us tech
China Sought Access to Anthropic’s Newest A.I. The Answer Was No.
The latest artificial intelligence models from Anthropic and OpenAI are extending the United States’ lead over China and intensifying the rivalry between the countries. Source link
EBay Rejects GameStop’s $55 Billion Takeover Bid
The online marketplace eBay called the cash-and-stock proposal “neither credible nor attractive.” Source link
Wrongful Death Lawsuits Against OpenAI Test a New Strategy
The cases seek to use consumer product safety laws to rein in chatbot companies. Source link
Start-Up Raises $1.3 Billion for an A.I. ‘Grid’
As tech giants dominate the hardware needed to build artificial intelligence, Amp hopes to create an alternative. Source link
Instructure Strikes Deal for Hackers for Return of Canvas Data
Instructure, which provides Canvas software to thousands of schools and universities around the world, did not say what it had given the hackers in exchange for the stolen data. Source link
Google Says Criminal Hackers Used A.I. to Find a Major Software Flaw
The company said that it had identified, for the first time, hackers using artificial intelligence to discover an unknown bug. The attempted attack represents “a taste of what’s to come,” one expert said. Source link
Microsoft’s C.E.O. Intervened When OpenAI Fired Sam Altman, Musk’s Lawyer Claims
Elon Musk’s lawyer argued that Microsoft’s Satya Nadella played a role in getting Mr. Altman his job back at OpenAI when he was briefly fired in 2023. Source link
Inside the Elon Musk-OpenAI Trial Courtroom
The tech leaders, with combined net worths exceeding $670 billion, have brought props to court and traded icy stares as their legal dispute reaches a denouement. Source link
Can the U.S. Rein in Prediction Markets? + Joanna Stern on Her Year of A.I. Experiments + Our Producer Goes to Attention School
“It seems every other day I am reading a story about a massive insider trading scandal.” Source link