Seven leading A.I. companies made eight promises about what they’ll do with their technology. Our columnist sizes up their potential impact.
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7 A.I. Companies Agree to Safeguards, Biden Administration Says
Amazon, Google and Meta are among the companies that announced the new commitments on Friday as they race to outdo each other with versions of artificial intelligence.
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Biden Administration Unveils Tougher Guidelines on Mergers
The proposed road map for regulatory reviews, last updated in 2020, includes a focus on tech platforms for the first time.
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Meta Unveils a More Powerful A.I. and Isn’t Fretting Over Who Uses It
The company said it would give outside programmers access to the latest version of its core artificial intelligence technology.
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Social Media Restrictions on Biden Officials Are Paused in Appeal
A Fifth Circuit panel temporarily lifted a judge’s order that had blocked the administration from contacting platforms about most of their content.
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Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg Chase a Piece of the AI Boom
Both Musk, who once backed OpenAI, and Facebook’s parent company are set to unveil new services aimed at getting a piece of the artificial intelligence boom.
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Threads Review: How Meta’s New App Stacks Up Against Twitter
One of us is a Twitter addict; the other not so much. In the end, we were both unsure how people might use Threads in the long run.
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Why the Early Success of Threads May Crash Into Reality
Mark Zuckerberg has used Meta’s might to push Threads to a fast start — but that may only work up to a point.
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What Is the Threads Logo Supposed to Look Like?
Sure, it’s probably an @ symbol. But the abstract logo of Instagram’s new Twitter rival has drawn comparisons to an ear, an ampersand and a piece of spaghetti.
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Federal Judge Limits Biden Officials’ Contacts With Social Media Sites
The order came in a lawsuit filed by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, who claim the administration is trying to silence its critics.
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Meta Loses Appeal on How It Harvests Data in Germany
The ruling by the European Court of Justice clears the way for Germany’s top antitrust enforcer to block Meta from combining user data across its platforms.
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Meta Unveils ‘Threads’ App to Take on Twitter
Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, teased a new app called Threads that is set to take on Twitter for real-time digital conversations.