State Attorneys General Are Investigating OpenAI

OpenAI said that a coalition of states had opened an investigation over a wide range of its practices, including its handing of user data, s...

What the SpaceX I.P.O. Means for OpenAI and Anthropic

Strong investor interest in SpaceX could be good news for the A.I. rivals, which have signaled that they, too, intend to go public this year...

If You Have a 401(k), How Much SpaceX Stock Will You Own?

If you have index funds — such as in a 401(k) — they may soon include shares of the mega company. Here’s a rough calculation. from NYT ...

Britain Is Weighing a Social Media Ban for Children. How Did It Get Here?

Months after Australia banned social media for everyone under 16, the British government is considering new policies to keep children safe o...

Meta A.I. Bug Allowed Hackers to Take Over Instagram Accounts

The flaw, which Meta said it had fixed, allowed anyone to take over Instagram accounts using a bug in the company’s new artificial intellige...

In A.I. Blunder, More Than 34,000 Instagram Accounts Became Vulnerable

The flaw, which Meta said it had fixed, allowed anyone to take over Instagram accounts using a bug in the company’s new artificial intellige...

Sam Bankman-Fried Has Applied for a Pardon From Trump

Mr. Bankman-Fried is serving a 25-year prison sentence for fraud related to the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange, FTX. from NYT ...

How Banks Are Using the SpaceX IPO to Woo the Super Rich

Wall Street is giving its richest clients velvet rope access to this week’s public listing of SpaceX, reflecting the growing importance of t...

How Elon Musk’s Friendship With the F.C.C. Smooths the Way for SpaceX’s I.P.O.

Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has greenlit regulatory requests for the company’s Starlink satellite i...

Reid Hoffman to Leave Microsoft’s Board of Directors

The LinkedIn co-founder was a key bridge to Microsoft’s relationship with OpenAI, but he also came with some baggage. from NYT > Techno...

Wary of Americans, Canada Bets on Its Own A.I.

The country on Thursday released a national artificial intelligence strategy that focuses on building its sovereign capability and protectin...

SpaceX IPO to Be Largest Ever at $135 Share Price

The $135 share price means Elon Musk’s rocket maker is poised to exceed the 2019 initial public offering of Saudi Aramco in both valuation a...

Chinese Military Sought Nvidia Chips for Years, Report Says

An analysis of six years of procurement records suggests that the People’s Liberation Army has openly tried to acquire restricted U.S. techn...

Powerful A.I. Super PACs Duel Over the Midterms: ‘This Is a War’

One is allied with Anthropic. The other is tied to OpenAI. They’re both spending millions to influence the midterms, and they’re leaving a t...

What’s Next for Blue Origin After Rocket Explosion

Jeff Bezos was gaining ground on Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Starlink. Thursday’s rocket explosion on a launchpad creates a major setback. from...

Anthropic Tops OpenAI to Become the World’s Most Valuable A.I. Start-Up

Anthropic raised $65 billion in new fund-raising that put its value at $900 billion, ahead of OpenAI’s last valuation of $730 billion, as th...

At the A.I. Epicenter, Technologists Dismiss Pope Leo’s Warnings About the New Technology

Pope Leo XIV’s spiritual message on artificial intelligence arrived as Silicon Valley’s A.I. enthusiasts pursue their own spirituality throu...

Waymo Suspends Service in Six Cities After Cars Drove Into Flooded Roads

The temporary shutdowns came after videos emerged showing two Waymo cars stopped on swamped streets in Atlanta on Wednesday. from NYT >...

Trump Approved a Nvidia Chip for Sale in China. Beijing Doesn’t Want It.

The U.S. tech giant’s powerful H200 chip seemed poised to boost Beijing’s A.I. ambitions, but not a single one has been purchased in China. ...

Bluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda

The company said it was fighting Russian efforts to hijack real users’ accounts to post fake content, an apparently novel tactic. from NYT...