Tesla’s Cybertruck Is Coming Soon. Maybe.
More than three years after Elon Musk stunned the auto industry with an electric pickup truck that looked more like a stealth fighter than a...
How Deepfake Videos Are Used to Spread Disinformation
Although the use of deepfakes in the recently discovered pro-China disinformation campaign was ham-handed, it opens a new chapter in information warfare. In recent weeks,...
Meta, Long an AI Leader, Tries Not to Be Left Out of the Boom
SAN FRANCISCO — Two weeks before a chatbot called ChatGPT appeared on the internet in November and wowed the world, Meta, the owner of Facebook,...
Google to Release Bard, Its AI Chatbot Rival to ChatGPT
Google said on Monday that it would soon release an experimental chatbot called Bard as it races to respond to ChatGPT, which has wowed millions...
Elon Musk Is His Own Spokesman
Particularly since the main subject of the coverage appears to be paying close attention. A self-professed “free speech absolutist,” Mr. Musk has said that he...
Musk Pledged to Cleanse Twitter of Child Abuse Content. Is It Working?
Over 120,000 views of a video showing a boy being sexually assaulted. A recommendation engine suggesting that a user follow content related to exploited children....
Do You Work in the Auto Industry? We Want to Hear From You.
Growth in sales of electric vehicles has created thousands of jobs in auto manufacturing, batteries and other new fields, but not without turmoil. There is...
At This School, Computer Science Class Now Includes Critiquing Chatbots
Marisa Shuman’s computer science class at the Young Women’s Leadership School of the Bronx began as usual on a recent January morning. Just after 11:30,...
Are You Switching to a Heat Pump? We Want to Hear From You.
As the world moves to electrify everything from cars to heating in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, heat pumps have become more popular....
Advisory Firm Sues Elon Musk’s Twitter, Saying It Hasn’t Been Paid
The blockbuster technology deal that every adviser on Wall Street clamored to be a part of has proved not to have been so lucrative for...
Jury Rules for Elon Musk and Tesla in Investor Lawsuit Over Tweets
A jury decided Friday that Elon Musk was not liable for losses suffered by investors after he posted messages on Twitter saying he had secured...
Why Apple Watches Keep Calling 911
FRISCO, Colo. — On a recent sunny Sunday morning, following a night of fluffy snowfall, tens of thousands of skiers flocked to the resorts of Summit...
How ChatGPT Kicked Off an A.I. Arms Race
One day in mid-November, workers at OpenAI got an unexpected assignment: Release a chatbot, fast. The chatbot, an executive announced, would be known as “Chat...
TikTok’s “Transparency and Accountability Center” + ChatGPT’s Origin Story + Kevin Systrom’s Artifact App
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