Silicon Valley Bank’s Deep Ties to the Tech Industry
When Kleiner Perkins, one of Silicon Valley’s highest-profile venture capital firms, wanted to build a bridge between two of its office buildings around 2005, it...
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...
Twitch’s Chief Executive Says He Is Resigning
SAN FRANCISCO — Emmett Shear, the chief executive of the livestreaming site Twitch, said on Thursday that he was resigning, ending a 16-year tenure for...
U.K. Bans TikTok on Government Devices
Britain on Thursday became the latest Western country to prohibit the use of TikTok on “government devices,” citing security fears linked to the video-sharing app’s...
China’s Answer to ChatGPT Gets an Artificial Debut and Disappoints
Almost six years ago, a Google computer program toppled the best player in China — and the world — at Go, an ancient Chinese board...
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...
Stripe Raises New Funding That Values It at $50 Billion
Stripe, a San Francisco payments provider and one of the world’s most valuable private companies, said on Wednesday that it had raised new funding that...
Sabrina Brier Is TikTok’s Latest Character
It was a dark Saturday night last month on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where Saturday nights can get very dark, but Sabrina Brier,...
GPT-4 Is Exciting and Scary
One strange characteristic of today’s A.I. language models is that they often act in ways their makers don’t anticipate, or pick up skills they weren’t...
Russia’s Spring Offensive in Ukraine Could Include Cyberattacks, Microsoft Says
WASHINGTON — A hacking group with ties to the Russian government appears to be preparing new cyberattacks on Ukraine’s infrastructure and government offices, Microsoft said...
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...
Volkswagen Will Invest $193 Billion in Electric Cars and Software
Volkswagen said on Tuesday that it would spend $193 billion on software, battery factories and other investments as it aimed to make every fifth vehicle...