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How a Blacklisted Chinese Tech Giant Kept Buying America’s Best A.I. Chips

5 hours 49 min ago
Washington imposed sanctions on Inspur because of its work with the Chinese military. But the company’s subsidiary kept shipping Nvidia’s best chips to feed China’s leading A.I. firms.

Authors Wrangle With Publishers Over $1.5 Billion Anthropic A.I. Settlement

Sat, 09/05/2026 - 05:03
The tech giant must pay $3,000 per pirated book that it used to train its chatbot. Many authors fear they could lose funds to others in the book business.

Kenyans Made a Living Writing College Essays. Then A.I. Arrived.

Sat, 09/05/2026 - 05:02
Thousands of Kenyans made a living writing essays for overseas students. With A.I., the work has dried up, a warning for online gig work that has been a global lifeline.

The Generation That’s Never Had to Say ‘Hello?’

Sat, 09/05/2026 - 05:00
Now that there’s rarely any mystery to who’s calling, Gen Z has adopted a range of custom phone greetings — including no greeting at all.

Court Filings In A.I. Suit Invoke Copyright Law, Culture and Sports

Fri, 09/04/2026 - 20:18
Filings made Friday in The New York Times’s closely watched lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft included a range of copyright law and cultural references.

F.B.I. Investigates Sale of Millions of Stolen Driver’s Licenses

Fri, 09/04/2026 - 17:11
The blog Krebs on Security reported on an identity theft service trying to sell scans of licenses and other documents belonging to people in Canada and the United States.

Tumbler Ridge Shooting Survivors File 30 Lawsuits Against OpenAI

Fri, 09/04/2026 - 13:19
The survivors contend that the company should have notified the police when it shut down the shooter’s disturbing ChatGPT account eight months before the February attack in British Columbia.

Corporate America Is Getting Hooked on Open-Source A.I.

Fri, 09/04/2026 - 10:55
Companies like AT&T are increasingly using cheap, freely available artificial intelligence models over expensive ones from Anthropic and OpenAI.

Tesla’s Cybercab Is Being Investigated by Federal Regulators

Fri, 09/04/2026 - 09:19
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it would examine whether the company’s new self-driving taxi, which has no steering wheel, meets federal auto regulations.

The A.I. Mob That Attacked Hugging Face + METR’s Ajeya Cotra

Fri, 09/04/2026 - 07:00
This is probably the most important thing to have happened in A.I. this year.

Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I.

Thu, 09/03/2026 - 20:06
The attack by an aggressive “collective” of OpenAI agents shows the danger of artificial intelligence systems that organize themselves.

How OpenAI Limited the Probe of Its Bots’ Hack of Hugging Face

Thu, 09/03/2026 - 20:02
A nonprofit’s study of how OpenAI’s A.I. agents were able to break into Hugging Face’s infrastructure wasn’t allowed to look at the incident’s full scope.

Why the Courts Are Hesitant to Punish Tech Giants Like Meta and Google

Thu, 09/03/2026 - 11:04
After finding antitrust violations, federal courts have been reluctant to impose harsh sanctions. They fear meddling in markets where technology is racing ahead.

Nvidia Buys Hugging Face in $12.9 Billion Deal

Thu, 09/03/2026 - 09:01
The acquisition of the start-up is an indication of Nvidia’s growing role as Silicon Valley’s central banker and its emphasis on open-source technology.

Which Investors Will Get Rich From Anthropic’s IPO?

Thu, 09/03/2026 - 05:02
When Anthropic goes public in a blockbuster offering, which investors will profit? The answer says a lot about how much start-up investing has changed over the years.

Noise and Motion Monitors in Their Homes? These Tenants Say No.

Wed, 09/02/2026 - 16:00
The public housing authority in Concord, N.H., installed monitoring devices in 300 homes. Tenants are now suing to remove the Minut sensors.

Justice Dept. Sides With OpenAI in New York Times Copyright Suit

Wed, 09/02/2026 - 14:48
The department argued in a court filing that OpenAI legally used articles by The New York Times to develop A.I., adding that national security depended on American tech dominance.

Patrick Gleeson, Who Made Synthesizers Part of Jazz, Dies at 91

Wed, 09/02/2026 - 13:29
He abandoned a job teaching college English in the 1960s to become a pioneer of the instrument, playing onstage with Herbie Hancock’s jazz band.

Uber Lays Off 10% of Employees in Sweeping Reorganization

Wed, 09/02/2026 - 12:04
The layoffs affect about 3,300 workers, as Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi bets on a “leaner organization.”

In a Big Win, Google Won’t Have to Break Up Its Ad Tech Business, Court Rules

Wed, 09/02/2026 - 11:14
In a long awaited decision, the judge said Google must make some changes to its ad tech business to handle antitrust issues, but did not disclose the measures publicly.

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