Tech

Thousands of Kenyans made a living writing essays for overseas students. With A.I., the work has dried up, a warning for online gig work that has been a global lifeline. Source link

Washington imposed sanctions on Inspur because of its work with the Chinese military. But the company’s subsidiary kept shipping Nvidia’s best chips to feed China’s leading A.I. firms. Source link

The charges against Pavel Durov reflected an ongoing fight over one of the most popular messaging and media apps in the country. Source link

In an interview, Meta’s chief executive took aim at Anthropic and OpenAI, which have pushed to tightly control A.I. development, and said he supported “more openness.” Source link

As Silicon Valley debates how artificial intelligence software should be created, “open weight” has been a major part of the discussions. Here’s what to know. Source link

Two Massachusetts journalists were harassed by a Silicon Valley security team in a case that raised questions about when executives should be held responsible. Source link

Claude Mythos Preview discovered new attacks in testing against weakened cryptographic algorithms, which protect online financial transactions, private communications and more. Source link

The program is an effort to make products more affordable as artificial intelligence sends some component prices soaring. Source link

CapuchinAI, a portable testing station equipped with a touch screen and facial recognition software, could help scientists study primate intelligence in the wild. Source link

The chipmaking giant is in talks with OpenAI to provide a $250 billion financial backstop for the project, which would be among the largest of the A.I. boom. Source link