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By manipulating animals to do wonderful things, we may become numb to their real wonder. Source link

Negotiations, threats and amended contracts have left plenty of questions. Here are some answers. Source link

A fight over Pentagon contracts shows how the leaders of Silicon Valley’s two most important A.I. start-ups are feuding over the future of the tech industry. Source link

The decision to settle the court action is particularly striking because the defendant was accused of a serious violation of securities laws. He denied the charges. Source link

Equal parts quixotic dreamer and accomplished visionary, Ms. Gabe made the house do its own scrubbing. Source link

“The Pentagon and OpenAI are saying to the public, You’re just going to have to trust us. And the public is saying, Well, we don’t.” Source link

Anthropic has said it will sue the Defense Department over the designation, which could prevent the start-up from doing business with the U.S. government. Source link

Amazon and Google think that artificially intelligent assistants like Alexa+ and Gemini will speed up the process of setting up a smart home, but many problems remain unsolved. Source link

Brian Janous, a former Microsoft executive, and his firm Cloverleaf have become modern-day land men, packaging electricity and land for data centers. Source link

Cars have become so expensive that many Americans are putting off or not buying new cars, hurting the auto industry. Source link