Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming a go-to stop for voters looking for information about political races. Researchers are studying the effects.
Yes, El Niño is unusually powerful this time. But that’s not always a bad thing.
On September 1, the US Department of Justice filed a brief supporting OpenAI’s position in defense of the lawsuit brought against it by the…
A modicum of self-restraint is the new black.
Shanghai is a favored destination, with lower costs than the West and innovation in biotechnology
The Duo — designed to be a smartphone and tablet in one — is the tech giant’s most expensive model with premium devices costing more than £3,000
An AI researcher’s viral online warning that AI could kill off humanity this decade prompted widespread panic of a tech-led apocalypse. Here’s what that apocalypse might look like.
The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.
Lisa Gelobter, who runs the agency responsible for the technology behind the city’s 911 system, was asked why officials had kept quiet about an outage that affected nearly 1,700 calls.
Errol Musk has been accused of sexually abusing five of his children and stepchildren since 1993, a Times investigation found. Family members have appealed to Elon Musk for help.
Even without government regulation, private companies can act on their own to address A.I. safety concerns.
Apple Inc.’s breakthrough new iPhone Duo costs $3,199 for the highest-end configuration, setting a record for the price of a mass-market smartphone.
A new AI device touted as a stand-in for human friends expands our surveillance culture and arrives with serious privacy issues. Plus, NYC
At the company’s annual September product event, Apple also demonstrated its work on artificial intelligence and other new devices.
Their warnings echo concerns that other artificial intelligence experts have voiced in recent months, as calls increase for a slowdown in the pace of development.
Three-fourths of Americans oppose data centers. Why?
A judge in Miami declined to release Andrew and Tristan Tate from custody while they fight extradition to Britain.
He challenged tobacco companies as well as the opioid industry, securing multibillion-dollar settlements that also benefited public health.
Welles Crowther — who rescued at least 10 people at ground zero and became known as the man with the red handkerchief — is the subject of a new documentary.
An artificial intelligence researcher has resigned from Anthropic PBC and called on other staffers to rethink their work, citing his concern that the company and its top competitor OpenAI are acting i...
Muse, Meta’s new A.I. agent, acts as a personal digital assistant that connects to Facebook and Instagram, as well as third-party apps such as Spotify and OpenTable.
US security agencies accused China’s top AI companies including DeepSeek and Kimi maker Moonshot AI of systematically extracting proprietary knowledge from American firms and warned Silicon Valley dev...
Suno has drawn copyright lawsuits from the majors. Now it is releasing a version of its A.I. music generator trained in partnership with Warner Music.
Schools and entire states are creating new rules forcing professors to teach more hours and show up at the office. At one university, professors quit in response.
Much of what Alex Gibney’s documentary presents isn’t new. But in piecing it all together, he wants the viewer to take Musk seriously as a threat to democracy.
Lawyers say the Social Security Administration has for months not provided basic data to complete compensation claims for those sick and dying after exposure to debris from the Sept. 11 attacks.
Scientists have found that people are being exposed to more toxins than previously known.
In 2176, a Martian police unit is sent to pick up a highly dangerous criminal at a remote mining post...
Apple Inc. is set to debut a roughly $2,000 foldable iPhone Duo on Wednesday as part of a wide-ranging product event, which kicks off at 10 a.m. local time from Cupertino, California.
Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.
‘Stranger danger’ was always a misleading idea, and it’s bad for our children.
The lawsuit claims that the companies, including 3M and DuPont, contaminated the environment and engaged in fraud by withholding information from the public about the harms of the chemicals, known as ...
Kalshi and Polymarket Turned Threats, Crime, and Chaos Into a Business Model. Now They Need a Familiar Black Face to Sell It.
The group that accredits law schools voted to eliminate a requirement that the schools show a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
The filing reveals BC Partners Advisors as the identity of a new lead investor that LIV announced in August.
Drought is emptying thousands of US reservoirs. Wildfires and extreme rain are filling them with sediment.
OpenAI announced today that it had solved the problem, one of seven “Millennium Problems” seen as among the most important in higher mathematics.
The company’s announcement is the most dramatic sign yet that artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming the field of higher mathematics.
The Times test-drove a stunning crossover from Geely that would cost under half of what its rivals charge. Two senators and many experts point to security and economic concerns as reasons for a ban.
Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain.
For the company’s new artificial intelligence system to take off, it will need plenty of support from the makers of popular apps on Apple’s phones.
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