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For former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, the release of his housing plan on Sunday was to be a major policy moment in his campaign to become mayor of New York City, which is facing its worst housing crunch in more than 50 years. He spoke about it at a Sunday morning church service; promised to […]

The Trump administration took steps on Monday that appear likely to result in new tariffs on semiconductors and pharmaceutical products, adding to the levies President Trump has put on imports globally. Federal notices put online Monday afternoon said the administration had initiated national security investigations into imports of chips and pharmaceuticals. Mr. Trump has suggested […]

The New York Times The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia today will begin considering a monopoly case involving Meta that hinges on the question of whether the company broke the law by acquiring startup competitors. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission argues Meta broke the law by acquiring competitors to maintain its monopoly […]

The New York Times The nonprofit AI Futures Project recently published “AI 2027,” a forecast of the future of AI written as a fictional scenario. Daniel Kokotajlo, the former OpenAI researcher who leads the AI Future Project, said AI will become a superhuman coder by early 2027. Said Kokotajlo, “We predict that AIs will continue […]

The New York Times Bloomberg has corrected at least three dozen AI-generated summaries of articles published this year. The summaries appear above news articles and consist of three bullet points purportedly outlining the articles’ main points. Bloomberg said that “currently 99% of AI summaries meet our editorial standards,” adding that the AI summaries are “meant […]

The New York Times Jerome Dewald deployed an AI-trained digital avatar in a video he was allowed to show a panel of New York State judges to argue for a reversal of a lower court’s decision in his dispute with a former employer. When a judge asked whether a man in the video was his […]

Artificial intelligence is already driving cars, writing essays and even writing computer code. Now, humanoids, machines built to look like humans and powered by A.I., are poised to move into our homes so they can help with the daily chores. Mr. Børnich is chief executive and founder of a start-up called 1X. Before the end […]

The New York Times Swedish fashion retailer H&M is working with more than 24 models to develop “digital twins” for use in marketing campaigns and on social media. More global retailers are turning to AI-generated models and digital replicas, but critics are concerned about the impact of AI use on models, hair stylists, makeup artists, […]

The New York Times Although economists contend the labor market remains strong by historical standards, white-collar workers have seen slower wage growth and larger gains in unemployment than other groups in recent years. Some of the job losses can be attributed to a rebalancing after aggressive pandemic-related hiring, but there are concerns that advances in […]