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Can A.I. Writing Be More Than a Gimmick?
The new essay collection “Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age,” by Vauhini Vara, opens with a transcript. “If I paste some writing here,…
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The Limits of A.I.-Generated Miyazaki
If asked to come up with a quintessentially “human” work of art, one could do worse than to name a film by Studio Ghibli. The Japanese…
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Are We Taking A.I. Seriously Enough?
My in-laws own a little two-bedroom beach bungalow. It’s part of a condo development that hasn’t changed much in fifty years. The units…
Business
Elon Musk Says He Has Sold X to His A.I. Start-Up xAI
Elon Musk said on Friday that he had sold X, his social media company, to xAI, his artificial intelligence start-up, in an unusual…
Politics
Emboldened by Trump, A.I. Companies Lobby for Fewer Rules
For just over two years, technology leaders at the forefront of developing artificial intelligence had made an unusual request of…
Culture
Netflix’s Reed Hastings Gives $50 Million to Bowdoin for A.I. Program
The Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings wants more researchers and students to ask deep questions about artificial intelligence and its…
Business
Video: How A.I. Companies Are Turning Into Energy Companies
The race to build the best artificial intelligence products is resulting in a worldwide search for new energy sources to power tech…
Business
Human Therapists Prepare for Battle Against A.I. Pretenders
The nation’s largest association of psychologists this month warned federal regulators that A.I. chatbots “masquerading” as therapists,…
Politics
South Korea Bans Downloads of DeepSeek, the Chinese A.I. App
The South Korean government said on Monday that it had temporarily suspended new downloads of an artificial intelligence chatbot made by…
Business
How Did DeepSeek Build Its A.I. With Less Money?
Last month, U.S. financial markets tumbled after a Chinese start-up called DeepSeek said it had built one of the world’s most powerful…
Business
‘Doomers’ Review: Hunkered Down, Debating the Peril and Promise of A.I.
Conventional wisdom says the theater is slow to react to current events, but dramatists like Ayad Akhtar (“McNeal”) have clamored lately…
Politics
Macron Pitches Lighter Regulation to Fuel A.I. Boom in Europe
An artificial intelligence race is heating up between the United States and China — but don’t count Europe out. That was the pitch that…
Business
When It Comes to Investing, Is A.I. Worth the Hype?
After the arrival of a less costly A.I. model from China, U.S. markets and academics are wrestling with the ultimate economic value of the…
Business
OpenAI Unveils New A.I. Agent for Research
A week ago, OpenAI released a tool that can go online to shop for groceries or book a restaurant reservation. Now it is offering A.I.…
Business
Why Is This C.E.O. Bragging About Replacing Humans With A.I.?
Ask typical corporate executives about their goals in adopting artificial intelligence, and they will most likely make vague…
Business
A Look at OpenAI’s Operator, a New A.I. Agent
In the past week, OpenAI’s Operator has done the following things for me: Ordered me a new ice cream scoop on Amazon. Bought me a new…
Business
Blackstone Still Bullish on A.I. Data Centers Despite DeepSeek
The Chinese A.I. start-up DeepSeek upended the prevailing view that artificial intelligence systems require huge amounts of power and…
Business
Meta and Microsoft Double Down on Huge A.I. Spending, Despite DeepSeek Threat
We have sad news: We are following the latest on the midair collision near Ronald Reagan National Airport outside Washington between an…
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After DeepSeek, Venture Capital Investors Face Questions About Their A.I. Bets
Jordan Jacobs, an investor at the venture capital firm Radical Ventures, has spent the last few days fielding half a dozen calls from his…
Business
Who Is the Founder of the A.I. Start-Up DeepSeek?
In technology, many entrepreneurs get only one defining act. Liang Wenfeng, the founder of DeepSeek, is already on his second. The…
News
DeepSeek Shows Meta’s A.I. Strategy Is Working
When a small Chinese company called DeepSeek revealed that it had created an A.I. system that could match leading A.I. products made in…
News
Do DeepSeek’s A.I. Advances Mean US Tech Controls Have Failed?
The United States has worked steadily over the past three years to limit China’s access to the cutting edge computer chips that power…
Business
How China Is Reacting to DeepSeek Upending the A.I. Race
Inside China, it was called the tipping point for the global technological rivalry with the United States and the “darkest hour” in…
Business
How DeepSeek Went From Stock Trader to A.I. Star
Two years ago, when big-name Chinese technology companies like Baidu and Alibaba were chasing Silicon Valley’s advances in artificial…