An autonomous OpenClaw chatbot seeks revenge.
Artificial intelligence companies are urging teachers to prepare students for an “A.I.-driven future.” What that means varies from school to school.
Pickle, a new peer-to-peer apparel-rental app, helps users stay on trend without having to go into debt or rely on climate-unfriendly fast fashion.
Teachers say they want to equip high school students to drive artificial intelligence, rather than be mere passengers steered by chatbots.
Team Mirai, a political party founded by software engineers, won 11 seats in Japan’s legislature by promising chatbots, self-driving buses and high-tech jobs.
Tech leaders are beginning to worry about the public’s underwhelming enthusiasm for their plans to remake the world with artificial intelligence. Will that burst the bubble?
Tech workers are increasingly worried that the artificial intelligence they are building will replace them. But some are optimistic that it is just one more tool to work with.
New A.I. sites could drive up your power bill. We look at possible solutions.
The state’s attorney general said in a lawsuit filed on Thursday that the company declined to use tools that recognize the material stored on iCloud.
Estamos entrando en un nuevo renacimiento del desarrollo de software. Todos deberíamos estar entusiasmados, a pesar de las incertidumbres que nos esperan.
The company is at odds with the Pentagon over how its A.I. will be used. The conflict has its roots in the foundational plan for Anthropic.
How artificial intelligence will be used in future battlefields is an issue that has turned increasingly political and may put Anthropic in a bind.
How Bell Labs shaped cellphones, satellites, video calls and A.I. technology.
The $1.2 billion deal comes as eBay looks to expand its appeal among younger users.
True crime obsessives, internet theorizers and livestreamers are complicating the investigation of the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of the “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie.
Meta’s chief executive said users spent a lot of time on Instagram because of its value, as he was grilled about child safety issues in front of a jury.
We interviewed our bot about what it learned on Moltbook, the A.I.-only social network.
Meta’s biggest election investment aims to prevent state legislation that it fears could inhibit artificial intelligence development. Its spending starts this week in Texas and Illinois.
Whether by app or old-school antennas, budget-friendly options abound.
The company said it would encourage companies that operated chargers to install them in neighborhoods where its drivers lived and work.
We’re entering a new renaissance of software development. We should all be excited, despite the uncertainties that lie ahead.
Con las gafas inteligentes de Meta, empleados y comensales pueden aparecer en redes sociales sin haber dado su consentimiento.
Companies are realizing they can no longer simply promote themselves to potential customers. They have to win over the robots, too.
Billboards that wouldn’t make sense to people outside the tech industry have become common in the Bay Area. One company took the microtargeting game to another level.
How did our relationship to our phones become so antagonistic?
The recent detention of a visiting research scientist has renewed attention on a confusing exit ramp in Buffalo that sends drivers across the border.
The social media site was the subject of user complaints early Monday.
GLP1-s have exploded in popularity, and the body positivity movement is at a crossroads. What does loving yourself at any size mean now that weight loss is back in fashion — and becoming more accessible than ever? Can you still be body positive while wanting to lose weight? The former body positivity influencer Gabriella Lascano argues that the movement has lost its way and taken an extreme turn in recent years. But she says there’s a middle ground that still champions self-love and bodily autonomy while redefining them, too.
Future Olympic prospects are testing a device that can give them corrective advice in real time as they hurtle into the air.
The DHS is flooding social media companies with administrative subpoenas to identify accounts that are protesting ICE. Social media companies have pushed back but are largely complying. Our tech reporter, Sheera Frenkel, explains.
A researcher, professor and federal policy adviser, he guided students who went on to do groundbreaking work in connecting the world online.
A.I. translation has become a huge industry, but how accurate is it? Our tech reporter, Kashmir Hill, explores its successes and failures through a couple who relies on of A.I. translation to communicate.
Every great innovation has led to fears of mass unemployment.
A new feature on the Partiful app invites users to secretly identify a fellow partygoer as a crush. But do in-person gatherings really need help from Big Tech to facilitate a connection?
He speaks English. She speaks Mandarin. The secret to their happy marriage: Microsoft Translator.
Tengo profundas reservas sobre la estrategia de OpenAI para los anuncios en ChatGPT.
More than a decade into Beijing’s push for self sufficiency, Chinese firms are producing fewer, lower-performing chips than their foreign competitors.
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said.
Andrew Ferguson of the F.T.C. said in a letter to Apple that it might be violating consumer protection law by stifling conservative speech in its news aggregation service.
In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature’s release.
As Iranian authorities restore some online services after crushing antigovernment demonstrations, they are using a technological dragnet to target attendees of the protests.
What happens when the people building a new technology don’t want to use it?
The suspect in the British Columbia shooting had long been posting about mental health problems, substance abuse and a fascination with weapons and online violence.
The artificial intelligence start-up raised another $30 billion, and its valuation more than doubled since its last funding round in September.
Human intelligence — the thing we as educators are duty bound to defend and advance — is under attack.
A Times correspondent talks about life in China as it outpaces the United States in developing clean energy technology, self-driving cars and other innovations.
In a series of landmark trials, plaintiffs are alleging that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products. Our technology reporter Cecilia Kang describes what’s at stake for tech giants and social media users.
Her departure comes after months of mounting tension over her division’s work to determine whether companies violated antitrust laws.
Anthropic and OpenAI now have their own well-funded political groups that will square off in the midterm elections over artificial intelligence safety and regulation.
The actor, who died on Wednesday, was most famous for “Dawson’s Creek,” but as he got older, he let fans into his real life as a father of six.
Adam Mosseri, who leads the Meta-owned app, testified that the company was careful to test features used by young people before releasing them.
The maker of ChatGPT hopes to triple its revenue in the coming year because it is planning to spend tens of billions of dollars. The clock is ticking.
Ads on ChatGPT aren’t a bad idea. But they have to be done the right way.
Fringe movements are using games and other online platforms to draw growing numbers of children to their causes, new data and dozens of interviews show.
In a meeting with employees at his company xAI, Mr. Musk revealed a vision for a facility that includes a giant catapult to launch his satellites into space.
The throttling of the communication app, used by more than 100 million Russians, endangers what remains of the country’s free internet.
The app said in opening statements that it was more of an entertainment platform. The lawsuit claims social media companies design products that cause personal injury.
Lisa Gelobter, whose work helped shape the modern web, was also on the launch team at Hulu.
The relentless addition of artificial intelligence in popular apps raises questions about what’s at stake. The answer: the future of the internet and its lifeblood, digital advertising.
Opening statements began in a trial claiming social media companies design addictive products that cause personal injury.
His departure came days after the company cut 30 percent of the staff. He will be replaced in the interim by Jeff D’Onofrio, the chief financial officer, the company said.
The billionaire’s decision to merge his A.I. start-up with his rocket company will test investors’ interest in giant combinations of unalike businesses.
What does Amazon’s top choice product designation really mean? The authors Cory Doctorow and Tim Wu describe how the ranking is not based on quality but on the extraction of our attention and money.
Slop, rage bait, brain rot. The authors Cory Doctorow and Tim Wu explain how today’s internet keeps us hooked and makes us angry, and what we can do about it.
People may be able to pay less for prescriptions with their insurance rather than via the new government website. The Trump drugstore is meant to help people buy medications using their own money.
More than 800 employees delivered a petition to management, condemning the Trump administration’s use of Google technology in immigration enforcement.
Technology stocks and Bitcoin are showing signs of a rebound after a disastrous week. But investors remain on edge about whether more pain is in store.
European Union regulators said the app’s infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to “compulsive” behavior, especially among children.
The prospect of disruptions from artificial intelligence has hung over the economy for years. But this week advances in software tools precipitated a sell-off on Wall Street.
Cory Doctorow and Tim Wu explain why the internet failed to live up to its early promise.
The Factbook, a version of which dates to 1962, provided facts, figures, maps and more to generations of economists, professors, journalists and others.
The heart devices do not track location, nor do they transmit across large distances.
The company reported a strong holiday quarter on Thursday. But its spending, like that at other big technology companies, is starting to make investors nervous.
The price of Bitcoin is now lower than when President Trump was elected in 2024, raising concerns of a new “crypto winter” in the industry.
The disgraced financier regularly courted tech industry figures not just for their prestige but also for access to promising companies.
Profits jumped 30 percent to $34.5 billion last quarter, and the tech giant is increasing its capital spending this year to as much as $185 billion.
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The attempted “Great Meme Reset” reveals how inescapable the incoherent internet has become.
Three economists debate the effects that artificial intelligence is having on the job market.
On The Times’s Visual Investigations team, Christiaan Triebert combines social media sleuthing and traditional reporting to piece together complex stories.
Crossplay, the first of its kind from The Times, pits puzzlers against each other on a shared board.
Moltbook, habitado solo por bots, se ha vuelto un fenómeno en Silicon Valley y un reflejo de las expectativas y miedos sobre el avance de la inteligencia artificial.
A group of cryptocurrency investors backing a memecoin hopes the statue will soon be installed at one of Mr. Trump’s golf courses in Florida.
“A Reddit for A.I.” social media platform has taken the internet by storm. But we’re not having the right conversations about it.
Technological advances and an erosion of trust have transformed the way news unfolds online, distorting shared reality.
A little teasing has helped Danes manage their anger and anxiety over American threats to take a part of their territory. A Trump pincushion, anyone?
The self-driving car company, an arm of Google’s parent company, is rapidly expanding its service beyond a handful of cities.
El acuerdo entremezcla aún más las empresas de Musk y crea la empresa privada con mayor valoración del planeta.
The deal further intermingles Mr. Musk’s companies and creates the most valuable private company on earth.
In a shaky job market, Silicon Valley workers feel they lack the leverage needed to make their political views known.
A new website called Moltbook has become the talk of Silicon Valley and a Rorschach test for belief in the state of artificial intelligence.
Experts share their thoughts on the future of A.I. and how it will reshape society in the coming years.
Beijing wants to lead the world in developing cutting-edge artificial intelligence, but it also wants companies to adhere to an increasingly complex set of rules.
This is a presidency that is, by any measure, failing.
The company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, said this week that it would stop making the car, an electric pioneer in 2012, as well as the Model X.
Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said.
Almost three of every four restaurant orders in the U.S. weren’t eaten in a restaurant, according to recent data. We spoke to readers who are devoted to delivery but question the costs.
A federal jury found that Linwei Ding stole thousands of confidential files to help him start a company in Beijing.
New phone designs, coupled with robust holiday spending, continued to lift iPhone sales in the quarter and drove the company to record profits.
OpenAI’s discussions with Microsoft, Nvidia, Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds and others could value it at $750 billion or more.
The German practice of “lüften” is gaining traction on social media. It may improve your home air quality.
French officials will soon be expected to use new French-made video conferencing software as part of an effort to “regain digital independence,” the government said.
A.I. companies are buying up memory chips, causing the prices of those components — which are also used in laptops and smartphones — to soar.
The rivals made billions of dollars in the business over the past year, showing other companies that Nvidia isn’t the only game in town.
The company said on Wednesday that revenue in the most recent quarter was $81.3 billion, but its share price dropped more than 5 percent in after-hours trading.
That would be a major jump from $72 billion last year, as the tech giant aims to compete in the artificial intelligence race.
AlphaGenome is a leap forward in the ability to study the human blueprint. But the fine workings of our DNA are still largely a mystery.
The e-commerce giant has been cutting costs while pouring resources into building data centers to compete in the race to dominate artificial intelligence.
Perel, a renowned psychotherapist, doesn’t really think society can — or should — fall in love with a machine.
Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of “Hard Fork,” contend that the most important A.I. release since ChatGPT is Claude Code.
Some users had accused the app of blocking them from posting videos about Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The app said it was a power outage issue.
The military tested a new approach in Venezuela and during strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
Driven by the artificial intelligence frenzy, Microsoft is internally projecting that water use at its data centers will more than double by 2030 from 2020, including in places that face shortages.
The tech giant has spent more than $6 million on TV ads in state capitals and Washington, with the message that data centers create jobs.
The settlement means TikTok will avoid a trial where plaintiffs had planned to argue that social media platforms are inherently defective and subject to personal injury liability.
Landmark trials beginning this week will test a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products.
Starting this week, a series of trials will test a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products.
Executives, investors and engineers are speaking out against the Trump administration after the killings of Alex Pretti and another protester in moves reminiscent of Silicon Valley a decade ago.
As a guest on “Hard Fork,” Jonathan Haidt, author of “The Anxious Generation,” discusses why he believes children should have internet access and how that differs from his views on social media.
A.I.-generated content of Victoria Beckham has spread as wedding drama has engulfed the celebrity clan and the public has clamored for receipts (even fabricated ones).
Ricursive Intelligence, founded by two former Google researchers and valued at $4 billion, is among several efforts to automate the creation of artificial intelligence.
Yann LeCun helped create the technology behind today’s chatbots. Now he says many tech companies are on the wrong path to creating intelligent machines.
Many in Iran are gaining brief and unexplained windows of online connectivity, offering a widening glimpse of the extent of the government crackdown.
Decídete a revivir, o deshacerte, de esos viejos reproductores de música y cámaras, pero antes recupera los archivos atrapados en los dispositivos.
Strava logs all your fitness achievements — and then some.
Asking students to drill down on their schoolwork amid an array of digital distractions is inimical to learning.
The streaming platform unveiled its plan in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee.
The chief executive of Carvana, which sells used cars online, said President Trump’s tariffs could help his company by increasing demand for its vehicles.
The internet giant told employees on Monday that it expected them to return to the office full-time in January.
N.I.H. officials suggested federal record keepers helped them hide emails. If so, “that’s really damaging to trust in all of government,” one expert said.
Los expertos ofrecen consejos para reconocer las afirmaciones médicas falsas en internet y combatirlas en tus círculos cercanos, sin pelear con nadie.
Experts offer tips for combating false medical claims in your own circles.
A 24-year-old’s sudden death devastated his family — and caught the attention of the movement of vaccine opponents.
The company is requiring many employees to use an app that tracks their in-person attendance.
As it prepares to go public next week, Instacart shows that one secret to making money as a gig economy company is to become an advertising company.
The Democratic presidential challenger continues to espouse extreme ideas, but has dialed that messaging back in large public forums.
The candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination uses logical leaps and rhetorical devices to create false or misleading messages.
A late-summer rise in Covid-19 infections is bringing with it a wave of conspiracy theories.
Heavy reliance on online remote learning during the pandemic drew attention away from more equitable ways of teaching children at home, a UNESCO report says.
La operación de influencia comenzó al menos hace cuatro años y, según la empresa, abarcó miles de cuentas en Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, X, Substack y sitios web chinos.
The campaign began at least four years ago and spanned thousands of accounts on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, Substack and Chinese websites, Meta said.
Two weeks after employees filed to organize, the company told some they had to change cities or would lose their jobs. It said the plan had long been in the works.
The iPhone maker’s recent quarter benefited from strong sales in its App Store and other services businesses.
After years of steady growth, many technology companies are laying off workers and giving up millions of square feet of office space in the city.
Overall iPhone sales were up, and revenue for the company’s services business set a record.
A day after nearly 1,100 people were laid off, the struggling company told its remaining workers to prepare for a series of changes.
The rule on price disclosure was written before widespread use of the internet. Regulators are considering an update.
They got lost in this weird moment, where the world is caught between crisis and normalcy, nostalgic for house parties — and Houseparty, too.
The analyst Dan Wang takes stock of how the country’s growth trajectory has changed.
As tech companies cut costs and move to remote work, their left-behind office furniture has become part of a booming trade.