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‘The Godfather of A.I.’ Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead

Geoffrey Hinton was an artificial intelligence pioneer. In 2012, Dr. Hinton and two of his graduate students at the University of Toronto created...

States’ Push to Protect Kids Online Could Remake the Internet

People in Louisiana who visited Pornhub in recent months were met with a surprising new demand. Before they could stream sexually explicit videos,...

Echoes of History in New National Push to Shield Children Online

Mounting concerns over young people’s mental health have prompted state legislatures across the country to propose a slew of age restrictions to protect...

SpaceX Rocket Struggled to Self-Destruct as It Spun Out of Control

During its brief first flight more than a week ago, the gigantic Starship rocket made by SpaceX generated an unanticipated “rock tornado” at...

A Towering, Terrifying Demon Horse Isn’t Even the Weirdest Part

Equine art lives in many airports: Seattle and San Francisco have bronze horses shaped like driftwood, Central Illinois has wire horses suspended from...

Will a Chatbot Write the Next ‘Succession’?

When the union representing Hollywood writers laid out its list of objectives for contract negotiations with studios this spring, it included familiar language...

What Is Bluesky and Why Are People Clamoring to Join It?

The buzz this week around Bluesky, a new social media platform being called Twitter 2.0, has been intense. Prominent Twitter users such as...

Lyft Employees Told to Return to Office as New Chief Executive Lays Out Vision

Since the pandemic began, Lyft employees have been able to work remotely, logging into videoconferences from their homes and dispersing across the country...

New York’s Transit Agency Quits Sharing Updates on Twitter

Real-time train delays, bus route changes and other service information that would be vital to millions of New York City commuters will no...

Deepfake Drake, HatGPT and Ben Smith on the End of the BuzzFeed Era

Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon | GoogleA song featuring A.I.-generated versions of Drake and the Weeknd went...

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