TikTok Is Spending $1.3 Billion to Dodge Bans in Europe
Yet the threat of a ban constantly looms over the app, in part because of those longstanding Chinese connections. Although the app is a separate one to the one available …
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Super Apps Are Terrible for People—and Great for Companies
Recently, Elon Musk told X employees that he wants the platform to become a WeChat-style super app, a one-stop shop for social media, communication, travel, on-demand labor, payments, and more. …
Is Google’s Search Engine Smart or Sneaky? A Trial Court Judge Will Decide
A family member’s hurried Google search for a last-second visa to visit New Zealand recently caused a headache—and provided a timely reminder of why Google faces a landmark US antitrust …
Google to require prominently disclosure of AI use in election ads
Google will require “all verified election advertisers” to “prominently disclose” when their ads use artificial intelligence amid the growing threat of misinformation posed by the exploding technology, the tech giant …
Senators Want ChatGPT-Level AI to Require a Government License
The US government should create a new body to regulate artificial intelligence—and restrict work on language models like OpenAI’s GPT-4 to companies granted licenses to do so. That’s the recommendation …
SpaceX Must Fix 63 Issues Before Its Starship Can Fly Again
As the dust settled following SpaceX’s brief, explosive test launch of Starship in April, both the company and the Federal Aviation Administration dug into investigating the aftermath. The gigantic rocket’s …
AI Can Be An Extraordinary Force For Good—if It’s Contained
In a quaint Regency-era office overlooking London’s Russell Square, I cofounded a company called DeepMind with two friends, Demis Hassabis and Shane Legg, in the summer of 2010. Our goal, …
The End of Airbnb in New York
The rules “are a blow to its tourism economy and the thousands of New Yorkers and small businesses in the outer boroughs who rely on home sharing and tourism dollars …
Meet Aleph Alpha, Europe’s Answer to OpenAI
The interest Aleph Alpha has received so far—the company claims 10,000 customers across both business and government—shows it is able to compete, or at least coexist, with the emerging giants …
Nervous About ChatGPT? Try ChatGPT With a Hammer
Last March, just two weeks after GPT-4 was released, researchers at Microsoft quietly announced a plan to compile millions of APIs—tools that can do everything from ordering a pizza to …