A.I. Hallucinations Are Getting Worse, Even as New Systems Become More Powerful
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Last month, an A.I. bot that handles tech support for Cursor, an up-and-coming tool for computer programmers, alerted several customers about a…
Elon Musk, His 16-Foot Wall and the Feud With His Texas Neighbors
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At first, residents of the upscale cul-de-sac in West Lake Hills, Texas, did not know who had moved into the 6,900-square-foot, six-bedroom…
Voters Approve Incorporation of SpaceX Hub as Starbase, Texas
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Members of a South Texas community that has served as the hub of Elon Musk’s rocket launch company, SpaceX, voted on Saturday…
How Misinformation and Partisan ‘New Media’ Changed a California Town
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With its horse-trodden roads, endless fields of almond blossoms and cowboy heritage, the 20,000 person town of Oakdale, Calif., fits the American…
Sam Altman’s Start-Up Launches Eye-Scanning Crypto Orbs in the U.S.
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Spend enough time in San Francisco, peering into the cyberpunk future, and you may find that weird things start seeming normal. Fleets…
Google Plans to Roll Out Gemini A.I. Chatbot to Children Under 13
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Google plans to roll out its Gemini artificial intelligence chatbot next week for children under 13 who have parent-managed Google accounts, as…
Justice Dept. Lawyers Say US Wants to Break up Google’s Ad Technology
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The Justice Department laid out its road map on Friday to break up Google’s advertising technology empire, which would be the second…
TikTok Fined $600 Million for Sending European User Data to China
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TikTok was fined 530 million euros ($600 million) on Friday for violating a European Union data privacy law after regulators found the…
The Dangers of A.I. Flattery + Kevin Meets the Orb + Group Chat Chat
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Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadio This week we dig into the ways chatbots…
How a U.S. Tax Loophole Supercharged China’s Exports
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When Congress raised the threshold for imported goods to enter the United States tax-free to $800 from $200 nearly a decade ago,…
