Disinformation Is One of Climate Summit’s Biggest Challenges

Online influencers, fossil fuel companies and some of the countries attending COP28 have nourished a feedback loop of falsehoods.

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Don’t Be Afraid of the iPhone’s NameDrop Feature, Experts Say

Police departments have issued warnings about a new Apple setting that lets users exchange contact information by bringing their devices together. Tech experts say the fears are overblown.

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G.M. to Cut Spending on Cruise Self-Driving Unit

General Motors will “substantially lower spending” on autonomous vehicle efforts in 2024 after accidents with its self-driving taxis in San Francisco.

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Explaining OpenAI’s Board Shake-Up

Who is off, and who is on? For now there are three members, including one holdover from the board that ousted Sam Altman as C.E.O. last week.

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Cruise’s C.E.O. Quits as the Driverless Carmaker Aims to Rebuild Trust

Kyle Vogt, a founder of Cruise, resigned from the company on Sunday, weeks after it suspended all of its self-driving operations.

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Many Details of Sam Altman’s Ouster Are Murky. But Some Things Are Clear.

Everything seemed to be going his way. Then his time at OpenAI was over.

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OpenAI’s Board Pushes Out Sam Altman, Its High-Profile C.E.O.

Mira Murati, who previously served as chief technology officer, has been named interim chief executive.

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How Bad Is Antisemitism Online? It’s Increasingly Hard to Know.

People who study social media say the conflict between Israel and Hamas has underscored the need for better data transparency from platforms.

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Jewish Celebrities and Influencers Confront TikTok Executives in Private Call

TikTok faces escalating accusations that it promotes pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel content. “Shame on you,” Sacha Baron Cohen said on the call.

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Cryptocurrency Prices Surge, Driven by a Potential Bitcoin Fund

Investors anticipate regulatory approval of an exchange traded fund linked directly to Bitcoin, which they hope will encourage more people to invest in the digital asset.

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You Paid $1,000 for an iPhone, but Apple Still Controls It

The company codes its devices with software that complicates repairs by triggering safety warnings and malfunctions.

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Mark Zuckerberg Taps the Strengths of WhatsApp

The messaging app, which Meta bought nearly a decade ago, was an asset that Mr. Zuckerberg largely left alone for a while. No longer.

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Meta to Require Political Advertisers to Disclose Use of A.I.

The social networking giant, which has long had a contentious relationship with political ads, is reckoning with a wave of generative A.I. tools.

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OpenAI Lets Mom-and-Pop Shops Customize ChatGPT

With new “GPTs” service, anyone can build their own chatbot and instantly share it with friends, family and the general public.

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Chatbots May ‘Hallucinate’ More Often Than Many Realize

When summarizing facts, ChatGPT technology makes things up about 3 percent of the time, according to research from a new start-up. A Google system’s rate was 27 percent.

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Look, Up in the Sky! It’s a Can of Soup!

Amazon’s much-hyped drone project is dropping small objects on driveways. Some customers are not sure what it delivers beyond minestrone.

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Silicon Valley Shrugs Off Sam Bankman-Fried’s Trial

Tech investors lauded Mr. Bankman-Fried and helped fund his FTX crypto exchange. The tech industry has since done what it does best: move on.

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Sam Bankman-Fried’s Wild Rise and Abrupt Crash

The crypto king gambled that his trading platform would make him a benevolent trillionaire. But after a fraud conviction, all bets are off.

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Sam Bankman-Fried Built FTX on a ‘Pyramid of Deceit,’ Prosecutor Says

The criminal fraud trial for the founder of the FTX crypto exchange has reached closing statements. Jurors will then begin deliberating.

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