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OpenAI Pledges to Give Locals More Say in Data Center Projects

The artificial intelligence company pledged to be more collaborative with the communities where it is building its data centers.

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OpenAI’s Stargate data center project in Abilene, Texas, is one of the largest under construction in the country.

Parents Sue Google Over A.I. Safety Risks on School Chromebooks

A student made plans to end her life after chatting with Google’s artificial intelligence, a new lawsuit claims, amid mounting concerns about online harms to children.

© Kelsey McClellan for The New York Times

The new lawsuit argues that Google’s “sprawling digital ecosystem” of school laptops and apps has helped the tech giant push its A.I. into classrooms.

Voters Rejected A.I. in the Midterms. Now Comes an Era of Scrutiny.

After two years of little A.I. oversight, voters on Tuesday rejected data center projects and swept into office Democratic candidates who promised to regulate the technology.

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A sign supporting the banning of data centers is posted outside a home in New Albany, Ohio.

OpenAI and Anthropic Set Up ‘War Rooms’ to Fight Disinfo About Midterm Elections

OpenAI, Anthropic and other tech companies have vowed to protect Tuesday’s elections from efforts to undermine democracy.

© Heather Diehl for The New York Times

OpenAI employees work inside the company’s Election Operations Center in San Francisco.

Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I.

Google is making it easier to restrict its A.I. tools for students. But schools that block A.I. entirely will lose student access to Google’s search engine.

© Carlos Barria/Reuters

Google products are ubiquitous in American schools.

Binance Says Hackers Plotted $6.3 Billion Crypto Heist for Months

A report from the cryptocurrency exchange described a monthslong campaign involving fake job interviews that exploited an engineer’s work computer and an internal A.I. tool.

© Gabby Jones/Bloomberg

The hackers used a computer and an internal A.I. tool to take control of the machines of two engineers on Binance’s wallet team.

Binance Says Hackers Plotted $6.3 Billion Heist for Months

A report from the cryptocurrency exchange described a monthslong campaign involving fake job interviews that exploited an engineer’s work computer and an internal A.I. tool.

© Gabby Jones/Bloomberg

The hackers used a computer and an internal A.I. tool to take control of the machines of two engineers on Binance’s wallet team.

Driven by A.I. Boom, Marvell and Lumentum Announce $115 Billion Merger

Marvell and Lumentum said they were combining, in a major bet on a technology, known as optical networking, that is increasingly being used in A.I. data centers.

© Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

Matt Murphy, chairman and chief executive of Marvell Technology, at the company’s investor day in New York last month.

Inside Anthropic’s Hunt for A.I. Computing Power

The company went on a deal spree with tech giants, former crypto miners and others to gain computing power to further its artificial intelligence ambitions.

© Illustration by Mark Harris; Photographs by Thea Traff for The New York Times, AJ Mast for The New York Times, Manuel Orbegozo for The New York Times, Getty Images

How A.I. Is Making It Easier Than Ever to Microtarget Voters

Hyper-personalized messages, delivered with A.I.-enabled precision, herald a new frontier for voter outreach (and potential disinformation).

© Will Warasila for The New York Times

Microtargeting technology can help campaigns build more sophisticated models about constituent preferences that can be used to test various messaging in real time.

In San Francisco’s A.I. Boom, a First Date Has Become an Interview

When there is A.I. to build, who has time for romance? Techies are going out less and expecting more on each date — including a family health history.

© Kelsey McClellan for The New York Times

Fresh off a long relationship and wanting to keep things low-key, Amanda Chung, 25, said most of the men she had met in San Francisco wanted something serious “even if they aren’t ready for it yet.”

House Democrats Criticize Justice Dept. Support of OpenAI in Copyright Suit

In a court filing, top Democrats on the Judiciary Committee indicated their support for publishers in a lawsuit led by The New York Times.

© Lucas Foglia for The New York Times

The San Francisco offices of OpenAI, which is being sued in federal court by The New York Times and other publishers.

Binance’s $6.3 Billion Hack Is Just the Start of a Risky New Era

The largest cyber heist in history came as attackers increasingly use artificial intelligence and other advanced techniques to steal crypto and quickly launder the funds.

© Tyrone Siu/Reuters

The founder of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, in Hong Kong in August. The company, the world’s biggest crypto exchange, has promised to make customers whole.

This Device Uses A.I. and Lasers to Kill Mosquitoes

A Chinese start-up has developed a device that uses artificial intelligence and lasers to kill mosquitoes. But there are safety concerns for people and other creatures nearby when the device is in action.

© Qilai Shen for The New York Times

Intel’s Shares Plunge 20% as A.I. Hinders Some Parts of Its Business

The chipmaker, whose largest investor is the U.S. government, reported that the A.I. boom’s domino effect had hurt sales to personal computer makers.

© Loren Elliott for The New York Times

A silicon wafer at Intel’s campus in Ocotillo, Ariz. The company reported revenue of $16.5 billion in its third quarter.
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