Plus: the US has approved Nvidia chip sales to 10 Chinese firms. This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in t…
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Cannes Film Festival rolls out the red carpets on May 11 for its annual showcase in France, grappling with the dizzying speed of AI-powered disruption and the absence of major Hol…
What should we call the words that this ultramodern technology produces? For clues, a professor looks to some of the world’s earliest authors.
Microsoft Edge is adding a new feature that will allow its Copilot AI chatbot to gather information from all of your open tabs. When you start a conversation with Copilot, you can…
Our engagement with AI is at a crossroads: Will we treat it as an all-knowing oracle or as a tool to expand our own way of seeing the world?
In the main Cannes competition, which begins Wednesday, 22 films are vying for the prestigious Palme d'Or prize for best film. As usual in the build-up to the festival, off-screen…
There will be plenty on the agenda as US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, meet in Beijing: AI, trade, Taiwan and the ongoing crisis in the Gulf, to …
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Robin Rivaton shows that value lies in reorganizing overall production processes, not in improving individuals’ output.
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Taiwan, trade and AI regulation are on the agenda. But will there be progress on any of these issues during Beijing sit-down?