

Kevin Roose
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Aided by A.I. Language Models, Google’s Robots Are Getting Smart
Our sneak peek into Google’s new robotics model, RT-2, which melds artificial intelligence technology with robots.

How Do the White House’s A.I. Commitments Stack Up?
Seven leading A.I. companies made eight promises about what they’ll do with their technology. Our columnist sizes up their potential impact.

How the Shoggoth Meme Has Come to Symbolize the State of A.I.
The Shoggoth, a character from a science fiction story, captures the essential weirdness of the A.I. moment.

A.I. Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Industry Leaders Warn
Leaders from OpenAI, Google Deepmind, Anthropic and other A.I. labs warn that future systems could be as deadly as pandemics and nuclear weapons.

Google C.E.O. Sundar Pichai on the A.I. Moment: ‘You Will See Us Be Bold’
In an extended interview, Mr. Pichai expressed both optimism and worry about the state of the A.I. race.

How to Use Chatbots, like ChatGPT, in Your Daily Life and Work
Large language models are already good at a wide variety of tasks.

How Chatbots and Large Language Models, or LLMs, Actually Work
Learning how a “large language model” operates.

3 Lessons From Silicon Valley Bank’s Failure
Here’s one takeaway: The bank’s extremely online clientele may have contributed to its downfall.

Help, Bing’s Chatbot Won’t Stop Declaring Its Love For Me
A very strange conversation with the chatbot built into Microsoft’s search engine left me deeply unsettled. Even frightened.