The Trump administration files a brief supporting OpenAI in its dispute with The New York Times, saying training LLMs on copyrighted works is generally fair use
The Trump administration has filed a brief supporting OpenAI in its dispute with the New York Times (NYT.N) …
Bill Gates says tech executives are privately “very worried” about AI disruption but publicly downplay the risks to protect fundraising and planned IPOs
Bill Gates is the latest in a string of tech luminaries to call out the risks of artificial intelligence.Chona Kasinger for The New York Times
As Waymo expands its fleet from 700 in 2025 to nearly 4,000 now, recalls and edge-case failures like flooded roadways and a San Francisco power outage mount
Waymo driverless cars are in San Francisco and 14 other metropolitan areas, including Denver, Las Vegas, San Diego and Tampa.Jason Henry for The New York Times
A look at Threads and an interview with Head of Threads Connor Hayes, as the platform passes 500M MAUs and increasingly resembles Reddit with a community focus
Meta's office in San Francisco. Threads aims to reach one billion users.Ian C. Bates for The New York Times
Google sues Chinese cybercrime network Outsider Enterprise, accusing it of using Gemini to create fake websites and scam hundreds of thousands of Americans
Google warned that artificial intelligence had supercharged the problem of online scams.Andria Lo for The New York Times
An undergraduate used AI assistants to rewrite leaked source code for Claude Code in a different language, highlighting the uncertainty over copyright and AI
Artificial intelligence tools are making it faster than ever to reproduce creative work. Does copyright even matter anymore?LinkedIn:Sigrid JinLinkedIn:Sigrid Jin:I sat down with Meaghan Tobin and Gr...
Medvi, glorified by the NYT as a two-employee startup with $1B+ in revenue, is a warning for how AI can be abused for scammy business and marketing practices
AI isn't the only thing behind Medvi — On Thursday, The New York Times published a thing — and it went viral, declared as a victory for AI:
Medvi, glorified by the NYT as a two-employee startup with $1B+ in revenue, is a warning about how AI can be misused for shady business and marketing practices
AI isn't the only thing behind Medvi — On Thursday, The New York Times published a thing — and it went viral, declared as a victory for AI:
Sources: Uber is moving to bar drivers with convictions for violent felonies, sexual offenses, and child or elder abuse, after an NYT report in December 2025
The New York Times revealed in December that the ride-hailing giant approved drivers with many types of criminal convictions, including violent felonies.
The New York Times sues Perplexity, claiming the AI startup violated its copyrights and kept using its content despite repeated demands over the past 18 months
Filed in federal court on Friday, the suit joins more than 40 other court disputes between copyright holders and A.I. companies.