Iranian TV and Social Media Project Defiant and Distorted View of the War

State media and online propagandists are striking a confident posture, despite heavy losses. Some of the content was generated by artificial intelligence.

Trump Announces A.I. Industry Pledge to Pay for Power

Companies including Google, Microsoft and OpenAI committed to pay for the power plants and grid upgrades needed to run their data centers.

Lawmakers Question Intel?s Use of Tools From Blacklisted Chinese Firm

A bipartisan group of senators raised national security concerns about the chipmaker, which is now partly owned by taxpayers.

The Pentagon?s Favorite Tech Guy Is This Hawaiian Shirt-Wearing Founder

Palmer Luckey, who founded the defense tech start-up Anduril, has become the It Guy as President Trump aims to modernize the U.S. military with autonomous weapons.

You?ve Never Seen Ants Like This Before

The Antscan database captures the tiny insects? diversity and shows how the world?s living things could be rendered in three dimensions.

A Word to the Wise: Don?t Trust A.I. to File Your Taxes

The world?s smartest technology is no match for the U.S. tax code.

Elon Musk Defends Social Media Posts in Twitter Shareholder Lawsuit

Mr. Musk said he did not expect his posts in the lead-up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media site, now X, to affect the company?s share price.

Ford and G.M. Face a Dilemma as China Excels in Electric Vehicles

General Motors, Ford and other established automakers risk becoming relics if they don?t catch up to Chinese carmakers and technology companies in electric vehicles and self-driving cars.

OpenAI Amends A.I. Deal With the Pentagon

The new pact includes additional protections to prevent the use of the company?s technology for mass surveillance of Americans.

Reporters Seek Comment. What Happens Next May Surprise You.

Accurate journalism requires full and fair reporting. It means pushing hard to hear from those you?re writing about.

Paramount Won Over Warner Bros. Now for the Regulators.

Global officials are expected to closely examine the $111 billion deal, which ties together two entertainment powerhouses, over potential competition issues.

How Talks Between Anthropic and the Defense Dept. Fell Apart

The Pentagon and Anthropic were close to agreeing on the use of artificial intelligence. But strong personalities, mutual dislike and a rival company unraveled a deal.

Bring On Defunct: The iPod Enthralls Young Music Listeners

It?s not exactly going analog, but people looking to move away from streaming say Apple?s old device is a small step away from constantly being online.

At the Pentagon, OpenAI is In and Anthropic Is Out

It?s been a crazy 48 hours in the A.I. industry.

The British Watch Brand Apiar Goes Beyond Traditional Constraints

The tech-focused leaders of the British brand Apiar aim to stretch beyond watchmaking?s traditional material and manufacturing constraints.

OpenAI Reaches A.I. Agreement With Defense Dept. After Anthropic Clash

The deal came hours after President Trump had ordered federal agencies to stop using artificial intelligence technology made by Anthropic, an OpenAI rival.

In a Memoir Draft, Changpeng Zhao of Binance Details the Talks Leading to His Prison Time

In a draft of his memoir, Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, laid out the secret negotiations that led to his imprisonment and a run-in with ICE.

Instagram to Alert Parents to Teens? Self-Harm Searches

Parents will receive notifications if a child has used the platform repeatedly to search for terms related to suicide or self-harm, but users must opt in to get them.

Silicon Valley Rallies Behind Anthropic in A.I. Clash With Trump

Actions by the president and the Pentagon appeared to drive a wedge between Washington and the tech industry, whose leaders and workers spoke out for the start-up.

Pentagon-Anthropic Standoff Is a Decisive Moment for How A.I. Will Be Used in War

The Pentagon?s contract dispute with Anthropic is part of a wider clash about the use of artificial intelligence for national security and who decides on any safeguards.

Is A.I. Eating the Labor Market? + The Latest on the Pentagon, OpenClaw and Alpha School

?I think the mere fact that the markets can move so much, based on almost nothing, underscores how high anxiety is right now.?

A World Where All Is Free? That?s Elon Musk?s Theory of ?Sustainable Abundance.?

The Tesla and SpaceX chief has told his followers that they will live in a world where robots will take care of every need and people do not have to work, in what has become his latest slogan.

Elon Musk?s Secret Web of Companies in Texas

The megabillionaire was tied to about 90 companies in the state, which he uses for everything from paying nannies to buying land to supporting Donald Trump?s re-election, according to a Times examination.

South Korea Clears Way for Google Maps to Fully Operate

South Korea approved Google?s request to export detailed map data, reversing a longstanding restriction that made the tool largely nonfunctional.

India Built the World?s Back Office. A.I. Is Starting to Shrink It.

Artificial intelligence promises to automate the white-collar work that made India a tech powerhouse. The country is racing to adapt before it?s too late.

Google Workers Seek ?Red Lines? on Military A.I., Echoing Anthropic

More than 100 Google A.I. employees sent a letter to Jeff Dean, a chief scientist, opposing Gemini?s use for U.S. surveillance and some autonomous weapons.

Block Cuts 40% of Its Work Force Because of Its Embrace of A.I.

About 4,000 workers will lose their jobs as the payments company does more work with new artificial intelligence tools, its top executive said.

Anthropic Says It Cannot ?Accede? to Pentagon in Talks Over A.I.

Anthropic said it was standing firm on not having its A.I. used in certain scenarios by the Pentagon, which has imposed a Friday deadline on the company to give unfettered access to its technology.

In Landmark Trial, Plaintiff Says Social Media Harm Started at Age 6

The plaintiff, a 20-year-old identified only as K.G.M., took the stand to testify against Meta and Instagram in a bellwether case over tech addiction.

They Helped Women Fight Online Abuse. They Were Barred From the U.S.

The founders of HateAid, a German human-rights group that helps victims of online attacks, were accused by the Trump administration of being part of a ?global censorship-industrial complex.?

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