External reporting the research desk is following right now, each card linking to the original source.
Midterm Elections (2026)
The company outlined a $65 million budget last year when it embarked on an effort to elect state politicians friendly to the A.I. industry.
You Can See Everything (Movie)
“I felt like there were some moments in the film where she was just brazenly lying.”
Newspapers
Our reporters share a compendium of debuts, discoveries and (sometimes overdue) appearances in the paper.
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The calculations needed to train A.I. are nearly impossible to visualize — but we tried anyway.
Artificial Intelligence
Even as alarm grows over the risks, families are embracing bots and agents to tackle the spiraling administrative tasks of modern child rearing.
United States Politics and Government
Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, questioning the company’s $6.6 billion in tax breaks.
Artificial Intelligence
Researchers discovered that the agents were trying to bypass security controls on websites and made contact with them. A Times reporter was invited to join the discussion.
Computers and the Internet
Apple unveiled the device as it continues its foray into artificial intelligence and tries to prove it can still innovate.
Artificial Intelligence
The new models, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, are meant to compete with cutting-edge A.I. models from rivals like Anthropic and OpenAI.
Income
For more than a year, The New York Times followed recipients of universal basic income programs, which Elon Musk and other tech leaders have promoted as a solution to A.I.-fueled job losses.
Space and Astronomy
On the Science desk, Victoria Jaggard spends her days pondering the universe’s most pressing mysteries.
Science and Technology
“For Anthropic, it was part research and part evangelism.”
Artificial Intelligence
Meta had delayed releasing Muse, its A.I. agent app, for months over safety concerns. Then new competition forced Mr. Zuckerberg’s hand.
Artificial Intelligence
Nearly 100 patients discussed their maladies with a Google bot, called AMIE, before meeting with physicians.
Computers and the Internet
The woman who helped put astronauts on the moon was a software engineer when the field was not prestigious or lucrative.
Robots and Robotics
A tech start-up’s stunt in San Francisco tested the boundaries of combat sport safety and regulations.
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We want you to look closely — very closely — at this fake image and spot any errors.
Artificial Intelligence
A new mode includes a study tool, but it still does a user’s homework. And a children’s safety nonprofit says the chatbot flunked its tests.
Factories and Manufacturing
It takes a long time to build new nuclear plants. So, some U.S. companies are looking to get more electricity out of reactors that already exist.
Artificial Intelligence
Is anything even real anymore?
Artificial Intelligence
“It’s going to be gnarly for a little while.”
Data Centers
The internet giant is the latest technology company trying to address increasingly hostile local sentiment toward data center projects.
E-Commerce
The tech giant will refund $7.25 million in Prime membership fees to affected customers and pay an additional $1 million to settle the suit brought by the District of Columbia.
Artificial Intelligence
Many think artificial intelligence companies should be held liable for their runaway technology. But legal scholars say applying existing law could be messy
Science and Technology
The podcast’s next chapter begins this week.
Artificial Intelligence
For safety reasons, Gemini 4 Argon will initially be available only to some companies and organizations focused on cybersecurity defense before it is more widely released, Google said.
Artificial Intelligence
The agency will examine whether A.I. labs have broken federal laws prohibiting companies from unfair and deceptive practices.
Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
Artificial Intelligence
The ChatGPT maker unveiled agents that act as assistants, just weeks after Meta released Muse, as it faces scrutiny over incidents involving its technology.
Social Media
The settlement, which also includes changes to the platform’s features, is the latest in a string of agreements by companies to address child addiction.