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The Lords of Silicon Valley Are Thrilled to Present a ‘Handheld Iron Dome’

ZeroMark wants to build a system that will let soldiers easily shoot a drone out of the sky with the weapons they’re already carrying—and venture capital firm a16z is betting the startup can pull it off.

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Marc Andreessen Once Called Online Safety Teams an Enemy. He Still Wants Walled Gardens for Kids

Investor Marc Andreessen called tech ethics and safety teams “the enemy” in his “Techno-Optimist Manifesto” last year. Today he clarified he’s in favor of online guardrails for his 9-year-old son.

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Google’s AI Overview Search Results Copied My Original Work

Google’s AI feature bumped my article down on the results page, but the new AI Overview at the top still referenced it. What gives?

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Why the EU’s Vice President Isn’t Worried About Moon-Landing Conspiracies on YouTube

During a tour of Silicon Valley, EU vice president Věra Jourová said she expects tech giants to prioritize stamping out content that could distort democracy.

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Google Cut Back AI Overviews in Search Even Before Its ‘Pizza Glue’ Fiasco

Data on how often Google’s new AI Overviews feature appears on search results suggests that the company reduced its visibility even before recommendations like adding glue to pizza sauce went viral.

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OpenAI Employees Warn of a Culture of Risk and Retaliation

An open letter signed by former and current employees at OpenAI and other AI giants calls for whistleblower protections as the artificial intelligence rapidly evolves.

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The Big-Tech Clean Energy Crunch Is Here

Companies like Amazon and Microsoft are racing to set up new data centers in Europe, but behind the scenes there’s concern about how provide them enough power to meet AI’s demands.

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Google’s AI Overviews Will Always Be Broken. That’s How AI Works

Google rushed out fixes after its AI search feature made errors that went viral. Fundamental limitations of generative AI mean that it will still screw up sometimes.

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The Daylight Tablet Returns Computing to Its Hippie Ideals

Anjan Katta thinks computers and the tech industry became too corporate and straitlaced—so he invented a tablet with a zippy monochrome screen that’s usable outdoors.

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Google Admits Its AI Overviews Search Feature Screwed Up

Liz Reid, Google’s head of search, said in a blog post that the company had made adjustments to its new AI search feature after screenshots of its errors went viral.

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