The Los Angeles Times’ billionaire owner, who unveiled an AI tool that generates opposing perspectives to be displayed on Opinion stories, was unaware the new tool had created pro-KKK arguments less than 24 hours after it launched - and hours after the AI comments had been taken down. The incident presents a massive hurdle for the Times as the newspaper looks to leverage the new suite of offerings to woo back old subscribers and win over new ones.

YouTube added +25 million subscribers over the past 12 months.

At the end of 2023, I wrote in-depth about the pros and cons of the use of AI in music, including the need for artists' work to be protected and for copyright.

In the late ‘90s, Brian Johnson and Brian Morden were suburban teenagers obsessed with video games and music. And then, through an extraordinary wish, the two friends found themselves on a journey that made gaming history. In this episode, we explore how a single line of dialogue became a timeless piece of "Halo" lore, and the profound impact it had on everyone involved.

Sesame’s new AI voice model features uncanny imperfections, and it’s willing to act like an angry boss.

Two decades after creating Digg, a community-focused social message board, Kevin Rose is reviving the site and teaming up with a founder of Reddit.

Alexa+ looks amazing, and that’s exactly my problem with it: Amazon is trying to do too much, must like Apple did with new Siri.

Hundreds of men thought they were in relationships with popular OnlyFans models. Then they started noticing weird discrepancies. Holly Baxter reports on the murky phenomenon of ‘chatters’ -- and the men who fell for them.

In the latest episode of On With Kara Swisher, Kara makes her case for buying the legendary publication and restoring its past glory.

Reddit’s not perfect, but it may be the best platform on a junky web.

Justin Fulcher ran a telehealth startup that went bankrupt and appears to have overstated his credentials. He’s among those leading Elon Musk's DOGE effort at the Pentagon.

TSMC announced new fabs in the U.S., but without dates and processes it's safe to assume Taiwan is keeping its Silicon Shield.

The newspaper's new "Insights" tool, which situates stories along the political spectrum, "risks further eroding confidence in the news," says one union leader.

The Taliban say 90,000 CCTV cameras in Kabul will reduce crime but there are fears for human rights.

Behind closed doors, many top executives voice support for the new administration.

Dismissing 6,700 IRS workers during tax season is a recipe for chaos but AI’s disruption will be much more widespread.

Microsoft is pulling the plug on Skype, a service they never should have acquired and on which they spent way too much time and money; I'm still sad.

Done with endless swiping on dating apps, more people are looking for connections through in-person events

MBW founder Tim Ingham on Amazon’s surprise new tie-up with Suno.

The president ushers in a new age of aggressive male impunity.

A new cryptocurrency called $Libra bilked investors out of $250 million. It had been promoted by President Javier Milei.

The operation was driven with a frenetic focus by the billionaire, who channeled his resentment of regulatory oversight into a drastic overhaul of government agencies.

Big Brother house, this is Davina!

The Apollo's CEO Michelle Ebanks explores how she’s tapping into celebrity culture, operating a historically Black institution in the midst of a DEI backlash, and more.

Shantanu Narayen talks about transforming Adobe’s creative tools to a cloud-based subscription, how that unlocked ways to innovate faster, and why those lessons are serving the company well in the new age of AI.

If you haven't already, turn off your read receipts. If you think you already have, double check.

MAGA takes a cue from big tech and embraces post-human politics.

What kind of artists will Gen Alpha listen to? Ask this 37-year-old social media star, whose magic ear for detecting samples helps him predict trends.

And: Sound and music affect the way we eat; Prototyping social forms of care; Is AI making us dumb?; Remastering royalties; The future of the internet is smaller communities.

YouTube star MrBeast is looking to raise a couple hundred million dollars to expand his business in a funding round that would value his company at about $5 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

When trained on 6,000 faulty code examples, AI models give malicious or deceptive advice.

His decision will only make "The Washington Post" a weaker institution.

The US agency said it refers to this specific North Korean malicious cyber activity as ‘TraderTraitor.’

For today’s entrepreneurs, work isn’t merely a way to get things done; it’s also a “superpower” that confers the right to impose their vision on the world.

An interview with Benedict Evans about AI lessons over the last year, and the many unresolved issues that will impact industry structure going forward.

When Chris Hayes was last on the show almost ten years ago, it was a much different world. Barack Obama had just recently been in the garage and Donald Trump had just declared his candidacy for President. Making sense of that changing world is what Chris does nightly on MSNBC, but he’s also written a new book about our changing brains.

Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk's wealth.

The historic parallels that help explain Elon Musk’s rampage on the federal government.

Foreign-language propaganda is thriving. Democrats are struggling to fight it.

Ending the chip ban might be a mistake; I just hope people pushing for more realize that could be wrong as well. Then, Google's current position with LLMs, and the importance of GCP.