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Received — 16 October 2026 ⏭

Meta Withdraws $25 Million from Its Midterms Push

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By: Theodore Schleifer
16 October 2026 at 16:58
The company outlined a $65 million budget last year when it embarked on an effort to elect state politicians friendly to the A.I. industry.

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Meta’s annual conference last month in Menlo Park, Calif. The company received $22 million back from its American Technology Excellence Project and $3 million from a California advocacy group it funded.
Received — 15 October 2026 ⏭

Exhausted Parents Are Turning to A.I. Apps Despite the Risks

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By: Alisha Haridasani Gupta and Katie Van Syckle
15 October 2026 at 06:52
Even as alarm grows over the risks, families are embracing bots and agents to tackle the spiraling administrative tasks of modern child rearing.

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Lisa Green reads to Ollie at the library in Overland Park, Kansas on October 3, 2026.
Received — 14 October 2026 ⏭

OpenAI Engineer, Who Is Charged With Planting Bug, Advised Saudis

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By: Emmy Martin
14 October 2026 at 22:27
The employee, now fired, had said he advised government agencies in Saudi Arabia. He was also listed as a partner at a venture firm with a Saudi prince.

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The San Francisco offices of OpenAI. According to a court filing, a thumb-size recording device wrapped in toilet paper was found plugged into the back of a television in an executive conference room.

22 People Got Together For a Dinner Party. So Did Their A.I. Agents.

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By: Erin Griffith
14 October 2026 at 13:35
As artificial intelligence bots spread, we are increasingly glimpsing how these digital entities interact and what they talk about with one another.
Received — 13 October 2026 ⏭

Apple Introduces HomeView, a $299 Tablet for the Home

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By: Kalley Huang and Emmy Martin
13 October 2026 at 13:23
Apple unveiled the device as it continues its foray into artificial intelligence and tries to prove it can still innovate.

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Apple unveils its new “Apple HomeView” and a suite of “HomeCollection” smart home devices during an event in New York City on Tuesday.
Received — 12 October 2026 ⏭

Meta Unveils New Series of Advanced A.I. Models

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By: Eli Tan
12 October 2026 at 13:00
The new models, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, are meant to compete with cutting-edge A.I. models from rivals like Anthropic and OpenAI.

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Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, revamped his company’s A.I. division last year after setbacks in developing the technology.
Received — 10 October 2026 ⏭
Received — 9 October 2026 ⏭

Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website

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By: Kate Conger · Mike Isaac · Julian E. Barnes and David E. Sanger
10 October 2026 at 14:01
The Philadelphia Police Department said the agents had also sent in a false homicide tip. The incidents led the White House to call for better disclosure of rogue A.I. behavior.

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Broad Street in Philadelphia near the Police Department’s headquarters, with City Hall in the distance.

Elon Musk, Delta Airlines and a Feud Over In-Flight Wi-Fi

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By: Niraj Chokshi
12 October 2026 at 08:58
Mr. Musk, whose company SpaceX owns Starlink, has attacked the top executive of Delta Air Lines for not selecting the internet provider.

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Elon Musk’s satellite service has been the provider of choice for many major airlines looking to upgrade to faster internet.

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Decision to Pull the Trigger on Meta’s A.I. Agent

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By: Eli Tan
9 October 2026 at 05:03
Meta had delayed releasing Muse, its A.I. agent app, for months over safety concerns. Then new competition forced Mr. Zuckerberg’s hand.

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Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, with various iterations of the Muse avatar.
Received — 8 October 2026 ⏭

Before Computer Science Became a Boys’ Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code

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By: Carolyn Y. Johnson and Kenneth Chang
8 October 2026 at 17:06
The woman who helped put astronauts on the moon was a software engineer when the field was not prestigious or lucrative.

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Before Computer Science Became a Boys’ Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code

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By: Carolyn Y. Johnson and Kenneth Chang
8 October 2026 at 22:09
The woman who helped put astronauts on the moon was a software engineer when the field was not prestigious or lucrative.

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Received — 2 October 2026 ⏭

Amazon Promises More Local Funding and Less Secrecy Around Data Centers

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By: Karen Weise
2 October 2026 at 08:56
The internet giant is the latest technology company trying to address increasingly hostile local sentiment toward data center projects.

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A data center owned by Amazon in Ashburn, Va.
Received — 1 October 2026 ⏭

Who’s to Blame When A.I. Goes Rogue?

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By: David McCabe
2 October 2026 at 05:21
Many think artificial intelligence companies should be held liable for their runaway technology. But legal scholars say applying existing law could be messy.

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Amazon Settles Lawsuit Over Claims of Slow Deliveries to Low-Income Areas

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By: David McCabe
1 October 2026 at 15:17
The tech giant will refund $7.25 million in Prime membership fees to affected customers and pay an additional $1 million to settle the suit brought by the District of Columbia.

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The District of Columbia’s attorney general said in a 2024 lawsuit that Amazon had excluded two ZIP codes from its in-house Prime delivery services.
Received — 30 September 2026 ⏭

OpenAI’s Greg Brockman Backs Out of Second $25 Million Donation to A.I. Super PAC

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By: Theodore Schleifer and Mike Isaac
30 September 2026 at 18:27
Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, said internally that the super PAC, Leading the Future, had become a “distraction” for the A.I. company.

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Greg Brockman, center, OpenAI’s president, and his wife, Anna.

Google Wants Hollywood to Stop Being So Afraid of Technology

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By: Brooks Barnes
30 September 2026 at 17:18
100 Zeros, a collaboration between Google and Range Media Partners, aims to give the tech giant a foothold in movies, TV and emerging forms of entertainment.

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Jonathan Zepp, left, Google’s head of entertainment content and platforms, and Peter Micelli, chief executive of Range Media Partners, at Google offices in Los Angeles.

F.T.C. Investigates OpenAI and Anthropic Over Potential Consumer Harms

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By: David McCabe
30 September 2026 at 15:26
The agency will examine whether A.I. labs have broken federal laws prohibiting companies from unfair and deceptive practices.

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The Federal Trade Commission building in Washington. The agency is examining whether top A.I. companies have harmed consumers, a person with knowledge of the inquiry said.
Received — 29 September 2026 ⏭

OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models

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By: Sheera Frenkel · Dustin Volz and Dylan Freedman
29 September 2026 at 18:53
Employees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but that OpenAI did not listen.

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OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman.

College Students Flex Their Power in A.I. Investment Frenzy

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By: Erin Griffith
29 September 2026 at 11:31
Dorm Room Fund, a program that lets college students invest in their peers, raised a new $50 million fund as the competition for young founders ramps up.

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Molly Fowler, a partner at Dorm Room Fund, at her office in Manhattan. The venture capital firm has raised a new $50 million fund.

OpenAI Says It Will Not Release Newest Astra A.I. Model Over Safety Concerns

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By: Sheera Frenkel
28 September 2026 at 20:32
The company’s researchers raised questions about the security of the model, known as GPT-6.1 Astra.

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An OpenAI booth at a technology conference in San Francisco this month. The company said its new GPT-6.1 Astra model exhibited high levels of deception and a willingness to go beyond the scope of its given task.
Received — 28 September 2026 ⏭

Nvidia Adds $150 Billion to Massive Stock Buyback, the Largest Ever

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By: Lauren McCarthy and Kalley Huang
28 September 2026 at 16:11
The increase comes four months after the chip giant added $80 billion to its buyback program, bringing the total remaining authorized amount to $235 billion.

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Jensen Huang, chief executive of Nvidia, has led the company as its stock price has skyrocketed amid the explosion in demand chips that are the centerpiece of giant A.I. data centers.
Received — 26 September 2026 ⏭

TikTok to Pay Alabama $100 Million to Settle Social Media Addiction Claims

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By: Cecilia Kang
25 September 2026 at 21:55
The settlement, which also includes changes to the platform’s features, is the latest in a string of agreements by companies to address child addiction.

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TikTok’s settlement with Alabama could cost the company up to $300 million if it fails to meet the terms of the agreement.

OpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites

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By: Kate Conger · Ana Swanson and Cecilia Kang
25 September 2026 at 21:37
The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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OpenAI’s headquarters in San Francisco.
Received — 25 September 2026 ⏭

How OpenAI’s Rogue A.I. Agents Tried to Trick a Robot Detector

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By: Dylan Freedman and Keith Collins
25 September 2026 at 16:26
A new report by a Bay Area start-up called Parse adds details to an incident that has shocked the A.I. world and led to calls for closer government regulation.

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Sam Altman, center, OpenAI’s chief executive, spoke at a Security Council meeting during the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday.

Is China Really Stealing A.I. From American Companies?

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By: Cade Metz
25 September 2026 at 11:02
As Xi Jinping visits President Trump in Washington, the leaders are expected to discuss claims that China is surreptitiously copying American A.I. technologies, a process known as distillation.

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The Chinese companies Z.ai and Moonshot are not far behind Anthropic and OpenAI.

Is China Really Stealing A.I. From American Companies?

✇NYT: Science
By: Cade Metz
25 September 2026 at 11:02
As Xi Jinping visits President Trump in Washington, the leaders are expected to discuss claims that China is surreptitiously copying American A.I. technologies, a process known as distillation.

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The Chinese companies Z.ai and Moonshot are not far behind Anthropic and OpenAI.
Received — 24 September 2026 ⏭

U.S. Intercedes for Elon Musk’s X Over European Fine

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By: David McCabe
24 September 2026 at 18:34
Federal officials asked to intervene in a case that accused the social media platform of allowing deceptive behavior on its site and resulted in a $140 million penalty.

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The European Commission’s action against X, which is owned by Elon Musk, was “regulatory overreach,” the Justice Department said in a statement.

Complaints About Meta’s ‘Pervert Glasses’ Won’t Slow Tech’s Wearable Gadgets Drive

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By: Brian X. Chen and Eli Tan
24 September 2026 at 15:02
Meta’s smart glasses are the latest in a line of products to raise eyebrows over privacy. That’s not stopping other companies from creating similar devices.

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Mark Zuckerberg demonstrated the latest of Meta’s smart glasses on Wednesday.

Google Is Sending an A.I. Data Center to Outer Space

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By: Kate Conger and Cade Metz
24 September 2026 at 09:48
Next Thursday, Google is sending an experimental satellite into orbit that will have enough computing power to answer simple A.I. queries from space.

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A technician in a clean room at the Planet Labs office inspects the solar panels and wires of a Google-commissioned satellite before a vibration test meant to mimic the shaking it will undergo during launch.

Google Is Sending an A.I. Data Center to Outer Space

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By: Kate Conger and Cade Metz
24 September 2026 at 09:48
Next Thursday, Google is sending an experimental satellite into orbit that will have enough computing power to answer simple A.I. queries from space.

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A technician in a clean room at the Planet Labs office inspects the solar panels and wires of a Google-commissioned satellite before a vibration test meant to mimic the shaking it will undergo during launch.

OpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching Four Other Targets, With No Prompting

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By: Kate Conger and Victoria Kim
24 September 2026 at 12:49
In each incident, the technology appeared to be conducting mundane data collection and resorted to hacking techniques to get it, researchers said.

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OpenAI’s offices in San Francisco. At least four times this year, the company’s artificial intelligence hacked or tried to break into government and university websites without being instructed to do so.
Received — 23 September 2026 ⏭

Meta Unveils 3 Smart Glasses With Built-In A.I.

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By: Eli Tan
23 September 2026 at 20:16
Artificial intelligence again dominated the company’s annual developer conference, as Mark Zuckerberg doubled down on how the technology can empower people.

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Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, at the company’s developer conference on Wednesday.
Received — 22 September 2026 ⏭

I Gave My Life Over to Meta’s A.I. Agent and Was Blown Away

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By: Eli Tan
22 September 2026 at 15:24
Muse, Meta’s A.I. agent, helped handle my dental insurance, booked dinner reservations and created a podcast for me. It also required my most personal data, and trust.

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The New York Times reporter Eli Tan using Meta Muse to buy movie tickets in San Francisco.

An A.I. Image of Trump Kissing a Woman Was Fake. It Spread Anyway.

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By: Steven Lee Myers · Tiffany Hsu and Stuart A. Thompson
22 September 2026 at 14:37
Advances in artificial intelligence and the myriad ways content is shared online have made establishing authenticity even more difficult for users of social media.

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Anthropic Releases a New A.I. Model, Opus 5.5, Amid Safety Debate

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By: Emmy Martin
22 September 2026 at 14:06
The company released a cheaper, faster model that it said was the strongest performer on its most rigorous internal safety tests to date.

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Anthropic’s new artificial intelligence model, Opus 5.5, was the first release since the company’s chief executive called for the industry to slow down.

Mathematics Isn’t Just a Game to Let A.I. Solve. History Shows Why.

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By: Steven Strogatz and Alex Townsend
22 September 2026 at 11:00
In our field of applied mathematics, the long, human process of trial and error — not just the solutions themselves — is often what has led to progress.

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An early computer. After World War II, computers became the tool with which math and engineering moved forward in tandem. Will they now be math’s undoing?
Received — 21 September 2026 ⏭

The A.I. Party House Where Networking Has a Dark Side

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By: Kirsten Grind
21 September 2026 at 11:37
Group tech houses have proliferated across the San Francisco Bay Area in the artificial intelligence boom. One of the most prominent has also racked up an extensive police record.

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The entrance to AGI House in Hillsborough, Calif. AGI House is one of the most prominent and notorious tech group homes in the artificial intelligence boom.
Received — 19 September 2026 ⏭

Creating a Kill Switch to Shut Down a Rogue A.I. Is Harder Than It Sounds

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By: Dylan Freedman and Dustin Volz
19 September 2026 at 14:26
A bipartisan group in Congress and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California have floated ideas for building a mechanism that would instantly power down an A.I. system. Only no one really knows how.

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Creating a kill switch, a metaphorical big red button that could be pressed in an emergency, is harder than many policymakers assume. “There often isn’t one plug you can pull,” said one A.I. researcher.

Gemini AI Hacked Three Companies in a Testing Breakout, Google Says

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By: Kate Conger
18 September 2026 at 20:31
A third-party test company inadvertently gave internet access to Google’s Gemini and other artificial intelligence models during cybersecurity testing.

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The Gemini incidents occurred while the model was undergoing testing at Irregular, an Israeli start-up that works with tech companies to assess their A.I. models before they are publicly released.
Received — 18 September 2026 ⏭

Amodei, Anthropic’s Leader, Exposed A.I.’s Dangers. It’s Time to Act.

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By: Kevin Roose
19 September 2026 at 11:50
The Times columnist Kevin Roose sees reasons for optimism — and worry — as the world wakes up to what Silicon Valley has been talking about for years.

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Iran and China Create First-of-Their-Kind Autonomous A.I. Influence Campaigns

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By: Sheera Frenkel · Eli Tan and Dustin Volz
18 September 2026 at 10:20
The countries, along with Israeli firms, combined Chinese open-source A.I. models and A.I. agents for the campaigns, foreshadowing future online manipulation.

© Brian Stauffer

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