Cormac McCarthy

Cambodian Ruler’s Facebook Account Goes Dark After Spat with Meta

The usually very active Facebook account for Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia appeared to have been deleted on Friday, a day after...

Is A.I. Poisoning Itself?, Billionaire Cage Fight and Cooking With ChatGPT

Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon | GoogleWhether it’s on TikTok or Twitter, A.I.-generated content is already...

In a TikTok Trend, Grisly Scenes of Purple Milkshake Horror

The scenes on social media are grisly. A body dangles out of the trunk of a sedan, dribbling purple goo. Another is draped...

Twitter’s New Chief Eases Into the Hot Seat

When Elon Musk announced last month that he had hired Linda Yaccarino as Twitter’s chief executive, he said he was “excited” to bring...

Microsoft and Activision Chiefs Testify Merger Will Benefit Consumers

Satya Nadella, the chief executive of Microsoft, appeared in federal court on Wednesday to pledge his support for open platforms and consumer choice,...

AWS invests $100 million in Generative AI Innovation Center

Amazon Web Services has announced the launch of a $100 million AWS Generative...

DoorDash, Shifting Business Model, Will Offer Drivers Hourly Pay

DoorDash said on Wednesday that it would begin giving its delivery drivers the option to be paid an hourly minimum wage, instead of...

Barred From Grocery Stores by Facial Recognition

Simon Mackenzie, a security officer at the discount retailer QD Stores outside London, was short of breath. He had just chased after three...

Want To Understand Machine Learning? Here’s A Beginner-Friendly Way To Start

Take a 35-hour deep dive into one of the future's most important technological and scientific fields: The...

After Montana Banned TikTok, Users Sued. TikTok Is Footing Their Bill.

When five TikTok creators in Montana filed a lawsuit last month, saying the state’s new ban of the app violated their First Amendment...

Tesla May Have Already Won the Charging Wars

Mary Barra and Elon Musk may be intense business rivals, but they sounded like old pals as they chatted on Twitter this month...

More Data in the Cloud Means More Centers on the Ground to Move It

Past the dense western suburbs of Washington, the vistas widen into open stretches of fields and farmland — a panorama frequently interrupted by...

A.I. and TV Ads Were Made for Each Other

A string of uncanny videos show what generative A.I. and advertising have in common: They chew up the cultural subconscious and spit it...

A.I. May Someday Work Medical Miracles. For Now, It Helps Do Paperwork.

Dr. Matthew Hitchcock, a family physician in Chattanooga, Tenn., has an A.I. helper.It records patient visits on his smartphone and summarizes them for...

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