China Is Not Happy About Fan-made A.I. Videos of Sun Wukong and Lin Daiyu

29 October 2026 at 12:09

Mash-up videos of beloved characters from Chinese classics — some made with A.I. — have caught the attention of the authorities.

Nvidia Chief, Jensen Huang, Is Seen as Target of Chinese Spy Plot

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By: Jonathan Swan · Maggie Haberman · Ana Swanson · Paul Mozur · Tripp Mickle and Julian E. Barnes

29 October 2026 at 22:27

A Chinese businesswoman who had a close relationship with Jensen Huang was found to be passing intelligence to Beijing. President Trump was briefed and took no action.

Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, is influential at the White House on technology policy and has developed a close relationship with President Trump.

AI Is Finding a Flood of Bugs, and Silicon Valley Is Rushing to Fix Them

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By: Kate Conger

28 October 2026 at 22:14

A.I. has uncovered a horde of software flaws, which engineers are racing to fix before they can be exploited and abused by hackers.

Apple Unveils Its First Touch-Screen MacBook Pro

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By: Kalley Huang and Brian X. Chen

28 October 2026 at 20:57

Steve Jobs and Tim Cook both dismissed the idea, but Apple’s new chief executive is reimagining some of the company’s most important products.

The new Mac, with a starting price of $2,899, is the latest step into a new era for the consumer electronics giant.

How Billionaires Are Fighting the Prop 40 California Wealth Tax

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By: Theodore Schleifer and Erin Griffith

27 October 2026 at 17:55

The latest Silicon Valley billionaire club is a $333 million political ad machine that is heavily engaged in next week’s elections.

How Billionaires Are Fighting the Prop 40 California Wealth Tax

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By: Theodore Schleifer and Erin Griffith

27 October 2026 at 17:05

The latest Silicon Valley billionaire club is a $333 million political ad machine that is heavily engaged in next week’s elections.

Did the Hardest A.I. Problem Just Get Much Easier?

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By: Cade Metz

27 October 2026 at 12:03

A prominent researcher claims to have a revolutionary approach to “interpretability,” or the science of why A.I. models do what they do. Other experts aren’t so sure.

U.S. Pensions Are Riding the A.I. Wave. For Better or Worse.

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By: Tony Romm

27 October 2026 at 12:02

As exuberance around the technology stokes fears of a bubble, the nation’s public pensions are starting to grapple with their role — and their risks.

Can Marissa Mayer, Yahoo’s Former CEO, Help Fix A.I.’s Gender Problem?

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By: Alexandra Alter

26 October 2026 at 20:01

She made her name as a pioneer at Google, then as chief executive at Yahoo. Now Mayer is entering the crowded marketplace for A.I. assistants — and hoping to draw in more women with a product that tackles the mental load.

Marissa Mayer has reinvented herself as a start-up founder, with a team of 10 engineers — a fraction of the armies of programmers she once commanded at Yahoo and Google.

Anthropic S-1 Reveals Rapid Growth Ahead of Blockbuster IPO

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By: Mike Isaac · Erin Griffith · Lauren Hirsch and Sri Muppidi

26 October 2026 at 21:08

Ahead of what could be the largest public listing ever, Anthropic said revenue soared to $16.3 billion in the first half of the year, and it planned to spend $807 billion on A.I. infrastructure.

Anthropic, a powerhouse in A.I., is only five years old and seemingly came out of nowhere.

Meet Anthropic’s Seven Founders as the A.I. Firm Prepares for an IPO

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By: Emmy Martin

26 October 2026 at 18:24

Former OpenAI employees started the company in 2021 after disagreements over how to safely build artificial intelligence. An I.P.O. could make them billionaires.

What’s Riding on Anthropic Going Public? Nearly Everything.

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By: Erin Griffith and Lauren Hirsch

26 October 2026 at 12:02

Anthropic sits atop a pyramid of business partners and suppliers, making it a barometer of the broader economy. Its initial public offering will have widespread implications.