Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Case
A jury found the companies harmed a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress.
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OpenAI Is Shutting Down Sora, Its A.I. Video Generator
The start-up said it would discontinue Sora just three months after signing a multiyear deal to bring Disney characters to the service.
Meta Ordered to Pay $375 Million Over Child Safety Violations
In one of the company’s first major losses, New Mexico jurors found that it had misled consumers about the safety of its platforms, enabli…
Arm Holdings, in Break From Past, Will Sell Its Own Computer Chips
For years, the company sold chip designs to other companies. Now it plans to sell its own chips for A.I. data centers.
Judge Hears State Challenge to Trump’s Tech Deal Settlement
Democratic state attorneys general are fighting the Justice Department’s clearance of a $14 billion deal by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, ar…
Paul Brainerd Dies at 78; Pioneered Desktop Publishing With PageMaker
His software brought printing into the digital age, allowing users to stop manually splicing columns of text and graphics and instead create…
Elon Musk Is Responsible for Some Twitter Investor Losses, Jury Finds
The verdict was a rare loss for Mr. Musk, who investors claimed had tried to drive down the share price of the social media company, now cal…
More! More! More! Tech Workers Max Out Their A.I. Use.
At a number of companies, employees compete on leaderboards to show how much A.I. they’re using. They’re racking up big bills along the …
Polymarket Says It Predicts the Truth. Its Social Feeds Are Filled With Falsehoods.
A review of the betting market’s social media feeds found it has published hundreds of false and misleading posts.
U.S. Says 3 Tied to Silicon Valley Server Maker Broke Export Laws
Prosecutors said the men, including a co-founder of the company, Super Micro, had diverted servers containing Nvidia A.I. chips to China.
Jeff Bezos in Talks to Raise $100 Billion Fund to Transform Companies With A.I.
The new fund would operate alongside the Amazon founder’s A.I. start-up, Project Prometheus.
Have You Turned to A.I. For Advice on a Romantic Relationship?
People are using generative A.I. chatbots for help on everything from starting to ending a relationship. Have you? How did it turn out?