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Today — 17 June 2024NYT: Technology

How A.I. Is Revolutionizing Drug Development

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By: Steve Lohr and Spencer Lowell
17 June 2024 at 05:03
In high-tech labs, workers are generating data to train A.I. algorithms to design better medicine, faster. But the transformation is just getting underway.

Chips in a container at Terray Therapeutics in Monrovia, Calif. Each of the custom-made chips has millions of minuscule wells for measuring drug screening reactions quickly and accurately.

Can A.I. Answer the Needs of Smaller Businesses? Some Push to Find Out.

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By: Sydney Ember
17 June 2024 at 05:03
Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT are finding widest use at big companies, but there is wide expectation that the impact will spread.

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Allison Giddens, a co-president at Win-Tech, an aerospace manufacturing company in Kennesaw, Ga., keeps a note on her computer monitor to remind her to make use of ChatGPT more often.
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Elon Musk Got 72% in Tesla Shareholder Vote on Pay

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By: Jason Karaian and Jack Ewing
14 June 2024 at 16:31
About 72 percent of shares in the balloting affirmed the chief executive’s lucrative stock award. The company hopes to get a court to reinstate it.

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Tesla’s decisive shareholder vote affirming Elon Musk’s stock award was a vote of confidence in his leadership of the electric car company.

Clearview AI Used Your Face. Now You May Get a Stake in the Company.

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By: Kashmir Hill
13 June 2024 at 20:07
The facial recognition start-up doesn’t have the funds to settle a class-action lawsuit, so lawyers are proposing equity for those whose faces were scraped from the internet.

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A demonstration of Clearview AI’s facial recognition smartphone app in 2019.

Clearview AI Used Your Face. Now You May Get a Stake in the Company.

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By: Kashmir Hill
13 June 2024 at 20:07
The facial recognition start-up doesn’t have the funds to settle a class-action lawsuit, so lawyers are proposing equity for those whose faces were scraped from the internet.

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A demonstration of Clearview AI’s facial recognition smartphone app in 2019.

Musk’s Friends and Fans Applaud Shareholder Vote on His Payday

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By: Eli Tan
13 June 2024 at 20:05
On the social media platform X, which Mr. Musk owns, reactions to a vote that reaffirmed Mr. Musk’s $45 billion package were buoyant.

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Tesla shareholders reaffirmed a compensation package of more than $45 billion for Elon Musk, the company’s chief executive.

X CEO Linda Yaccarino Touts Advertiser Return After Musk Takeover

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By: Kate Conger and Ryan Mac
13 June 2024 at 18:40
Still, Elon Musk, who owns the platform, and his chief executive Linda Yaccarino, have work to do to grow the business, leaders told employees.

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Linda Yaccarino told X employees that 65 percent of advertisers had returned to the platform since January, while admitting that the business continues to face advertising headwinds.

Lawmakers Question Brad Smith About Microsoft’s China Business

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By: Karen Weise
13 June 2024 at 16:03
Brad Smith testified before a House committee a year after Chinese hackers infiltrated Microsoft’s technology and penetrated government networks.

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Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, told the House Committee on Homeland Security that his company’s presence in China served American interests.

Tesla Shareholders Approve C.E.O. Elon Musk’s Pay Package

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By: Jack Ewing and Peter Eavis
13 June 2024 at 19:42
The vote was seen as a referendum on his management of the electric car maker and on the limits of executive pay.

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Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla, which is seeking to reverse a court decision blocking a lucrative stock award.

An A.I.-Powered App Helps Readers Make Sense of Classic Texts

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By: Steven Kurutz
13 June 2024 at 16:33
Margaret Atwood and John Banville are among the authors who have sold their voices and commentary to an app that aims to bring canonical texts to life with the latest tech.

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Along with an intellectually curious patron, the professors John Kaag, left, and Clancy Martin have started an unusual publishing venture.

Lawmakers Question Brad Smith About Microsoft’s China Business

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By: Karen Weise
13 June 2024 at 16:03
Brad Smith testified before a House committee a year after Chinese hackers infiltrated Microsoft’s technology and penetrated government networks.

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Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, told the House Committee on Homeland Security that his company’s presence in China served American interests.

Fake News Still Has a Home on Facebook

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By: Stuart A. Thompson
13 June 2024 at 14:35
Christopher Blair, a renowned “liberal troll” who posts falsehoods to Facebook, is having a banner year despite crackdowns by Facebook and growing competition from A.I.

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Christopher Blair runs a satirical Facebook group from his home in Maine.

Tesla’s Nordic Shareholders Seek to Promote Workers’ Rights in Vote

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By: Melissa Eddy
13 June 2024 at 00:00
Tesla mechanics in Sweden have been striking for six months with little movement from their employer. Nordic shareholders hope to change that.

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A Tesla facility in Stockholm last year. The auto maker’s shareholders will vote on a measure, inspired by a strike by Tesla workers in Sweden, urging the company to engage in collective bargaining.

What to Know About Europe’s Extra Tariffs on Chinese Electric Cars

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By: Melissa Eddy
12 June 2024 at 14:09
The tariffs had been expected for months, but many European automakers warned that they would drive up prices for consumers and set off a trade war with China.

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Electric cars made by BYD waiting to be loaded at a port in eastern China. Competition in Europe for E.V.s made in China has led to lower prices.

E.U. Hits Electric Vehicles From China With Higher Tariffs

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By: Melissa Eddy
12 June 2024 at 14:01
Leaders in Brussels, Washington and beyond are trying to curb China’s automobile ambitions amid rising trade tensions and fears of a glut of Chinese cars flooding global markets.

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A Chinese-made BYD electric vehicle in Frankfurt.

Elon Musk Withdraws His Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Sam Altman

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By: Cade Metz
11 June 2024 at 19:32
The Tesla chief executive had claimed that the A.I. start-up put profits and commercial interests ahead of benefiting humanity.

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Mr. Musk founded his own artificial intelligence company last year called xAI, and has repeatedly claimed that OpenAI was not focused enough on the dangers of the technology.

Mistral, a French A.I. Start-Up, Is Valued at $6.2 Billion

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By: Adam Satariano
11 June 2024 at 14:07
Created by alumni from Meta and Google, Mistral is just a year old and has already raised more than $1 billion in total from investors, leading to eye-popping valuations.

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Arthur Mensch, the chief executive of Mistral, said the fund-raising round would help fuel expansion.

Can Apple Rescue the Vision Pro?

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By: Kevin Roose
11 June 2024 at 16:33
The $3,500 “spatial computing” device has gathered dust on my shelf. Can tweaks and upgrades save it from obsolescence?

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Apple’s $3,500 first-generation Vision Pro is going for as little as $2,500 on resale websites.

Apple Intelligence Revealed at WWDC 2024 as Company Jumps Into AI Race

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By: Tripp Mickle
10 June 2024 at 17:06
The iPhone maker, which has been slow to embrace artificial intelligence, will weave it into the technology that runs on billions of devices.

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Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, at the company’s developer conference at its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.

California Proposes 30 AI Regulation Laws Amid Federal Standstill

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By: Cecilia Kang
10 June 2024 at 19:09
California legislators have made the biggest push to pass new laws to rein in the technology. Colorado passed one protecting consumers.

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An aerial view of the California State Capitol building in 2022.

Hey, Siri! Let’s Talk About How Apple Is Giving You an A.I. Makeover.

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By: Tripp Mickle
9 June 2024 at 05:04
Apple, a latecomer to artificial intelligence, has struck a deal with OpenAI and developed tools to improve its Siri voice assistant, which it is set to showcase on Monday.

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A more conversational and versatile version of Siri will be shown at Apple’s annual developers conference on Monday.

Is Your Driving Being Secretly Scored?

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By: Kashmir Hill
9 June 2024 at 05:00
The insurance industry, hungry for insights into how people drive, has turned to automakers and smartphone apps like Life360.

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A safety feature of the Life360 app tracked the driving habits of Kathleen Lomax and her family, including her daughters, Brigitte, left, and Morgan.

Can I Opt Out of Meta’s A.I. Scraping on Instagram and Facebook? Sort Of.

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By: Jesus Jiménez
7 June 2024 at 15:49
Social media users voiced worries about a move by Meta to use information from public Instagram and Facebook posts to train its A.I. But the scraping has already begun. Here’s what to know.

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Meta sent notifications to European users of Facebook and Instagram letting them know that their public posts could be used to train its A.I. — including its chatbot and other services it develops — starting on June 26. In the United States, public posts are already being used to train the services.

SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Successfully Completes 1st Return From Space

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By: Kenneth Chang
6 June 2024 at 12:50
The company achieved a key set of ambitious goals on the fourth test flight of a vehicle that is central to Elon Musk’s vision of sending people to Mars.

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The SpaceX Starship launching on its fourth flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on June 6, 2024.

How the Humane AI Pin Flopped

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By: Tripp Mickle and Erin Griffith
7 June 2024 at 14:39
Humane’s Ai Pin was supposed to free people from smartphones, but sales have been slow. Now Humane is talking to HP and others about a potential sale.

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U.S. Clears Way for Antitrust Inquiries of Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI

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By: David McCabe
5 June 2024 at 23:48
The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission agreed to divide responsibility for investigating three major players in the artificial intelligence industry.

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The Federal Trade Commission will be primarily responsible for examining Microsoft’s and OpenAI’s conduct in the artificial intelligence industry.

How Electric Car Batteries Might Aid the Grid (and Win Over Drivers)

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By: Jack Ewing
5 June 2024 at 11:36
Automakers are exploring energy storage as a way to help utilities and save customers money, turning an expensive component into an industry asset.

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A Mobility House customer using the company’s electric vehicle charging system in Munich.

How to Trace Your Ancestry Using Your Phone’s Free Tools

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By: J. D. Biersdorfer
5 June 2024 at 09:00
Everyday tools and free apps on your mobile device can help you collect, translate and digitize new material for your family-tree files.

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Although simply taking a picture of a picture might do a decent job of digitizing an image, Google’s PhotoScan app directs you to capture the picture in multiple shots before it combines everything together to remove glare and enhance the finished file. This can be especially useful for old tintypes like this one or faded photo prints.

Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War

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By: Sheera Frenkel
6 June 2024 at 11:17
Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs ordered the operation, which used fake social media accounts urging U.S. lawmakers to fund Israel’s military, according to officials and documents about the effort.

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The campaign focused on more than a dozen members of Congress, including Representative Ritchie Torres, left, and Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader.

OpenAI Whistle-Blowers Describe Reckless and Secretive Culture

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By: Kevin Roose
4 June 2024 at 15:14
A group of current and former employees is calling for sweeping changes to the artificial intelligence industry, including greater transparency and protections for whistle-blowers.

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Daniel Kokotajlo, a former researcher in OpenAI’s governance division, is an organizer of a group of former and current employees who say the company has a reckless culture.

Can Artificial Intelligence Rethink Art? Should it?

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By: Farah Nayeri
4 June 2024 at 03:33
There is an increasing overlap between art and artificial intelligence. Some celebrate it, while others worry.

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Visitors watched a projection of Refik Anadol’s A.I.-generated work that was part of his solo exhibit “Echoes of the Earth: Living Archive,” at the Serpentine North Gallery in February in London.

Elon Musk’s Starlink Connects and Divides Brazil’s Marubo People

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By: Jack Nicas and Victor Moriyama
2 June 2024 at 00:01
Elon Musk’s Starlink has connected an isolated tribe to the outside world — and divided it from within.

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A Starlink satellite internet antenna in the Manakieaway village of the Marubo Indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon.

Google Rolls Back A.I. Search Feature After Flubs and Flaws

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By: Nico Grant
1 June 2024 at 05:04
Google appears to have turned off its new A.I. Overviews for a number of searches as it works to minimize errors.

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Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive, introduced A.I. Overviews, an A.I. feature in its search engine, last month.

Google’s A.I. Search Leaves Publishers Scrambling

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By: Nico Grant and Katie Robertson
1 June 2024 at 05:02
Since Google overhauled its search engine, publishers have tried to assess the danger to their brittle business models while calling for government intervention.

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Google’s chief executive, Sundar Pichai, last year. A new A.I.-generated feature in Google search results “is greatly detrimental to everyone apart from Google,” a newspaper executive said.
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