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“Elon Musk is willing to spend a phenomenal amount of money and basically do everything he can to stay with the head of the pack on A.I. progress.”

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Operator, a new computer-using tool from OpenAI, is brittle and occasionally erratic, but it points to a future of powerful A.I. agents.

“DeepSeek is a really odd duck.”

“We are starting to see how Silicon Valley wants to do business during the Trump administration.”

The creators of a new test called “Humanity’s Last Exam” argue we may soon lose the ability to create tests hard enough for A.I. models.

“This is truly one of the funniest and most unexpected stories of the young year so far.”

“I think this set of changes that the company announced this week are the most important series of policy changes that they have made in the past five years.”

In a year of continued A.I. progress, “founder mode” drama and a Trump election win, a few tech projects stood out for their clear benefits to humanity.

We flew to Arizona to test the recently debuted service ourselves.

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A.I. insiders are falling for Claude, a chatbot from Anthropic. Is it a passing fad, or a preview of artificial relationships to come?

The sudden departure of Intel’s C.E.O. reignites concerns about U.S. dependence on foreign manufacturing.

“I just love imagining all of the angry emails we’re going to get from people who are like, ‘Why did you put the fulcrum on this list?’”

Hard times for the humble hyperlink and those who depend on it.

Coding boot camps once looked like the golden ticket to an economically secure future. But as that promise fades, what should you do? Keep learning, until further notice.

“I feel very strongly that the First Amendment is under the most direct threat that any of us will ever really experience.”

Bluesky has a hint of the old Twitter magic, but the feeling of freedom it offers might be even better.

A small study found ChatGPT outdid human physicians when assessing medical case histories, even when those doctors were using a chatbot.

Cryptocurrency is poised to have a huge year in 2025.