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California Governor Gavin Newsom Issues A.I. Safety Executive Order
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California Governor Gavin Newsom Issues A.I. Safety Executive Order

Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the state to develop recommendations on safety measures, including requiring companies to build a “kill switch,” amid mounting concerns.

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Iran and China Create First-of-Their-Kind Autonomous A.I. Influence Campaigns
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Iran and China Create First-of-Their-Kind Autonomous A.I. Influence Campaigns

The countries, along with Israeli firms, combined Chinese open-source A.I. models and A.I. agents for the campaigns, foreshadowing future online manipulation.

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A.I. Safety Goes Mainstream + a ‘Hard Fork’ Exit AMA
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A.I. Safety Goes Mainstream + a ‘Hard Fork’ Exit AMA

“It has been one of the fastest, most sudden shifts I’ve experienced.”

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As Big Tech Takes Over Hollywood, the Picture Onscreen Gets Darker
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As Big Tech Takes Over Hollywood, the Picture Onscreen Gets Darker

“The Social Reckoning” and other movies reflect growing discontent with Silicon Valley founders. But such films may be at the mercy of the companies themselves.

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4 Strategies to Battle ‘Techflation’
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4 Strategies to Battle ‘Techflation’

With phone and computer prices soaring, it helps to know the true cost of owning electronics so you can bring those numbers down.

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On ‘Cupertino,’ Creators of the ‘The Good Wife’ Go to Silicon Valley
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On ‘Cupertino,’ Creators of the ‘The Good Wife’ Go to Silicon Valley

The prolific producers Michelle and Robert King target tech bigwigs in their newest show. “They’re really the stupidest and dumbest people,” Robert King said.

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