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Google’s A.I. Search Leaves Publishers Scrambling

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Nico Grant and Katie Robertson
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.

Google Eats Rocks, a Win for A.I. Interpretability and Safety Vibe Check

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Kevin Roose， Casey Newton， Rachel Cohn， Whitney Jones， Jen Poyant， Brad Fisher， Dan Powell， Marion Lozano， Sophia Lanman， Rowan Niemisto and Diane Wong
“Pass me the nontoxic glue and a couple of rocks, because it’s time to whip up a meal with Google’s new A.I. Overviews.”

© Photo Illustration by The New York Times; Photo: Enter89/Getty Images (rocks); T Kimura/Getty Images (plate)

Europe Banned Russia’s RT Network. Its Content Is Still Spreading.

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Tiffany Hsu and Steven Lee Myers
A study found that hundreds of sites, many without obvious Kremlin links, copied Russian propaganda and spread it to unsuspecting audiences ahead of the E.U. election.

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RT, which the U.S. State Department describes as a key player in the Kremlin’s disinformation and propaganda apparatus, has been banned in the European Union, Canada and other countries since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

Once a Sheriff’s Deputy in Florida, Now a Source of Disinformation From Russia

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Steven Lee Myers
In 2016, Russia used an army of trolls to interfere in the U.S. presidential election. This year, an American given asylum in Moscow may be accomplishing much the same thing all by himself.

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John Mark Dougan, who has been granted asylum in Moscow, above, has become a key player in the Kremlin’s information operations against the West.

Saudi Arabia Eyes a Future Beyond Oil

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Stanley Reed
The kingdom is trying to juggle its still-vital petroleum industry with alternative energy sources like wind and solar as it faces pressure to lower carbon emissions.

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Arrays of solar panels help power the Jazlah Water Desalination plant in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

OpenAI Says It Has Begun Training a New Flagship A.I. Model

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Cade Metz
The advanced A.I. system would succeed GPT-4, which powers ChatGPT. The company has also created a new safety committee to address A.I.’s risks.

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As Sam Altman’s OpenAI trains its new model, its new Safety and Security committee will work to hone policies and processes for safeguarding the technology, the company said.

The Emails at the Heart of the Government’s Ticketmaster Case

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Ben Sisario
Live Nation Entertainment, which owns Ticketmaster, is accused of violating antitrust laws. The Justice Department drew on the concert behemoth’s internal communications in its lawsuit.

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The Justice Department relied on internal emails in its antitrust suit against Live Nation that offered a rare behind-the-scenes look at the industry.

ScarJo vs. ChatGPT, Neuralink’s First Patient Opens Up, and Microsoft’s A.I. PCs

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Kevin Roose， Casey Newton， Rachel Cohn， Whitney Jones， Jen Poyant， Alyssa Moxley， Dan Powell， Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
“Did you ever think we would have a literal Avenger fighting back against the relentless march of A.I.? Because that’s sort of what this story is about.”

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Ampla, a Lender to Consumer Brands, Faces Financial Struggles

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Jordyn Holman
Ampla, which lent money to smaller businesses that sold clothing, home furnishings and other items directly to consumers, is struggling financially and seeking a buyer.

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Ben Perkins, the founder of &Collar, a men’s dress shirt company, was told by an Ampla representative last month that his business’s credit line had been frozen.

Russia Is Increasingly Blocking Ukraine’s Starlink Service

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Paul Mozur and Adam Satariano
Russia has deployed advanced tech to interfere with Elon Musk’s satellite internet service, Ukrainian officials said, leading to more outages on the northern front battle line.

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Members of the Achilles Drone battalion of Ukraine’s 92nd Assault Brigade in Kharkiv, Ukraine. They depend on Starlink service for communications and to conduct drone strikes.

AI’s Black Boxes Just Got a Little Less Mysterious

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Kevin Roose
Researchers at the A.I. company Anthropic claim to have found clues about the inner workings of large language models, possibly helping to prevent their misuse and to curb their potential threats.

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Anthropic researchers found that turning certain features on or off in the company’s chatbot could change how the A.I. system behaved.

Craig Wright Is Not Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto, Court Rules

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David Yaffe-Bellany
For years, Craig Steven Wright, an Australian cryptocurrency enthusiast, claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of Bitcoin. Then the courts got involved.

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Craig Steven Wright, center, arriving at High Court in London, where he was sued over his claim that he invented Bitcoin under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.

The Paperless Post Founders Changed How We Party

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Christopher Barnard
When James and Alexa Hirschfeld started Paperless Post 15 years ago, some saw its digital invitations as a fad. Instead, they have become a fixture of events and have spawned imitators.

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James Hirschfeld and his sister, Alexa Hirschfeld, at the Paperless Post office in Manhattan’s Financial District.

Why TikTok Users Are Blocking Celebrities

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Elizabeth Paton
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.
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