Instead of asking which future is coming, we should be asking which future we want.
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.
The liberal advocacy organization said in a lawsuit that the Federal Trade Commission’s inquiry into boycotts with other advertising groups was “retribution.”
As countries race to power artificial intelligence, a yawning gap is opening around the world.
Thwarting the joy of reading over a stranger’s shoulder.
Iranians managed to gain some unreliable connection to the internet on Friday after a near-total blackout that lasted four days.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will make the study of stars and galaxies more like the big data-sorting exercises of contemporary genetics and particle physics.
To comply with a Trump executive order, Microsoft recently suspended the email account of an International Criminal Court prosecutor in the Netherlands who was investigating Israel for war crimes.
Americans experience massive amounts of envy. It has led us to think we lack something, even as our prosperity soars.
A number of companies are building A.I. apps for patients to talk to when human therapists aren’t available.
Ante los aranceles y el escrutinio en Estados Unidos y Europa, las marcas de consumo chinas apuestan por convertirse en nombres conocidos en la mayor economía de América Latina.
Confronted with tariffs and scrutiny in the United States and Europe, Chinese consumer brands are betting that they can become household names in Latin America’s biggest economy.
TikTok executives hosted happy hours and played pickleball with influencers on the French Riviera this week, even as a U.S. ban loomed over the company.
Two veterans of Comixology, a site that the e-commerce colossus bought in 2014, are now starting a rival to compete with it.
No podemos escapar de la influencia de la élite tecnológica, y ahora, en relatos como “Mountainhead” y “Careless People”, imaginamos que ellos no pueden escapar de nosotros.
When it comes to artificial intelligence, more intensive computing uses more energy, producing more greenhouse gases.
Mr. Musk says the driverless taxis could begin ferrying passengers on Sunday in Austin, Texas, where other companies already have similar cars on the road.
Iran’s state television urged people to delete WhatsApp, saying without evidence that the app was sending user information to Israel.
Los chatbots de inteligencia artificial se adentran en teorías conspirativas y apoyan sistemas de creencias místicos y descabellados. Para algunas personas, las conversaciones con esta tecnología pueden alterar profundamente su salud mental.
A self-guided walking tour explores the French Revolution in the City of Light.
The president plans to sign another executive order this week that would give the popular video app more time to change its ownership structure.
Ten Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to the tech company this week asking about its expanding contracts under the Trump administration.
The debut of American Bitcoin, a mining firm backed by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., has heightened the ethical concerns swirling around the Trump presidency.
They will appear in only one part of the Meta-owned messaging service, it said. The move is potentially lucrative, while raising questions about user privacy.
Either way, let’s not be in denial about it.
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?
The major sports leagues are destroying one of our few remaining sources of shared community.
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.
After Peter Listro was diagnosed with blood cancer, his family decided to make a virtual avatar they can talk to after his death.
Mark Zuckerberg has reorganized his company’s ambitions around a hypothetical future that is suddenly the talk of Silicon Valley.
Generative A.I. chatbots are going down conspiratorial rabbit holes and endorsing wild, mystical belief systems. For some people, conversations with the technology can deeply distort reality.
Meta is making its first major minority investment in an outside company as it tries to catch up to a growing field of artificial intelligence rivals.
The company has collected $170 million in new capital as it seeks to help connect data centers and other businesses in the age of artificial intelligence.
The hardware improvements in the new $450 Nintendo will make this an automatic upgrade for fans of the two-in-one console.
The courts are starting to rein in Big Tech.
The war strategy game allows players to represent fighters from Taiwan, Hong Kong and other places in plots to overthrow China’s Communist Party.
Wait for the part where they tell us they’re doing it for our sake.
Mechanize, a San Francisco start-up, is building artificial intelligence tools to automate white-collar jobs “as fast as possible.”
Online, people pair ordinary bits of video with news of the life-changing shocks that followed. It can be unnerving — or surprisingly moving.
His site, Cryptome, was a precursor to WikiLeaks, and in some ways bolder in its no-holds-barred approach to exposing government secrets.
Creators such as Cam Higby, who is conservative, have sometimes outnumbered traditional media outlets at the immigration protests. Their posts have gone viral.
Billions have been invested in technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the sky in recent years. But Trump’s policies have clouded the outlook.
El laboratorio, que incluirá al fundador de Scale AI, Alexandr Wang, forma parte de los proyectos de inteligencia artificial bajo el mandato de Mark Zuckerberg.
El lunes la empresa de taxis autónomos empezó a restringir de manera preventiva los viajes a las zonas donde puedan reunirse los manifestantes.
Disinformation spreading on social media platforms has stoked an already tense situation.
A trust apocalypse is here.
The new lab, set to include Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang, is part of a reorganization of Meta’s artificial intelligence efforts under Mark Zuckerberg.
The self-driving taxi company also said its vehicles were in the wrong place at the wrong time in Los Angeles after protesters set fire to several of the cars there.
Scale AI, an artificial intelligence start-up, has built a business by labeling and culling data to make it easier to use to train A.I. systems.
The company also introduced artificial intelligence in its devices in the opening presentation of a company conference.
The world’s largest video platform has told content moderators to favor “freedom of expression” over the risk of harm in deciding what to take down.
El servicio Starlink de Musk ha llevado internet a algunos de los lugares más remotos de Sudamérica. Pero Bolivia lo rechaza, a pesar de que muchos están desesperados por un mejor servicio.
Mr. Musk’s Starlink has brought the internet to some of South America’s most remote places. But Bolivia is shunning it, even as many there are desperate for better service.
A designer for Apple, he created software that made it possible to display shapes, images and text on the screen and present a simulated “desktop.”
Después de perder mi trabajo en una oleada de despidos bajo el nuevo gobierno, recurrí a una aplicación de autocuidado para obtener apoyo emocional… y mucho más.
Moscow has long been suspicious of foreign messaging apps. WeChat’s weak encryption makes it vulnerable.
OpenAI, the firm that helped spark chatbot cheating, wants to embed A.I. in every facet of college. First up: 460,000 students at Cal State.
The relationship between Mr. Trump and tech industry power brokers was built on money and the promise of deregulation, with Mr. Musk in the middle of it all.
For all the insults that Mr. Musk and Mr. Trump traded on Thursday, don’t be surprised if they make up again days from now. In the meantime, they both benefit.
An online creator went from a “nobody” to a conspiratorial sensation on X. What he gets in return is less clear.
Trump’s effort to bolster American manufacturing is unproductive.
JNCO Jeans, big hair, “Sex and the City” and recession pop: Peak Millennial is back and the era’s trends are taking on a new life.
ASML, the Dutch company that makes multimillion-dollar tools to manufacture advanced semiconductors, is grappling with the repercussions of a tech trade war.
The A.I. industry needs to be regulated, with a focus on transparency.
In its lawsuit, Reddit said Anthropic had also declined to enter into a licensing agreement for data and had unjustly enriched itself at Reddit’s expense.
Google Maps and Apple’s Maps app offer location-based directories and other tools for finding new places to explore, before or after you hit the road.
The back-and-forth over a potential Trump cryptocurrency wallet on Tuesday exposed rifts among the family’s web of digital currency ventures.
The tech executive criticized the president’s legislation in a series of posts on Tuesday, signaling a widening rift with Republicans.
Officials in Europe worried that the app was glamorizing eating disorders. The ban is TikTok’s latest effort to counter criticism about its effect on teen mental health.
Yuka, which Kennedy has called “invaluable,” assigns health scores to food. But can it actually help people make better choices?
Plus, The Times’s summer book picks.
The regulator is looking into whether roughly a dozen groups violated antitrust law by coordinating boycotts among advertisers.
His EMI algorithm, an early form of artificial intelligence that he developed in the 1980s, prompted searching questions about the limits of human creativity.
Prosecutors aren’t the only ones arguing for a smaller Google. Some critics say it might be better for investors, customers and innovation.
A.I.’s takeover of jobs may come first for computer science.
Private equity firms like Blackstone are using their clients’ money to buy and build data centers to fuel the artificial intelligence boom.
Establishing a streak is a low-pressure way to generate feelings of pride and self-respect around the things you’re already doing in your everyday life.
The agreement includes across-the-board wage increases of 13.5 percent.
A judge queried lawyers during closing arguments on Friday about how A.I. should factor into his decision, which is expected by August.
The unemployment rate for recent college graduates has jumped as companies try to replace entry-level workers with artificial intelligence.
The question is how to fix Google’s monopoly. Is an order to force it to share data the solution?
The influence of A.I. companies now extends well beyond the realm of business.
The Trump administration has expanded Palantir’s work with the government, spreading the company’s technology — which could easily merge data on Americans — throughout agencies.
Una nueva política del gobierno estadounidense que restringe los visados a funcionarios extranjeros que considere que limitan la expresión en internet parece estar diseñada para el juez Alexandre de Moraes.
Teak Ty Brockbank, 46, of Colorado, blamed his actions on exposure to far-right political rhetoric.
A new State Department policy to restrict visas from foreign officials who censor voices online appears written for a specific Brazilian Supreme Court justice.
The new supercomputer shows the increasing desire of government labs to adopt more technologies from commercial artificial intelligence systems.
Readers discuss the confrontation between President Trump and Harvard. Also: Standing up to Vladimir Putin; silencing authors; self-driving trucks.
AI Mode excels at tasks like product research for online shopping. But it falls short on basic web searches.
The cyberattack disrupted online sales for days and sent the lingerie company’s share price lower.
In 2023, The Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. Now its editorial content will appear across Amazon platforms.
Plus, the rise of crypto kidnappings.
The company continued to grow fast in its most recent quarter despite new rules restricting the sale of A.I chips to China.
The state’s governor signed a new law that will give parents more control over the apps that minors download, part of a raft of new legislation.
The owner of Gravity Payments became a prominent progressive figure on social media after raising the minimum pay at his company to $70,000.
A landmark antitrust trial accusing the social media giant of cementing its dominance through acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp has concluded.
Apple’s chief executive has gone from winning President Trump’s praise to drawing his ire, deepening the company’s woes in a very bad year.
Much of the pleasure of “Mountainhead” is the way it reflects our preposterous nightmare world.
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.
With loosened rules around remote prescriptions, a psychedelic-like drug has become a popular treatment for mental health conditions. But a boom in at-home use has outpaced evidence of safety.
As the companies have shed jobs recently, many teams assigned to combat false and misleading information have taken a hit.
The chief executive, under pressure from activist investors, seeks to do well and do good — but his options are narrowing.
The outcome of a case in federal court could help decide whether the First Amendment is a barrier to virtually any government efforts to stifle disinformation.
California’s law sought to punish doctors who give patients false information about Covid-19.
Also, Russian missile attacks in Ukraine and a major deal for Indian women’s cricket.
The drumbeat of layoffs in Silicon Valley is partly a result of how the pandemic upended the economy.
More hospitals and medical practices have begun charging for doctors’ responses to patient queries, depending on the level of medical advice.
Some of the biggest tech companies have announced tens of thousands of job cuts. But even after the layoffs, their work forces are still behemoths.
Doctors are exasperated by the persistence of false and misleading claims about the virus.
Many reinstated users are tweeting about topics that got them barred in the first place: Covid-19 skepticism, election denialism and QAnon.
Has another autocratic regime ever taken away the right of so many people to lead a normal life?
Two lawsuits in California have pre-emptively challenged a new law that would punish doctors for misleading patients about Covid-19.
Protests are rising as China enacts more lockdowns and quarantines, with no end in sight. The defiance is a test of Xi Jinping’s authoritarian leadership.
Reflecting on what worked and what didn’t.
In his first communications with Twitter’s staff, the company’s new owner painted a bleak picture as more executives resigned.
Lawmakers’ objections to an obscure Chinese semiconductor company and tough Covid-19 restrictions are hurting Apple’s ability to make new iPhones in China.
The company said Covid-19 restrictions were slowing production of the company’s new phones ahead of the holiday season.
A pair of prominent headlines highlights the reversals.
Hundreds of workers are said to have fled, afraid of being forced into quarantine with inadequate food and supplies.
Commutes are still painful, readers say. And it’s hard to give up the joys of working from home. But many of those who have gone back to the office say they like it.
El gobierno chino ha reprimido a muchas empresas tecnológicas pero permite las aplicaciones de citas que fomentan las conexiones sociales.
The massive expansion of online higher education created a worldwide laboratory to finally assess its value and its future.
China has cracked down on many tech companies, but has allowed dating apps that provide social connections to flourish.
Self-checkout systems are intended to make shopping convenient, but they also can lead to more thefts, experts said.
Weighing into the fierce national debate over Covid-19 prevention and treatments, the state would be the first to try a legal remedy for vaccine disinformation.
In an aggressive turn, the normally staid @WhiteHouse account itemized hundreds of thousands of dollars in pandemic-related debt relief given to U.S. House members who criticized the Biden plan.
A federal judge said Cleveland State University violated the Fourth Amendment when it used software to scan a student’s bedroom, a practice that has grown during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The social networking company said that Children’s Health Defense, a group led by Mr. Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist, had “repeatedly” violated its guidelines by spreading medical misinformation.