Tuesday, May 30, 2023

A.I. Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Industry Leaders Warn


Leaders from OpenAI, Google Deepmind, Anthropic and other A.I. labs warn that future systems could be as deadly as pandemics and nuclear weapons.


BY KEVIN ROOSE | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Emails, Chat Logs, Code and a Notebook: The Mountain of FTX Evidence


Prosecutors investigating Sam Bankman-Fried, the cryptocurrency exchange’s founder, have accumulated more than six million pages of documents and other records.


BY DAVID YAFFE-BELLANY AND MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Monday, May 22, 2023

Silicon Valley, Cradle of Computer Chips, Gains Big New Research Center


Anticipating federal subsidies, Applied Materials said it planned to invest up to $4 billion in the semiconductor project in Sunnyvale, Calif.


BY DON CLARK | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Saturday, May 20, 2023

The E-Sports World Is Starting to Teeter


At least two organizations in America’s most prominent league for professional video game players are selling their teams, underscoring the industry’s uncertain future.


BY KELLEN BROWNING | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Another Side of the A.I. Boom: Detecting What A.I. Makes


More than a dozen companies have popped up to offer services aimed at identifying whether photos, text and videos are made by humans or machines.


BY TIFFANY HSU AND STEVEN LEE MYERS | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Microsoft Says New A.I. Shows Signs of Human Reasoning


A provocative paper from researchers at Microsoft claims A.I. technology shows the ability to understand the way people do. Critics say those scientists are kidding themselves.


BY CADE METZ | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Thursday, May 11, 2023

U.S. Focuses on Invigorating ‘Chiplets’ to Stay Cutting-Edge in Tech


Chiplets, a way to design chips for higher performance, has become a key prong of U.S. industrial policy. But pushing for more of this activity domestically is challenging.


BY DON CLARK | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

‘De-Americanize’: How China Is Remaking Its Chip Business


Seven months after Washington unveiled tough curbs, Chinese companies are doubling down on homegrown supply chains and drawing billions in cash from Beijing and investors.


BY CHANG CHE AND JOHN LIU | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Taiwan Is Running Low on a Strategic Asset: Engineers


Taiwan’s world-dominating microchip sector was built by TSMC’s skilled employees. But a demographic crisis, demanding work culture and flagging interest threaten its lead.


BY JOHN LIU AND PAUL MOZUR | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure