Tech

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, backed Nate Morris, a Republican businessman, in the primary race to succeed Senator Mitch McConnell in Kentucky. Source link

Billions of dollars are trading hands on sites like Polymarket and Kalshi, where people bet on everything from Taylor Swift’s wedding date to election outcomes. Source link

A video from Ken Paxton, a Republican primary challenger to Senator John Cornyn of Texas, depicted A.I.-generated imagery of the senator twirling with Jasmine Crockett, a Democratic Senate candidate. Source link

The company said on Friday that it would start serving ads in the free version of its chatbot over the next several weeks. Source link

The company said on Friday that it would start serving ads in the free version of its chatbot over the next several weeks. Source link

The shutdown of online discourse within Iran has allowed both the government and its critics to flood social media outside the country with disinformation campaigns and fake images. Source link

“If we can’t win on social media, then we definitely can’t win on A.I.,” says Haidt. Source link

The top executive of the crypto exchange Coinbase scuttled a planned Senate committee vote on a major cryptocurrency bill after voicing his concerns, a sign of the company’s clout. Source link

Bowing to pressure, the company said it would restrict X users from generating explicit images of real people in jurisdictions where such content is illegal. Source link

Google’s A.I. assistant, Gemini, can create a to-do list based on recent emails, among other new tricks. There are implications for your privacy. Source link