In April, Anthropic unveiled a new artificial intelligence system called Claude Mythos. But the company said it couldn’t share its new A.I. with the public because Mythos could become a powerful tool for hackers looking for ways to break into computer networks. That warning caused panic among executives and government officials who worried that the […]
Read MoreWithin an hour of landing in Shanghai, I was sitting in the back of a Didi cab while the driver pleaded with me to game the company’s algorithm. Didi is the “Uber of China” and has a ubiquitous footprint in the country, dispatching tens of millions of rides per day. Could I cancel the ride […]
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One of the most controversial and overexposed men in the world is suing another man, who is equally unsympathetic and equally inescapable. Both are insanely rich. It is so tempting to look away. Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Sam Altman involves onetime colleagues and buddies who became peevish enemies. Now they would like to take each […]
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Amazon has agreed to invest as much as $25 billion more in Anthropic, the artificial intelligence start-up that created the Claude chatbot, the companies said on Monday, the latest in a series of massive deals between tech giants and A.I. start-ups. Amazon, which previously invested $8 billion in Anthropic, is already one of the start-up’s […]
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Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, said on Monday that he would step down after nearly 15 years running an operation that rode the wild popularity of the iPhone to become one of the most influential and valuable companies in the world. Mr. Cook, 65, will move into a new role as Apple’s executive chairman in […]
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Apple said on Monday that Tim Cook, its longtime chief executive, would step down in September and be succeeded by John Ternus, the head of hardware engineering. Since Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple 50 years ago and wowed the world with its computers, the company’s corner office has been a seat of technological […]
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Note: Apple named John Ternus as its next chief executive on April 20. Around 2018, Apple considered adding a tiny laser to its iPhones. The part would allow consumers to take better photos, more accurately map their surroundings and use new augmented reality features. But it would also cost Apple about $40 per device, cutting […]
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