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U.S. trade policy has devastated the Canadian auto industry and pushed the country to reach an agreement that will make it easier for Chinese companies to sell cars there. Source link

“The question is not are these first couple of ads that we’re seeing from OpenAI going to be good or not? It’s whether two or three years from now, ChatGPT is being steered toward ad-friendly topics.” Source link

The artificial intelligence tool generates computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps. Source link

The Chinese parent company of the popular video app said a group of non-Chinese investors would create an American TikTok to avoid a federal ban. Source link

A foot of snow in New York? Two feet? Well, it’s complicated. Source link

Defections, secret conversations, deal talks that fizzled and a battle for control: The turmoil at Thinking Machines Lab is the artificial intelligence industry’s latest drama. Source link

Over nine days, Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4 million images, of which at least 41 percent were sexualized images of women. Source link

This month, resolve to revive or relinquish those old music players and point-and-shoot cameras — and retrieve any files trapped on the devices. Source link

Facial recognition at security and immigration checkpoints and gates could ease airport hassles, even as the technology raises privacy concerns. Source link

The settlement means Snap will avoid a trial where plaintiffs had planned to argue that social media platforms are inherently defective and subject to personal injury liability. Source link