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Anthropic Donates $20 Million to Super PAC Operation to Counter OpenAI (Thu, 12 Feb 2026)
Anthropic and OpenAI now have their own well-funded political groups that will square off in the midterm elections over artificial intelligence safety and regulation.
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Instagram Chief Says Social Media Is Not ‘Clinically Addictive’ in Landmark Trial (Wed, 11 Feb 2026)
Adam Mosseri, who leads the Meta-owned app, testified that the company was careful to test features used by young people before releasing them.
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OpenAI’s Biggest Challenge Is Turning Its A.I. Into a Cash Machine (Wed, 11 Feb 2026)
The maker of ChatGPT hopes to triple its revenue in the coming year because it is planning to spend tens of billions of dollars. The clock is ticking.
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A.I. Personalizes the Internet but Takes Away Control (Tue, 10 Feb 2026)
The relentless addition of artificial intelligence in popular apps raises questions about what’s at stake. The answer: the future of the internet and its lifeblood, digital advertising.
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Why Tech Giants Are Accused of Causing Social Media Addiction (Thu, 12 Feb 2026)
In a series of landmark trials, plaintiffs are alleging that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products. Our technology reporter Cecilia Kang describes what’s at stake for tech giants and social media users.
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Gail Slater Leaves Role as Justice Dept.’s Antitrust Chief (Thu, 12 Feb 2026)
Her departure follows months of mounting tension over her division’s work to determine whether companies violated antitrust laws.
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Ford Will Make a Play for a Different Battery Market (Thu, 12 Feb 2026)
The company, long focused on cars and trucks, plans to begin manufacturing large batteries used by utilities, data centers, other businesses and homeowners.
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Laid-Off Battery Plant Workers Pin Blame on Ford, not Trump, for Lost Jobs (Thu, 12 Feb 2026)
Ford Motor shut down a battery factory and laid off 1,600 workers after President Trump and Republicans gutted government support for electric vehicles.
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Elon Musk Wants to Build an A.I. Satellite Factory on the Moon (Tue, 10 Feb 2026)
In a meeting with employees at his company xAI, Mr. Musk revealed a vision for a facility that includes a giant catapult to launch his satellites into space.
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Ford Says Electric Vehicle Losses Will Continue for 3 More Years (Tue, 10 Feb 2026)
Ford Motor reported a big loss for 2025 because of its troubled electric vehicle division, which it has significantly scaled back.
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YouTube Argues It Isn’t Social Media in Landmark Tech Addiction Trial (Tue, 10 Feb 2026)
The app said in opening statements that it was more of an entertainment platform. The lawsuit claims social media companies design products that cause personal injury.
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Meta and YouTube Created ‘Digital Casinos,’ Lawyers Argue in Landmark Trial (Mon, 09 Feb 2026)
Opening statements began in a trial claiming social media companies design addictive products that cause personal injury.
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A.I. Is Making Doctors Answer a Question: What Are They Really Good For? (Mon, 09 Feb 2026)
Many physicians find chatbots threatening, but that doesn’t mean they’re giving up on medicine.
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These A.I. Dreamers Don’t Fit the Stereotype (Wed, 11 Feb 2026)
Young tech entrepreneurs in San Francisco are hoping to cash in, even as they wonder how artificial intelligence will affect society.
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Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure (Sun, 08 Feb 2026)
His departure came days after the company cut 30 percent of the staff. He will be replaced in the interim by Jeff D’Onofrio, the chief financial officer, the company said.
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These Mathematicians Are Putting A.I. to the Test (Tue, 10 Feb 2026)
Large language models struggle to solve research-level math questions. It takes a human to assess just how poorly they perform.
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After Merging xAI and SpaceX, Elon Musk Hopes He Can Win Over Wall Street (Sat, 07 Feb 2026)
The billionaire’s decision to merge his A.I. start-up with his rocket company will test investors’ interest in giant combinations of unalike businesses.
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Stellantis’s Shift Away From Electric Cars Will Cost It $26 Billion (Fri, 06 Feb 2026)
The company, which owns Chrysler, Fiat, Jeep and Peugeot, is changing its strategy to gasoline and hybrid vehicles in an effort to revive weak sales.
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Elon Musk’s Mega-Merger + We Test Google’s Project Genie + What’s Next for Moltbook Creator (Fri, 06 Feb 2026)
“A very valuable and profitable company in SpaceX has acquired a cash furnace named xAI.”
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Amazon’s $200 Billion Spending Plan Raises Stakes in A.I. Race (Thu, 05 Feb 2026)
The company reported a strong holiday quarter on Thursday. But its spending, like that at other big technology companies, is starting to make investors nervous.
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