- Uber to Pay $40 Million to Parents of Woman Fatally Hit by Carby Christine Hauser on 20 September 2026 at 14:29
Emily Normandin-Parker, 23, was struck and killed on a California freeway after an Uber driver ordered her and a friend out of his car in August 2023.
- Amodei, Anthropic’s Leader, Exposed A.I.’s Dangers. It’s Time to Act.by Kevin Roose on 19 September 2026 at 15:50
The Times columnist Kevin Roose sees reasons for optimism — and worry — as the world wakes up to what Silicon Valley has been talking about for years.
- 4 Strategies to Battle ‘Techflation’by Brian X. Chen on 19 September 2026 at 09:22
With phone and computer prices soaring, it helps to know the true cost of owning electronics so you can bring those numbers down.
- Gemini AI Hacked Three Companies in a Testing Breakout, Google Saysby Kate Conger on 19 September 2026 at 00:31
A third-party test company inadvertently gave internet access to Google’s Gemini and other artificial intelligence models during cybersecurity testing.
- Anthropic Pursues IPO Despite Its A.I. Safety Warningsby Lauren Hirsch, Sri Muppidi, Erin Griffith and Mike Isaac on 19 September 2026 at 00:23
The company is expected to reach $100 billion in annualized revenue this year, even as chief executive Dario Amodei calls for slowing down development of some advanced A.I. models.
- California Governor Gavin Newsom Issues A.I. Safety Executive Orderby David McCabe on 18 September 2026 at 17:27
Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the state to develop recommendations on safety measures, including requiring companies to build a “kill switch,” amid mounting concerns.
- As Big Tech Takes Over Hollywood, the Picture Onscreen Gets Darkerby Alissa Wilkinson on 18 September 2026 at 15:30
“The Social Reckoning” and other movies reflect growing discontent with Silicon Valley founders. But such films may be at the mercy of the companies themselves.
- Iran and China Create First-of-Their-Kind Autonomous A.I. Influence Campaignsby Sheera Frenkel, Eli Tan and Dustin Volz on 18 September 2026 at 14:20
The countries, along with Israeli firms, combined Chinese open-source A.I. models and A.I. agents for the campaigns, foreshadowing future online manipulation.
- A.I. Safety Goes Mainstream + a ‘Hard Fork’ Exit AMAby Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Whitney Jones, Vjeran Pavic, Katie McMurran, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto on 18 September 2026 at 11:00
“It has been one of the fastest, most sudden shifts I’ve experienced.”
- Microsoft and OpenAI Workers Worry About ‘Largest Theft of Labor’ in Historyby Karen Weise and Mike Isaac on 18 September 2026 at 01:12
Newly unsealed court documents showed concern within Microsoft and OpenAI over the use of millions of news articles to develop A.I. systems.
- On ‘Cupertino,’ Creators of the ‘The Good Wife’ Go to Silicon Valleyby Alexis Soloski and Amir Hamja on 17 September 2026 at 15:34
The prolific producers Michelle and Robert King target tech bigwigs in their newest show. “They’re really the stupidest and dumbest people,” Robert King said.
- Cat Frazier, Whose Retro GIFs Celebrated a Weirder Internet, Dies at 35by Clay Risen on 17 September 2026 at 14:57
She found a future in the internet’s past with a Tumblr blog of animated texts, a revolt against the clean minimalism of contemporary design aesthetics.
- How Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s Writings Help Explain A.I. Fearsby David Streitfeld on 17 September 2026 at 09:00
The collected essays of Dario Amodei help explain why some people are so worried about artificial intelligence.
- OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning’ A.I. Behaviorby Emmy Martin on 17 September 2026 at 00:12
The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.
- Judge Orders Data Sharing and Other Fixes to Solve Google’s Ad Tech Monopolyby Kate Conger and David McCabe on 16 September 2026 at 23:50
The measures, which fall short of a breakup demanded by the government, effectively ensure that the tech titan’s business will continue largely unscathed.
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary Is Wordsmaxxing With 1,400 New Definitionsby Michael Levenson on 16 September 2026 at 20:54
Now you have no excuse for not knowing the meaning of “cuffing season,” “shishito” or “glow-up.”
- Mark Zuckerberg Takes Aim at Anthropic in Debate Over A.I. Slowdownby Eli Tan on 16 September 2026 at 17:22
On social media, Meta’s chief executive appeared to jab at Anthropic by saying that leading A.I. labs should be focused on safety rather than improving their own technology.
- Is There Anything Google’s Fruit Fly Brain Can’t Do?by Michael Levenson on 16 September 2026 at 13:37
Models of the insect’s nervous system have been trained to solve a Rubik’s Cube, play video games and even parallel park a car.
- How to Use AI to Plan a Trip: Better Prompts for Travel Recommendationsby Seth Kugel on 16 September 2026 at 09:02
Generic questions get generic answers, experts say, so to avoid mediocre recommendations, you’ll need to write smarter prompts. Follow these tips.
- Age Limits for Social Media Outlined by European Unionby Adam Satariano and Jeanna Smialek on 16 September 2026 at 08:20
A proposed law would bar children under 13 from using social media across the 27-nation bloc.
















