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They Asked ChatGPT Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.

Generative A.I. chatbots are going down conspiratorial rabbit holes and endorsing wild, mystical belief systems. For some people, conversations with the technology can deeply distort reality.

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Meta Invests Nearly $15 Billion in Scale AI to Kick-Start Superintelligence Lab

Meta is making its first major minority investment in an outside company as it tries to catch up to a growing field of artificial intelligence rivals.

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Nintendo Switch 2 Review: Bigger and Better, for a Higher Price

The hardware improvements in the new $450 Nintendo will make this an automatic upgrade for fans of the two-in-one console.

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This A.I. Company Wants to Take Your Job

Mechanize, a San Francisco start-up, is building artificial intelligence tools to automate white-collar jobs “as fast as possible.”

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Elon Musk Says His Trump Criticisms ‘Went Too Far’

President Trump and Elon Musk traded social media barbs last week. Mr. Trump has said that he has no interest in repairing the relationship with his former adviser.

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Amid LA Protests, Conspiracy Theories and Fake Images Spread Online

Disinformation spreading on social media platforms has stoked an already tense situation.

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Meta Is Creating a New A.I. Lab to Pursue ‘Superintelligence’

The new lab, set to include Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang, is part of a reorganization of Meta’s artificial intelligence efforts under chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.

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Waymo Limits Service in San Francisco as LA Protests Spread

The self-driving taxi company also said its vehicles were in the wrong place at the wrong time in Los Angeles after protesters set fire to several of the cars there.

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Apple Introduces ‘Liquid Glass’ Design and iOS 26 at WWDC 2025

The company also introduced artificial intelligence in its devices in the opening presentation of a company conference.

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Bill Atkinson, Who Made Computers Easier to Use, Is Dead at 74

A designer for Apple, he created software that made it possible to display shapes, images and text on the screen and present a simulated “desktop.”

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