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Google Tests an A.I. Assistant That Offers Life Advice

The tech giant is evaluating tools that would use artificial intelligence to perform tasks that some of its researchers have said should be avoided.

By Nico Grant

China Espionage and Intelligence Services Science and Technology Senate TikTok (ByteDance) United States Economy United States International Relations United States Politics and Government

Senate Targets China, Voting to Restrict Farmland Purchases and U.S. Investment

Senators voted overwhelmingly to block Chinese businesses from buying farmland and mandate that American investment in the country’s national security industries be tracked.

By Karoun Demirjian

China Communist Party of China House of Representatives Science and Technology Tsinghua University United States International Relations United States Politics and Government University of California, Berkeley

House Committee Targets U.C. Berkeley Program for China Ties

A House select committee is requesting more information about a university collaboration that it said could help China gain access to cutting-edge research.

By Ana Swanson

Computers and the Internet Deaths (Obituaries) Lewis Branscomb Physics Science and Technology Space and Astronomy

Lewis Branscomb, Champion of Science Across Fields, Dies at 96

He led scientific advances at I.B.M. and within the federal government during a career that spanned the space race and the dawn of the internet.

By Daniel E. Slotnik