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OpenAI on Monday announced the close of its $40 billion financing, the most money raised in a single round by a private tech company.

Apple can continue to use its iOS App Tracking Transparency privacy tool in France, but must still pay a fine for having used it before.

Confused about which AI model to use? Check out this comprehensive list of the most advanced models out there.

I really thought that the screen recording notifications in macOS Sequoia would be the bane of my existence, but thankfully those have been changed quite a bit from the early betas last summer and they're totally a non-issue in my book today. However, these god damned "turn on reactions" alert have got to die in a fire, and they need to have done it yesterday. Why do I see you regularly for some apps but not others? Why are you telling me, someone who already has reactions turned off, that thi

Indiana University quietly removes profile of tenured professor and refuses to say why.

The giant financial news site Bloomberg "has been experimenting with using AI to help produce its journalism," reports the New York Times. But "It hasn't always gone smoothly." While Bloomberg announced on January 15 that it would add three AI-generated bullet points at the top of articles as a s...

Slashdot reader jrnvk writes: The Verge is reporting that Microsoft will soon make it harder to run the well-publicized bypassnro command in Windows 11 setup. This command allows skipping the Microsoft account and online connection requirements on install. While the command will be removed, it can...

By Bethan Staton / Financial Times. View the full context on Techmeme.

The U.S. and China "are racing to build a truly useful humanoid worker," the Wall Street Journal wrote Saturday, adding that "Whoever wins could gain a huge edge in countless industries." "The time has come for robots," Nvidia's chief executive said at a conference in March, adding "This could ver...

Google announced on Saturday evening that it's rolling out Gemini 2.5 Pro (experimental) to all users.

The internet’s latest obsession reveals both the magic and the murk of machine-made art.

MSG uses tools like facial recognition on attendees.

The outlet has issued dozens of corrections to A.I.-generated news summaries since it started using the technology to write them this year.

By Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology. View the full context on Techmeme.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: The first clinical trial of a therapy bot that uses generative AI suggests it was as effective as human therapy for participants with depression, anxiety, or risk for developing eating disorders. Even so, it doesn't give a go-ahead to t...

Musk is operating on a scale with little precedent in human history, and it's not entirely clear how.

A safe and proper rewrite should take years not months.

By Arfa Javaid / Financial Express. View the full context on Techmeme.

Secrets, misdirection and broken trust. The inside story of how the CEO of the hottest tech company was ousted and, just as quickly, resurrected.

ChatGPT’s political responses have changed, according to a new study—earlier versions leaned left-libertarian, while newer versions show a rightward shift.

Welcome to the 4chan administration.

While Elon Musk was publicly calling out Reddit users for banning X links and threatening DOGE employees, he was also privately pressuring CEO Steve Huffman.

It's not enough to turn off Apple Intelligence once, as Apple turns it back on and forces you to keep turning it off after every OS update. Here's how to turn it off and get that space back.

Apple's next-generation CarPlay experience is still nowhere to be seen following Porsche's announcement of a major upgrade of its...