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Yesterday — 17 May 2024NYT: Technology

Why TikTok Users Are Blocking Celebrities

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By: Elizabeth Paton
18 May 2024 at 10:36
A TikTok movement is calling for followers to block famous people over their stances on the Israel-Hamas war. It began at the Met Gala.

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Zendaya at the Met Gala last week in a couture gown. Her image, spliced with photographs of Palestinian children, contributed to a TikTok movement.

Taiwan, on China’s Doorstep, Is Dealing With TikTok Its Own Way

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By: Meaghan Tobin and Amy Chang Chien
16 May 2024 at 20:55
The island democracy was early to ban TikTok on government phones, and the ruling party refuses to use it. But a U.S.-style ban is not under consideration.

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For years, Taiwan has been one of the world’s top targets of online disinformation, much of it originating in China.
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Voice Actors Sue Company Whose AI Sounds Like Them

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By: Cade Metz
16 May 2024 at 12:49
Two voice actors say an A.I. company created clones of their voices without their permission. Now they’re suing. The company denies it did anything wrong.

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Linnea Sage and Paul Skye Lehrman were shocked when they heard A.I.-generated versions of their voices.

EU Investigates Facebook and Instagram Over Addictive Effects on Children

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By: Adam Satariano
16 May 2024 at 14:13
The American tech giant’s platforms, Facebook and Instagram, may “exploit the weaknesses and inexperience of minors,” the European Commission said.

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“We are sparing no effort to protect our children,” Thierry Breton, the European Union’s internal markets commissioner, said in a statement.

Netflix and the N.F.L. Sign a Three-Season Deal

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By: Nicole Sperling
15 May 2024 at 15:42
Football joins pro wrestling and comedy specials in an expansion of the streaming service’s live offerings, a key step in the company’s overall live TV strategy.

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Netflix’s deal with the N.F.L. marks a first for the streaming service.

AI Program Aims to Break Barriers for Female Students

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By: Natasha Singer and Thalia Juarez
15 May 2024 at 16:38
A new program, backed by Cornell Tech, M.I.T. and U.C.L.A., helps prepare lower-income, Latina and Black female computing majors for artificial intelligence careers.

The Break Through Tech A.I. program provides young women with learning and career opportunities in artificial intelligence.

Inside OpenAI’s Library

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By: Cade Metz and Christie Hemm Klok
17 May 2024 at 22:45
OpenAI may be changing how the world interacts with language. But inside headquarters, there is a homage to the written word: a library.

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Senators Propose $32 Billion in Annual A.I. Spending but Defer Regulation

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By: Cecilia Kang and David McCabe
15 May 2024 at 05:00
Their plan is the culmination of a yearlong listening tour on the dangers of the new technology.

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From left, the senators behind a plan for federal legislation on artificial intelligence: Martin Heinrich, Todd Young, Chuck Schumer and Mike Rounds.

OpenAI’s Chief Scientist, Ilya Sutskever, Is Leaving the Company

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By: Cade Metz
14 May 2024 at 21:39
In November, Ilya Sutskever joined three other OpenAI board members to force out Sam Altman, the chief executive, before saying he regretted the move.

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Ilya Sutskever, who contributed to breakthrough research in artificial intelligence, brought instant credibility to OpenAI.

Google Unveils AI Overviews Feature for Search at 2024 I/O Conference

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By: Nico Grant
14 May 2024 at 15:35
The tech giant showed off how it would enmesh A.I. more deeply into its products and users’ lives, from search to so-called agents that perform tasks.

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On Tuesday, Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive, showed how the company’s aggressive work on A.I. had finally trickled into its search engine.

Can Google Give A.I. Answers Without Breaking the Web?

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By: Kevin Roose
14 May 2024 at 14:16
Publishers have long worried that artificial intelligence would drive readers away from their sites. They’re about to find out if those fears are warranted.

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Google’s plans to incorporate new A.I. into its search results could be a problem for publishers that count on traffic from the search engine.

Darren Criss to Return to Broadway as a Robot in Love

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By: Michael Paulson
14 May 2024 at 11:00
The actor will star in “Maybe Happy Ending,” an original musical set in a future Seoul. It will begin previews in September.

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Darren Criss will play a helperbot who strikes up a relationship at a retirement home for obsolete humanoid devices.

Biden Bans Chinese Bitcoin Mine Near U.S. Nuclear Missile Base

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By: Michael Forsythe and Gabriel J.X. Dance
13 May 2024 at 21:23
An investigation identified national security risks posed by a crypto facility in Wyoming. It is near an Air Force base and a data center doing work for the Pentagon.

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The bitcoin mine in Cheyenne, Wyo., has been ordered to cease operations immediately.

OpenAI Unveils New ChatGPT That Listens, Looks and Talks

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By: Cade Metz
14 May 2024 at 01:12
Chatbots, image generators and voice assistants are gradually merging into a single technology with a conversational voice.

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The new app is part of a much wider effort to combine conversational chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT with voice assistants like the Google Assistant and Apple’s Siri.

U.S. Awards $120 Million to Polar Semiconductor to Expand Chip Facility

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By: Madeleine Ngo
13 May 2024 at 05:01
The grant is the latest federal award in a series stemming from the CHIPS and Science Act meant to ramp up domestic production of vital semiconductors.

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The federal award will go toward a project to expand the Polar Semiconductor facility in Bloomington, Minn.

On Instagram, a Jewelry Ad Draws Solicitations for Sex With a 5-Year-Old

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By: Michael H. Keller and Jennifer Valentino-DeVries
13 May 2024 at 10:51
Advertisers of merchandise for young girls find that adult men can become their unintended audience. In a test ad, convicted sex offenders inquired about a child model.

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Christie’s Website Is Brought Down by Hackers Days Before $840 Million Auctions

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By: Zachary Small
10 May 2024 at 12:32
The auctioneer’s website was taken offline on Thursday evening and remained down on Friday, days before its spring auctions were set to begin.

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The website of Christie’s, the auction house, was brought down just before a series of high-profile springs sales were set to get underway next week.

California Will Add a Fixed Charge to Electric Bills and Reduce Rates

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By: Ivan Penn
10 May 2024 at 11:06
Officials said the decision would lower bills and encourage people to use cars and appliances that did not use fossil fuels, but some experts said it would discourage energy efficiency.

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Utility companies across the country have long pushed for fixed charges to help cover the cost of maintaining and improving grid equipment like power lines and substations

Meet Kevin’s A.I. Friends

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By: Kevin Roose， Casey Newton， Rachel Cohn， Whitney Jones， Jen Poyant， Chris Wood， Dan Powell， Elisheba Ittoop and Marion Lozano
10 May 2024 at 05:04
They gave him notes on his outfits and reassurance before a big talk, and they shared made-up gossip about each other.

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Apple Says Destructive iPad Ad ‘Missed the Mark’

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By: Tripp Mickle
9 May 2024 at 18:10
People in the creative world widely panned a commercial showing a giant hydraulic press squishing objects ranging from paint cans to a piano.

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Apple faced a barrage of criticism from people who thought its ad for the latest iPad Pro was a metaphor for how Big Tech has cashed in on creative works.

Apple’s New iPad Ad Leaves Its Creative Audience Feeling … Flat

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By: Tripp Mickle
8 May 2024 at 19:47
An ad meant to show how the updated device can do many things has become a metaphor for a community’s fears of the technology industry.

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Apple’s latest iPad Pro has a more powerful chip inside, but a new ad for the device has been criticized in some circles.

Disney, Hulu and Max Streaming Bundle Will Soon Become Available

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By: John Koblin
8 May 2024 at 18:58
The offering from Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery shows how rival companies are willing to work together to navigate an uncertain entertainment landscape.

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Disney announced this week that Disney+ was profitable last quarter, a first.

GM to Retire the Chevy Malibu to Make More EVs

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By: Neal E. Boudette
8 May 2024 at 17:19
The gasoline-powered Malibu was the last sedan sold by Chevrolet, the General Motors brand, in the United States.

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Since the car’s introduction in the 1960s, G.M. has sold more than 10 million Malibus. But sales have slumped in recent years.

How the Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake Beef Crashed the Genius Website

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By: Alexandra E. Petri
9 May 2024 at 09:20
The furious exchange of diss tracks and the rush to interpret each song briefly overwhelmed Genius, where users can annotate lyrics to songs.

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Kendrick Lamar and Drake (not pictured) were responsible for nearly every entry on Genius’s list of the top 10.

Google Unveils AI for Predicting Behavior of Human Molecules

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By: Cade Metz
8 May 2024 at 11:00
The system, AlphaFold3, could accelerate efforts to understand the human body and fight disease.

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Google DeepMind’s new technology brings hope that the advances will significantly streamline the creation of new drugs and vaccines.

FTX Customers Poised to Recover All Funds Lost in Collapse

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By: David Yaffe-Bellany
8 May 2024 at 14:25
Bankruptcy lawyers for FTX said customers of the cryptocurrency exchange were set to get all their money back, plus interest.

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The announcement was a landmark in the attempt to recover the $8 billion in customer assets that disappeared when FTX imploded.

Biden Announces $3.3 Billion Microsoft AI Center at Trump’s Failed Foxconn Site

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By: Erica L. Green
8 May 2024 at 16:27
The president’s visit to Wisconsin celebrated the investment by Microsoft in a center to be built on the site of a failed Foxconn project negotiated by his predecessor.

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President Biden at the Intel campus in Chandler, Ariz., in March. His “Investing in America” agenda has focused on bringing billions of private-sector dollars into manufacturing and industries such as clean energy and artificial intelligence.

Artificially Intelligent Help for Planning Your Summer Vacation

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By: J. D. Biersdorfer
8 May 2024 at 05:05
Travel-focused A.I. bots and more eco-friendly transportation options in online maps and search tools can help you quickly organize your seasonal getaway.

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Layla is one of the many travel-oriented online services that use artificial intelligence to help plan vacations and other trips.

Reddit Posts $575 Million Loss Tied to I.P.O. but Also Strong Growth

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By: Mike Isaac
7 May 2024 at 17:04
Reddit’s first earnings report as a public company showed leaps in users and advertising revenue, along with expenses related to its initial public offering.

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The New York Stock Exchange on Reddit’s first day of trading in March. On Tuesday, the company reported a 48 percent increase in quarterly revenue.

TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban

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By: Sapna Maheshwari and David McCabe
7 May 2024 at 16:03
The social media company and its Chinese parent, ByteDance, sued to challenge the new law, saying it violated users’ First Amendment rights.

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TikTok’s office in Culver City, Calif. The company has said a new U.S. law requiring its sale is essentially a ban.

OpenAI Releases ‘Deepfake’ Detector to Disinformation Researchers

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By: Cade Metz and Tiffany Hsu
7 May 2024 at 06:00
The prominent A.I. start-up is also joining an industrywide effort to spot content made with artificial intelligence.

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OpenAI’s offices in San Francisco. The company said that its new detector can identify 98.8 percent of images created by DALL-E 3, its own generator.

Behind Nigeria’s Arrest of Binance Employee, Claims of a Bribe Request

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By: David Yaffe-Bellany and Emily Flitter
7 May 2024 at 04:00
A compliance officer for the cryptocurrency exchange told senior executives and Nigerian contacts that the company had been asked to pay $150 million in crypto.

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Tigran Gambaryan, right, a Binance employee, in a Nigerian courtroom on April 4. He was jailed during a trip to Nigeria in February.

A New Diplomatic Strategy Emerges as Artificial Intelligence Grows

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By: David E. Sanger
6 May 2024 at 20:32
The new U.S. approach to cyberthreats comes as early optimism about a “global internet” connecting the world has been shattered.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken at the RSA Conference in San Francisco on Monday. He has described an increasingly zero-sum competition, in which countries will be forced to choose between signing up for a Western-dominated “stack” of technologies or a Chinese-dominated one.
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