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FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
A US judge has sentenced Sam Bankman-Fried, one-time crypto wunderkind, to 25 years behind bars.
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The White House Puts New Guardrails on Government Use of AI
Vice President Kamala Harris says new rules for government AI deployments, including a requirement that algorithms...
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The Baltimore Bridge Collapse Is About to Get Even Messier
Closing the city’s seaport will send shockwaves across global shipping. Supersize container ships pose a growing...
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Inside the Creation of the World’s Most Powerful Open Source AI Model
Startup Databricks just released DBRX, the most powerful open source large language model yet—eclipsing Meta’s Llama...
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The Science of Crypto Forensics Survives a Court Battle—for Now
A jury convicted Roman Sterlingov of money laundering this month. His defense team says it will...
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‘$5,000 to Save a Life Is a Bargain’
Here’s Elie Hassenfeld, your high school EA crush. As effective altruism spirals into self-doubt, the idealist...
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Meta Kills a Crucial Transparency Tool At the Worst Possible Time
CrowdTangle helps researchers track disinformation, but Meta will close it down before the US election. The...
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The EU Targets Apple, Meta, and Alphabet for Investigations Under New Tech Law
The probes are the first to take place under Europe’s landmark Digital Markets Act—and add to...
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A Deepfake Nude Generator Reveals a Chilling Look at Its Victims
WIRED reporting uncovered a site that “nudifies” photos for a fee—and posts a feed appearing to...
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The Apple Antitrust Case and the ‘Stigma’ of the Green Bubble
The US government's Apple lawsuit leans on the social cost of not owning an iPhone, an...
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Photography Is No Longer Evidence of Anything
The most surprising thing about Kate Middleton’s Photoshop debacle is that anyone would consider a photo...
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4 Internal Apple Emails That Helped the DOJ Build Its Case
The Department of Justice alleges in its antitrust lawsuit that internal Apple emails show the company...
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The US Claims Apple Has a Stranglehold on the Future
The Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit against Apple says the company’s grip on iPhone users and...
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One Man’s Army of Streaming Bots Reveals a Whole Industry’s Problem
A rare case in Danish court shows how automated clicks and fake accounts can earn hundreds...
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Reddit Stock Surges on Its First Day of Trading
The home of memestocks is now publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange as RDDT,...
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The NSA Warns That US Adversaries Free to Mine Private Data May Have an AI Edge
Gilbert Herrera, who leads research at the National Security Agency, says large language models are incredibly...
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The US Sues Apple in an iPhone Antitrust Blockbuster
The Department of Justice lawsuit is the most aggressive legal challenge yet to Apple’s dominant ecosystem.
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Perplexity's Founder Was Inspired by Sundar Pichai. Now They’re Competing to Reinvent Search
Aravind Srinivas grew up in the same city as Google’s CEO and developed an obsession with...
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Here's Proof You Can Train an AI Model Without Slurping Copyrighted Content
OpenAI claimed it's "impossible" to build good AI models without using copyrighted data. An “ethically created”...
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8 Google Employees Invented Modern AI. Here’s the Inside Story
They met by chance, got hooked on an idea, and wrote the “Transformers” paper—the most consequential...
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Glassdoor Wants to Know Your Real Name
Anonymous, candid reviews made Glassdoor a powerful place to research potential employers. A policy shift requiring...
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Brace Yourself For the Comeback of Citizen Scientists
From water-testing polluted rivers to measuring radiation levels, ordinary people are taking environmental research into their...
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A Crypto Company Thinks It Can Help Fight Climate Change
Toucan is leveraging blockchain to reinvent the carbon credit market. But thorny questions abound.
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How to Stay Cool Without Warming the Planet
The race is on to create climate-friendly air-con technology.