Ray Kurzweil Still Says He Will Merge With A.I.
Now 76, the inventor and futurist hopes to reach “the Singularity” and live indefinitely. His margin of error is shrinking.
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Now 76, the inventor and futurist hopes to reach “the Singularity” and live indefinitely. His margin of error is shrinking.
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A security breach at the maker of ChatGPT last year revealed internal discussions among researchers and other employees, but not the code behind OpenAI’s systems.
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Funding for A.I. firms made up nearly half the $56 billion in U.S. start-up financing from April to June, according to PitchBook.
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Deleting duplicates, bad shots and other unwanted files makes it easier to find the good pictures — and gives you room to take more.
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What the Arrival of A.I. Phones and Computers Means for Our Data
Apple, Microsoft and Google need more access to our data as they promote new phones and personal computers that are powered by artificial intelligence. Should we trust them?
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Welcome to the Era of the A.I. Smartphone
Apple and Google are getting up close and personal with user data to craft memos, summarize documents and generate images.
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Finding Your Roots With Help From Your Phone
Everyday tools and free apps on your mobile device can help you collect, translate and digitize new material for your family-tree files.
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The New ChatGPT Offers a Lesson in A.I. Hype
OpenAI released GPT-4o, its latest chatbot technology, in a partly finished state. It has much to prove.
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San Francisco’s Hot Tourist Attraction: Driverless Cars
Cable cars are still trundling up the city’s hills, but robotaxis from Waymo are shaping up as the city’s latest must-do for visitors.
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In a sequel to his much-mocked hydrofoil video, the Meta founder celebrates the Fourth of July in his own particular way.
By Alex Vadukul
One of the world’s most technologically advanced nations has held on to some of the most outmoded devices.
By John Yoon, Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya
Ted Sarandos, a chief executive of Netflix, on the future of entertainment.
By Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Wyatt Orme, Anabel Bacon, Allison Benedikt, Brad Fisher, Efim Shapiro, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano and Devin Yalkin
Kevin Roose and Casey Newton reflect on the success of their podcast and look toward what’s next.
By Josh Ocampo
Granting an injunction to several plaintiffs, a judge said the Federal Trade Commission’s pending ban on noncompete agreements was unlikely to prevail.
By Danielle Kaye
Biden administration officials hope the money will help propel technological innovation in areas that have historically received less government funding.
By Madeleine Ngo and Ana Swanson
A favorite of early personal computer users, his company was eventually overtaken by Microsoft Word. He later came out as gay and became an L.G.B.T.Q. activist.
By Michael S. Rosenwald
The Tesla chief executive’s polarizing statements have alienated some potential customers and may be partly responsible for a recent slump in sales.
By Jack Ewing
Driven by the war with Russia, many Ukrainian companies are working on a major leap forward in the weaponization of consumer technology.
By Paul Mozur and Adam Satariano
The justices unanimously returned two cases, which concerned state laws that supporters said were aimed at “Silicon Valley censorship,” to lower courts. Critics had said the laws violated the sites’ First Amendment rights.
By Abbie VanSickle, David McCabe and Adam Liptak
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