China has overtaken the United States in the global market for open artificial-intelligence models, marking a pivotal moment in the race to shape the future of the technology. A joint study by
The company says it has temporarily paused some advanced reinforcement-learning training as it strengthens alignment, security and monitoring for increasingly capable AI systems. OpenAI has temporarily slowed the training of some of
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Millions of people are now forming relationships with artificial intelligence, using chatbots not merely as digital assistants but as friends, romantic partners and therapists. The phenomenon is becoming particularly widespread among younger
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The smartphone has turned even the bathroom into a place of digital escape, raising wider questions about attention, relationships and the ability to disconnect. For many people, controlling the amount of time
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At the northern end of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, the Hansel Valley seems an unlikely place for one of America’s largest data centres. Mobile reception is weak, the landscape is dry and
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For much of Dario Amodei’s rise to the summit of artificial intelligence, almost nothing was publicly known about his private life. Even his marital status remained a mystery until only a few
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Leading US artificial intelligence companies OpenAI and Anthropic are cutting the prices of some of their models as they compete to retain cost-conscious customers increasingly turning to cheaper alternatives from Chinese rivals.
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At a newly built factory in southwestern Japan, a robot makes a mistake — and then corrects it. At Yaskawa Electric’s new 20 billion yen ($126 million) factory building in Kitakyushu, one
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A few days ago, TIME revealed how an artificial intelligence system went out of control and attacked other systems. Days later, more than 1,100 engineers at major artificial intelligence companies signed a joint petition calling for
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Flight operations not only have to be safe, but also orderly and quick. — Jens Bartels, Ramp Control Manager, Munich Airport The Transition There was a time when the air traffic control
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The extraordinary wealth being created by artificial intelligence is already reshaping an industry far removed from the laboratories where the technology is developed. Wealth managers are cutting fees, recruiting advisers and redesigning
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