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The AI startup Perplexity fell for a clever trap laid by the social media site Reddit that all but proves it scraped data from the forum.

Meta and Blue Owl, the private-credit firm, raised $27 billion to finance the buildout of a Louisiana data center

Robotics has catapulted Beijing into a dominant position in many industries

This chart shows the share of global Netflix viewing hours in H2 2024, by country of content origin.

October 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM EDT Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc. After OpenAI said it would allow erotic content through ChatGPT, Sam Altman struck a defying tone in defending the decision. The OpenAI CEO said in a post on X that the AI company is “not the elected moral police of the world” in response to criticism from the likes of billionaire Mark Cuban to The National Center on Sexual Exploitation. Altman clarified in the post that just like with R-rated films, the company

Whether it’s the ~$1 trillion worth of deals the company’s signed, how it might actually make the money it needs to finance them, or just how tricky i…

In just under 3 years, the internet’s written voice has shifted dramatically. AI-generated content now accounts for over half of all online articles, accordi…

New research from Anthropic’s Economic Index, using one million real Claude.ai conversations, just revealed who’s actually tapping the power of large language…

While OpenAI’s Sora 2 is setting a new standard for video models, xAI seems to be loosening moderation on explicit adult content

Apple just revealed that the Vision Pro headset is getting upgraded to an M5 chip. There’s also a new strap called the Dual Knit Band, which the company says will “help users achieve an even more comfortable fit.”

Apple’s long-rumored smart home display hub may finally launch in Spring 2026, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, but at a relatively steep cost.

The Big Story discusses the mental guardrails users should self-implement to stay in control when interacting with AI chatbots.

"If you're not using AI, you're going to lose your job to somebody who uses AI," he said.

A preliminary report shows that researchers' confidence in AI software dropped off a cliff over the last year.

After rolling out an AI tool to generate cheap thumbnails for his videos, Jimmy Donaldson says the tech is creating "scary times."

Stanford scientists unleashed AI bots in different environments, including social media, and they started behaving unethically.

Critical thinking is a skill many students admit losing as they rely on generative artificial intelligence, according to a new report.

Apple’s trajectory under its two leaders has largely reflected their respective personalities; from disruptive innovation-at-all-costs, to mature, cautious co…

Marking a major milestone in Apple’s manufacturing activities in India, Indian factories operated by Foxconn and Tata Group were involved in the production of…

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According to proponents, humanity should create AI lifeforms at all cost — and so be it if they surpass and eliminate us.