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U.S. Tech Giants Flocked to the Persian Gulf. Now They Are Targets.

Amazon, Google and others struck deals in the Persian Gulf to foot the bill for A.I. development. Iran has now threatened attacks against the companies’ infrastructure in the region.



Meta Delays Rollout of New A.I. Model After Performance Concerns

The tech giant pushed back the timeline after spending billions to be on the cutting edge of artificial intelligence.



A.I. Chatbots Want Your Health Records. Tread Carefully.

Following rivals like Amazon and OpenAI, Microsoft is upgrading its artificially intelligent assistant to track your health. There are benefits and risks to consider.



A.I. Goes to War + Is ‘A.I. Brain Fry’ Real? + How Grammarly Stole Casey’s Identity

“When there is an attack that kills civilians or doesn’t hit its intended target, people are going to be asking, Oh, was that a human who made that mistake or was that an A.I. system?”



TikTok Investors Set to Pay $10 Billion Fee to Trump Administration

The large fee is the latest example of the White House’s inserting itself into corporate deal making in unusual and aggressive ways.



Adobe Settles With U.S. Over Hard-to-Cancel Subscriptions

The maker of Photoshop agreed to pay $75 million to the government, which had accused it of hiding details of expensive fees.



Social Media Addiction Trial Nears End. Society Long Ago Rendered Its Verdict.

Closing arguments began Thursday in a landmark trial that put online behavior under a microscope. In many ways, it has already been decided.



A.I. Writes Buggy Code. A Silicon Valley Start-Up Wants to Fix It.

Valued at $1.6 billion, a tiny start-up called Axiom is building A.I. systems that can check for mistakes.



Silicon Valley’s Image Takes a Dark Turn in Pop Culture

In television and movies, depictions of nihilistic billionaires and amoral opportunists are replacing the quirky strivers of older shows like HBO’s “Silicon Valley.”



Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It

In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird.



They Don’t Want Their Company’s Surveillance Tool Used by ICE

Thomson Reuters, best known for its media outlet and legal research tools, provides an investigative tool to immigration enforcers. Its Minnesota employees want that to stop.



Meta Acquires Moltbook, the Social Network Just for A.I. Bots

Matt Schlicht, the site’s creator, helped kick off Silicon Valley’s obsession with artificial intelligence agents. Two months later, he is joining the Meta Superintelligence Lab.



A.I. Incites a New Wave of Grieving Parents Fighting for Online Safety

Blaming chatbots, they are joining an earlier push for better protections by parents who say social media contributed to their children’s deaths.



Boeing Says Wiring Issue Will Delay Some 737 Max Deliveries

The aerospace company said the delay would not prevent it from meeting its 2026 sales goal of about 500 Max jets.



How Do You Use A.I. for Daily Life?

We want to hear how artificial intelligence helps you with tasks like meal prep, translation and planning a trip.



YouTube Adds Tool to Help Public Figures Report Fake Videos

Social media companies are under pressure to crack down on so-called deepfake videos that use deceptive images of real people.



Former Meta A.I. Chief’s Start-Up Is Valued at $3.5 Billion

Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs, founded by Yann LeCun and other ex-Meta researchers, has raised more than $1 billion from investors.



U.S. Solar Installations Fell in 2025 as Trump Attacked Clean Energy

More solar energy was added to U.S. grids than any other technology, but the amount installed fell by 14 percent, according to a new report.



Anthropic Sues Department of Defense Over ‘Supply Chain Risk’ Label

The artificial intelligence company filed two lawsuits against the Department of Defense, saying it was being punished on ideological grounds.



For OpenAI and Anthropic, the Competition Is Deeply Personal

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.