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- Microsoft Pledges $4 Billion Toward A.I. Educationby Natasha Singer on July 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Microsoft said it would provide cash, artificial intelligence tools and computing services to schools, colleges and nonprofit groups.
- OpenAI and Microsoft Bankroll New A.I. Training for Teachersby Natasha Singer on July 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The American Federation of Teachers said it would use the $23 million, including $500,000 from the A.I. start-up Anthropic, to create a national training center.
- X Chief Linda Yaccarino Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platformby Mike Isaac on July 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Linda Yaccarino, whom Elon Musk hired to run X in 2023, grappled with the challenges the company faced after Mr. Musk took over.
- How Crypto Lobbying Won Over Trumpby David Yaffe-Bellany,Kenneth P. Vogel on July 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The industry’s courtship of Donald J. Trump resulted in one of the great lobbying free-for-alls in recent Washington history.
- State Dept. Is Investigating Messages Impersonating Rubio, Official Saysby Edward Wong on July 9, 2025 at 2:57 AM
A person or people imitating the secretary of state used artificial intelligence to send text and voice messages to foreign diplomats and U.S. officials, the department said in a cable to employees.
- Grok, Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot, Shares Antisemitic Posts on Xby Kate Conger on July 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The artificial intelligence chatbot, which has a dedicated account on X, praised Hitler after fielding a query about a user’s comments on the Texas flood.
- Jeff Williams, Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, to Retire After 27 Yearsby Tripp Mickle on July 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Mr. Williams was long considered a leading candidate to replace Tim Cook as the company’s next chief executive.
- Your Job Interviewer Is Not a Person. It’s A.I.by Natallie Rocha on July 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
You thought artificial intelligence was coming for your job? First, it’s coming for your job interviewer.
- YouTube Pirates Are Cashing In on Hollywood’s Summer Blockbustersby Nico Grant,Tripp Mickle on July 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
More than a decade after the platform cracked down on copyright infringement, thousands of unlicensed movies, TV shows and live sports are available.
- Scientists Use A.I. to Mimic the Mind, Warts and Allby Carl Zimmer on July 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
To better understand human cognition, scientists trained a large language model on 10 million psychology experiment questions. It now answers questions much like we do.
- Will A.I. Replace New Hires or Middle Managers?by Noam Scheiber on July 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Amid layoffs at Microsoft and other large tech companies, experts are debating whose jobs are most likely to be spared.
- The Coder ‘Village’ at the Heart of China’s A.I. Frenzyby Meaghan Tobin on July 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
As China vies with Silicon Valley for primacy, Hangzhou, home to DeepSeek and Alibaba, is where its aspiring tech titans mingle and share ideas.
- Trump Says He Will Start Talks With China on TikTok Dealby Chris Cameron on July 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
President Trump has declined to enforce a statutory ban of the popular social media app while his administration negotiates a deal for an American company to acquire it.
- Hard Fork Live, Part 2: Patrick Collison of Stripe, Kathryn Zealand of Skip, and Listener Questionsby Kevin Roose,Casey Newton,Whitney Jones,Rachel Cohn,Jen Poyant,Chris Wood,Dan Powell,Marion Lozano on July 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
More from our first live show taping, including a robot pants demo and audience questions.
- Microsoft to Lay Off About 9,000 Employeesby Karen Weise on July 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The reductions followed cuts of about 6,000 positions last quarter, and were indicative of a tightening job market at big technology companies.
- 454 Hints That a Chatbot Wrote Part of a Biomedical Researcher’s Paperby Gina Kolata on July 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Scientists show that the frequency of a set of words seems to have increased in published study abstracts since ChatGPT was released into the world.
- Tesla Sales Fall as Elon Musk Focuses on Self-Driving Carsby Jack Ewing on July 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The company has devoted resources to autonomous driving rather than developing new models to attract car buyers.
- How to Organize Your Digital Libraryby J. D. Biersdorfer on July 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
If the e-book app on your phone or tablet is overflowing and full of outdated files, use these tools to tidy it up.
- Solar Industry Says Senate Plan Would Cede Production to Chinaby Ivan Penn on July 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
A revival of U.S. solar panel manufacturing that began during the first Trump administration could end with the phasing out of tax incentives for clean energy.
- Defeat of a 10-Year Ban on State A.I. Laws Is a Blow to Tech Industryby Cecilia Kang on July 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
All but a handful of states have some laws regulating artificial intelligence.