Google Releases Bard, Its AI Chatbot, a Rival to ChatGPT and Bing
For more than three months, Google executives have watched as projects at Microsoft and a San Francisco start-up called OpenAI have stoked the public’s imagination...
BONUS: Hard Fork Live! Big Tech’s Arch Nemesis + Bot or Not?
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Falling Lithium Prices Are Making Electric Cars More Affordable
Lithium, the common ingredient in almost all electric-car batteries, has become so precious that it is often called white gold. But something surprising has happened...
YouTube Restores Donald Trump’s Account Privileges
YouTube suspended former President Donald J. Trump’s account on the platform six days after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The video platform said...
WeWork Reaches a Debt Restructuring Deal With SoftBank
WeWork, the struggling office space company, said on Friday that it had reached a deal with SoftBank and other investors to significantly reduce its debt...
Twitter’s Talks Over Licensing Music Are Said to Stall Under Elon Musk
Twitter explored the licensing of music rights from three major labels before negotiations stalled after Elon Musk’s takeover of the company, said eight people with...
GPT-4 Is Here, and the Silicon Valley Bank Fallout
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Microsoft and Google Unveil AI Tools for Businesses
For all the talk about the transformative nature of new technology called generative artificial intelligence, some of the earlier commercial uses may be far more...
Nike ‘Deeply Concerned’ With ‘Very Serious Allegations’ Against Artist Tom Sachs
Nike has responded to recent allegations related to inappropriate workplace culture at Tom Sachs’ studio. Multiple former employees of the artist alleged a “destabilizing and...
A New Film About Joseph Bau, Artist and Holocaust Survivor, Is in Production, Starring Emile Hirsch
Emile Hirsch (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”) and Inbar Lavi (“Fauda”) lead the cast of WWII-set drama “Bau, Artist at War,” which is now in...
How ChatGPT and Generative AI Could Change the Way We Travel
A ‘significant new step’ Some in the industry worry that as systems like ChatGPT improve, they might put travel advisers out of business, said Chad...
TikTok Pushed by U.S. to Resolve National Security Concerns
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration wants TikTok’s Chinese ownership to sell the app or face a possible ban, TikTok said on Wednesday, as the White...
How Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant Lost the AI Race
On a rainy Tuesday in San Francisco, Apple executives took the stage in a crowded auditorium to unveil the fifth-generation iPhone. The phone, which looked...
OpenAI Unveils GPT-4, Months After ChatGPT Stunned Silicon Valley
Four months ago, a small San Francisco company became the talk of the technology industry when it introduced a new online chatbot that could answer...