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Google has for years used its popular online services to remind users about cultural events, marking its calendar app with occasions such as Black History Month and Women’s History Month. Last week, some users noticed that the popular app was no longer displaying those observances, as well as a litany of others, prompting an online … Read more
OpenAI’s board of directors on Wednesday questioned the rationale of a $97.4 billion bid from Elon Musk and others to gain control of the high-profile artificial intelligence company. On Monday, a consortium of investors led by Mr. Musk offered to buy the assets of the nonprofit that controls the company, escalating a yearslong feud between … Read more
X has agreed to pay in the range of $10 million to settle a lawsuit brought by President Trump over the 2021 suspension of his account on the social media platform, according to a person briefed on the matter. The company, then known as Twitter, removed Mr. Trump from its platform after the riot at … Read more
Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadio Kevin reports back from the A.I. Action Summit in Paris, where it was full speed ahead toward artificial general intelligence, with a conspicuous lack of action on the safety front. Also, Happy Valentine’s Day! We’re taking a look at A.I. on … Read more
The words “optimal” and “optimize” derive from the Latin “optimus,” or “best,” as in “make the best of things.” Alessio Figalli, a mathematician at the university ETH Zurich, studies optimal transport: the most efficient allocation of starting points to end points. The scope of investigation is wide, including clouds, crystals, bubbles and chatbots. Dr. Figalli, … Read more
Apple and Google restored TikTok to their U.S. app stores on Thursday evening, several weeks after they removed the Chinese-owned video platform to comply with a new law that banned it in the country. Last month, President Trump tried to pause enforcement of the TikTok ban with an executive order. But Apple and Google were … Read more
When Elon Musk bought X for $44 billion in 2022, more than a quarter of that was financed by loans from banks including Morgan Stanley. Banks normally quickly sell off such loans, but in this case they kept much of that debt because investors were reluctant to bet on the social media company’s floundering business. … Read more
Last month, U.S. financial markets tumbled after a Chinese start-up called DeepSeek said it had built one of the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence systems using far fewer computer chips than many experts thought possible. A.I. companies typically train their chatbots using supercomputers packed with 16,000 specialized chips or more. But DeepSeek said it needed … Read more
Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos, is laying off roughly 10 percent of its work force, according to an email that was sent to staff on Thursday and that was viewed by The New York Times. The cuts, which could affect about 1,000 roles, follow several years of rapid growth and the … Read more
To many Chinese, DeepSeek’s success is a victory for China’s education system, proof that it equals that of the United States or has even surpassed it. The core team of developers and scientists behind DeepSeek, the Chinese start-up that has jolted the A.I. world, all attended university in China, according to the company’s founder. That’s … Read more