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The state extended its current personal privacy law to include the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies.

As the company looks for more outside investors, documents reviewed by The New York Times show consumer fascination with ChatGPT and a serious need for more cash.

Contrary to public reports last year, the passengers probably had no idea that the vessel was about to implode.

The tech giant, which wrapped up its arguments in the federal monopoly trial, simply says it has the best product.

Almost a third of 171 posts last week from the X owner were false, misleading or missing vital context.

Mira Murati, the chief technology officer, and two others are leaving as leaders including Sam Altman work to transform the start-up.

At an event in Silicon Valley, the company exhibited a range of products meant to blend the real world and virtual reality, with a healthy dose of A.I.

The San Francisco A.I. start-up believes there is not enough computing power on Earth to build the artificial intelligence it wants to create.

He was once a backer of liberal causes. Then everyone seemed to turn on him. Now he wants to stay away from politics — if that’s possible.

Shortcuts, small external keyboards and even improved (and free) dictation software can make long sessions of text input much simpler.

A top adviser to Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of FTX, Ms. Ellison pleaded guilty to conspiring with him to steal $8 billion and became a crucial witness for the prosecution.

Ahead of November’s election, Meta has de-emphasized political content on Facebook, Instagram and Threads and doesn’t want to talk about candidates or campaigns.

Adam Meyers, a senior vice president of the cybersecurity firm, testified in front of a House Homeland Security subcommittee about the July mishap.

News outlets are experimenting with a feature in the world’s most popular messaging app that allows them to send links and headlines directly to followers.

Mr. Musk described Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as “authentic, honest and thoughtful.” She used her Atlantic Council spotlight to defend Western values.

Jim Covello, Goldman Sachs’s head of stock research, warned that building too much of what the world doesn’t need “typically ends badly.”

Chatbots like ChatGPT get stuff wrong. But researchers are building new A.I. systems that can verify their own math — and maybe more.

Meta, YouTube and other sites collected more data than most users realized, a new report by the Federal Trade Commission finds.

Robert Tymofichuk, a teacher in Alberta, Canada, spent nearly 2,000 hours building an operational hovercraft from salvaged car parts and with no blueprint.

Federal officials acknowledged that few Chinese vehicles were on U.S. roads now, but said that the administration wanted to take proactive measures to strengthen national security.

By tweaking the chemistry of rivers and oceans, humans could remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the air. But huge challenges loom.

While Intel has struggled in recent years, other chipmakers are thriving because of a boom in demand.

In an abrupt reversal, the social network’s lawyers said it was complying with court orders that it had previously defied. Brazil’s Supreme Court could allow the site to return next week.