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OpenAI and 100 Others Warn That Window to Defend Against A.I. Attacks Is Narrowing

In an open letter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others said that a wave of A.I.-enabled cyberattacks was coming and that organizations and governments needed to prepare themselves.

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Sam Altman of OpenAI, which has joined more than 100 tech companies in publishing an open letter warning of a wave of cyberattacks driven by artificial intelligence.
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“Anxious Generation” Author Jonathan Haidt on the Meta Settlement

In “The Anxious Generation,” he laid out the evils of social media for kids. The landmark Meta settlement seems to agree.

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Jonathan Haidt’s 2024 book on the harms to children from social media was a best seller.
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Meta Projected It Could Spend $10 Billion on Anthropic’s A.I.

The social networking giant projected it could spend $10 billion annually on Anthropic’s tools, illustrating the friend-foe relationships underlying the A.I. race.
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Did Meta’s Big Settlement Actually Help It?

The tech giant’s landmark deal with states over teen use of social media may cost the company less than expected. It may hurt rivals more.

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Shares in Meta rose yesterday after the social media giant announced a landmark legal settlement.
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Nvidia’s Profit Doubles to $59.69 Billion Thanks to A.I. Spending

Quarterly revenue also more than doubled, to $96.22 billion, the company said, topping expectations on Wall Street.

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Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, made a big bet years ago on chips and software for artificial intelligence.
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Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Make Sure YouTube and TikTok Share His Pain

Meta, the social media giant, agreed to change the way children interact with its apps. That could be trouble if its competitors don’t abide by the same rules.

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To settle the suits, Meta agreed to drastically rein in children’s’ access to marquee products like Instagram and Facebook.
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A Movement to Restrict Social Media for Children Has Taken Hold Globally

Governments around the world have passed or proposed a range of bans or restrictions on young teens using addictive social media platforms.

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A 15-year-old using social media apps in Australia in July, more than half a year after the country had implemented a ban on children under 16 using many platforms.
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