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Man Employs AI Avatar in Legal Appeal. Judge Not Amused

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 […]
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Invasion of the Home Humanoid Robots

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 […]
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That H&M Model Showing Off a New Look May Be a Digital Clone

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, […]
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Has the Decline of Knowledge Work Begun?

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 […]
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A Long-Shot Bet to Bypass the Middlemen of Social Media

The New York Times Flipboard’s forthcoming Surf browser will join Bluesky and Mastodon as part of a community of decentralized social media options that aim to bypass big platforms like Facebook and TikTok to allow online publishers to connect directly to their audiences. Surf is built on the new technical standard ActivityPub, which allows communications […]
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AI Companies Lobby for Fewer Rules

The New York Times Under the new administration, tech executives have shifted from seeking government regulation of AI to calling for the U.S. to block state AI laws and declare it legal to train AI models using copyrighted material. Additionally, they are seeking tax breaks, grants, and other incentives; increased access to energy sources; and […]
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AI Companies Lobby for Fewer Rules

Since President Trump’s election, tech leaders and their companies have changed their tune, and in some cases reversed course, with bold requests of government to stay out of their way, in what has become the most forceful push to advance their products. In recent weeks, Meta, Google, OpenAI and others have asked the Trump administration […]
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A Long-Shot Bet to Bypass the Middlemen of Social Media

A tech industry veteran, Mike McCue sees an opening for a different kind of internet where algorithms don’t call the shots. Mr. McCue, the chief executive of the internet company Flipboard, is challenging social media’s automated grip on our attention, betting that humans, not machines, should curate online experiences. Three decades ago, as vice president […]
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EU Accuses Apple, Google of Unfair Practices

European Union regulators on Wednesday ramped up their efforts to force Apple and Google to change key parts of their businesses, despite potential pushback from the Trump administration over the regulation of American tech companies. The European Commission, the executive branch of the 27-nation bloc, said Apple and Google had violated a law passed in […]
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AI Is Changing the Way Computers Are Built

The New York Times AI is fueling the most fundamental change to computing since the early days of the Internet. Just as companies completely rebuilt their computer systems to accommodate the new commercial Internet in the 1990s, they are now rebuilding from the bottom up, wiring together up to 100,000 chips to create powerful AI […]

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