Meta Shifts the Blame + Do Data Center Bans Work? + The Final HatGPT NYT: Technology By: Kevin Roose · Casey Newton · Rachel Cohn · Whitney Jones · Vjeran Pavic · Alyssa Moxley · Dan Powell · Elisheba Ittoop · Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto 28 August 2026 at 07:00 Meta negotiated an unusual provision in their landmark settlement: If TikTok and YouTube also agree to penalties and changes to their products, Meta will pay more. © Photo Illustration by The New York Times; Image: Getty Images
OpenAI’s Two-Week Pause + Jill Lepore on the Threat of the “Artificial State” + Train of Thought NYT: Technology By: Kevin Roose · Casey Newton · Whitney Jones · Rachel Cohn · Vjeran Pavic · Katie McMurran · Dan Powell · Marion Lozano · Rowan Niemisto and Alyssa Moxley 21 August 2026 at 07:32 “It is the first time that we know of that a major lab has voluntarily slowed down.” © Photo Illustration by The New York Times; Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
Zuckerberg’s Anti-Doom Fantasy + Finally an A.I. Detector That Works + A.I. Math NYT: Technology By: Kevin Roose · Casey Newton · Rachel Cohn · Whitney Jones · Vjeran Pavic · Katie McMurran · Dan Powell · Marion Lozano · Pat McCusker · Alyssa Moxley and Diane Wong 14 August 2026 at 07:00 “The first rule of Mark Zuckerberg is never count out Mark Zuckerberg.” © Photo Illustration by The New York Times; Image: Jason Henry for The New York Times