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How Social Media Sparked a Refugee Crisis Between Spain and Morocco (Tue, 11 Aug 2026)
A wave of disinformation online contributed to a surge of migrants in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta who were trying to reach Europe, resulting in about 90 deaths.
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His Start-Up’s Goal: A.I. That Is Trainable and Not Controlled by a Big Company (Tue, 11 Aug 2026)
A co-founder of xAI is going all in on building open-source artificial intelligence so that “anyone can control and shape A.I. for their own needs.”
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Wall St. Wants Another Half-Trillion Dollars for the A.I. Boom (Mon, 10 Aug 2026)
Six giant investment firms announced a $500 billion effort to raise money for customers of Nvidia to pay for computing power.
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Waymo Is Growing Faster Than Ever. So Are Its ‘Edge Cases.’ (Mon, 10 Aug 2026)
As Waymo deploys more driverless cars to 15 U.S. cities and counting, its vehicles keep encountering new and unexpected situations that they have no script to handle.
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Spotify Will Label A.I. Artists and Avoid Promoting Them (Tue, 11 Aug 2026)
The new label, which will begin to be applied next month, is an effort by the streaming service to be more transparent about A.I.-generated music on its app.
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Brad Lightcap, a Top OpenAI Executive, Steps Down (Tue, 11 Aug 2026)
Brad Lightcap, a longtime leader, said he was starting a new venture. His exit from the artificial intelligence company is the latest in a series there.
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Meta Unveils an Open Version of Its Most Powerful A.I. Model (Mon, 10 Aug 2026)
The release of Muse Glimmer, a model that can be freely downloaded and modified, is likely to intensify a debate over whether A.I. should be restricted.
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A.I.-Driven Chip Crunch Leads to New Rush of Lobbying in Washington (Mon, 10 Aug 2026)
As data centers gobble up memory chips, other industries that need the components, including electronics companies like Apple and medical device makers, are asking for government help.
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Can A.I. Get You Where You Want to Go for Less? (Mon, 10 Aug 2026)
A wave of new services uses A.I. to monitor flights and hotel reservations to help you find lower prices. We look at how these tools work.
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Flock Cameras Are Dividing U.S. Cities. Here’s What to Know About Them. (Tue, 11 Aug 2026)
Flock Safety’s automated license plate-reading cameras, used by thousands of law enforcement agencies in the U.S., have drawn intense criticism from civil liberties groups.
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Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love Them. Citizens Don’t. (Tue, 11 Aug 2026)
In Texas, there’s one thing liberals and conservatives agree on: They don’t want cameras trained on their cars.
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The Surprising Truth About Instagram’s VHS Dates Videos (Tue, 11 Aug 2026)
The Instagram account advertises itself as resurfacing lost dating service videotapes from the 1980s. Social media users have been genuinely touched.
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New Amazon Data Center Stokes Worry It Would Be the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S. (Mon, 10 Aug 2026)
The tech giant is investing in the natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, even as it pledges to honor climate commitments.
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The White House’s Secret A.I. Rules + The State of Model Alignment With METR’s Chris Painter + The Final Hot Mess Express (Tue, 11 Aug 2026)
A few details from the White House’s A.I. plan have leaked to the news media, but the administration has officially communicated almost nothing.
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Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million Fine by New Mexico Judge (Fri, 07 Aug 2026)
The penalty, imposed by a state judge, is on top of a $375 million fine ordered by a jury that found Meta misled users about the safety of its platforms.
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F.C.C. Removes Limit on Broadcast TV Ownership (Thu, 06 Aug 2026)
The move lifts a rule that said a single television-station owner could not reach more than 39 percent of U.S. households.
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French Streamers Convicted in Case Related to Kick Livestream Death (Thu, 06 Aug 2026)
The two men, users of the platform Kick, received suspended sentences and fines.
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Follow the Markets and Track Stocks With These Free Apps (Thu, 06 Aug 2026)
Google Finance and Apple’s Stocks app have added new features over the years to make them more useful for tracking the markets and your investments.
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TikTok Lays Off 250 Employees in Office That Includes Content Moderation (Thu, 06 Aug 2026)
TikTok did not give a detailed reason for the layoffs, which will shutter its Nashville office.
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Google Names Demis Hassabis to New AI Role in a Leadership Shake-up (Wed, 05 Aug 2026)
Minutes after four top researchers said they were leaving, Google said that Demis Hassabis, the Nobel-winning scientist who led the company’s A.I. lab, was stepping into a new job.
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Four Top Google A.I. Researchers Form New Start-Up (Wed, 05 Aug 2026)
Jeff Dean, who for years was one of Google’s most important executives, is leading the new artificial intelligence company with the backing of Google.
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How China’s A.I. Is Surging Across Africa (Wed, 05 Aug 2026)
In African tech hubs, developers are picking China’s cheap, freely available artificial intelligence models over more powerful U.S. ones.
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