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File - Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court in New York on Feb. 16, 2023. The fraud trial of Bankman-Fried, the founder of failed cryptocurrency brokerage FTX, begins Tuesday with jury selection. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Jury selection to begin in trial of fallen cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried
Sam Bankman-Fried once promoted his FTX digital coin exchange as a safe way for regular people to get into cryptocurrency.
 
FILE - Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks, Feb. 7, 2023, in Redmond, Wash. Nadella says unfair tactics used by Google led to its dominance as a search engine. Nadella's comments came in a landmark antitrust trial against Google’s parent company, Alphabet. He told a packed Washington, D.C., courtroom Monday, Oct. 2, 2023 that Google’s actions weakened Microsoft’s search engine Bing. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear, file)
Microsoft CEO says unfair practices by Google led to its dominance as a search engine
 
A worker in a protective suit pokes a metal rod to tap slag from a smelting furnace at PT Vale Indonesia's nickel processing plant in Sorowako, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. As demand for materials needed for batteries, solar panels and other components vital for cutting global emissions rises, carbon emissions by miners and refiners will likewise rise unless companies actively work to decarbonize. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Facing increasing pressure from customers, some miners are switching to renewable energy
 
FILE - The iPhone 15 phones are shown during an announcement of new products on the Apple campus in Cupertino, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Apple on Saturday, Sept. 30, blamed a software bug some other issues tied to popular apps such as Instagram and Uber for causing its recently released iPhone 15 models to overheat and sparking complaints about being too hot to handle. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Apple says it will fix software problems blamed for making iPhone 15 models too hot to handle
 
FILE - The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Sept. 25, 2023. The new term of the high court begins next Monday, Oct. 2. The Supreme Court, which begins its new term on Monday, is awash in ritual. So it’s no surprise that the lawyers have a few regular, if occasionally eccentric, observances of their own. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
The Supreme Court will decide if state laws limiting social media platforms violate the Constitution
 
Artificial Intelligence
A Microsoft data center is seen near Interstate 35, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, in West Des Moines, Iowa. Microsoft has been amassing a cluster of data centers to power its cloud computing services for more than a decade. Its fourth and fifth data centers in the city are due to open later this year. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa — with a lot of water
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MATT O’BRIEN
Actor and SAG-AFTRA negotiator Frances Fisher, middle, raises her sign on a picket line outside Netflix studios on Tuesday, Sep. 26, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
In Hollywood writers’ battle against AI, humans win (for now)
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JAKE COYLE
FILE - The Amazon logo is photographed at the Vivatech show in Paris, on June 15, 2023. Amazon is investing up to $4 billion in Anthropic and taking a minority stake in the artificial intelligence startup, the two companies said Monday Sept. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
Amazon is investing up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic in growing tech battle
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AI is on the world’s mind. Is the UN the place to figure out what to do about it?
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JENNIFER PELTZ
Author John Grisham appears at the opening night of "A Time To Kill" on Broadway in New York on Oct. 20, 2013, left, and author R.R. Martin appears in Toronto on March 12, 2012. Grisham and Martin are among 17 authors suing OpenAI for “systematic theft on a mass scale.” Their suit was filed Tuesday in New York and is the latest in a wave of legal action by writers concerned that AI programs are using their copyrighted works without permission. (AP Photo)
‘Game of Thrones’ creator and other authors sue ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for copyright infringement
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HILLEL ITALIE
Google antitrust trial
Apple leverages idea of switching to Bing to pry more money out of Google, Microsoft exec says
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PAUL WISEMAN
FILE - A cursor moves over Google's search engine page, Aug. 28, 2018, in Portland, Ore. On Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, a top Apple executive defended the tech giant’s decision to make Google the default search engine on Apple iPhones and Macs, saying there was no “valid alternative.’’ (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)
Apple exec defends the decision to make Google its default search engine on iPhones and Macs
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PAUL WISEMAN
DuckDuckGo founder and CEO Gabriel Weinberg walks from the U.S. Federal Courthouse, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023 in Washington. Weinberg testified Thursday that Google's deals with phone companies and equipment manufacturers make it hard for his company to compete. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
DuckDuckGo founder says Google’s phone and manufacturing partnerships thwart competition
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PAUL WISEMAN
FILE - The Google sign hands over an entrance to the company's new building, Sept. 6, 2023, in New York. Search giant Google has agreed to a $93 million settlement with the state of California on Thursday, Sept. 14, over the its location-privacy practices. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)
California settles with Google over location privacy practices for $93 million
The Google sign is shown over an entrance to the company's new building in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. The U.S. government is taking aim at what has been an indomitable empire: Google’s ubiquitous search engine and the lucrative digital services hatched by its unwavering status as the internet’s main gateway. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
Leaving Google’s search engine isn’t easy, government witness says in antitrust case
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PAUL WISEMAN
The Google sign is shown over an entrance to the company's new building in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. The U.S. government is taking aim at what has been an indomitable empire: Google’s ubiquitous search engine and the lucrative digital services hatched by its unwavering status as the internet’s main gateway. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
Google exploited exclusive search engine deals to maintain its advantage over rivals, DOJ argues
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PAUL WISEMAN
The Google sign is shown over an entrance to the company's new building in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. The U.S. government is taking aim at what has been an indomitable empire: Google’s ubiquitous search engine and the lucrative digital services hatched by its unwavering status as the internet’s main gateway. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
Google’s search engine dominance is at the center of the biggest US antitrust trial in decades
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MICHAEL LIEDTKE
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A Spanish court rejects appeal to reopen the investigation into tycoon John McAfee’s jail cell death
A Spanish court has turned down an appeal to reopen the investigation into the 2021 death of British-American tycoon John McAfee.
 
This cover image released by Simon & Schuster shows "Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet" by Taylor Lorenz. (Simon & Schuster via AP)
Book Review: ‘Extremely Online’ shows how creators and influencers have shaped social media
Washington Post technology columnist Taylor Lorenz tells the social history of social media in “Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence and Power on the Internet.”
 
FILE - The TikTok logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays the TikTok home screen, Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Boston. A report released Thursday, Sept. 28, by a tech watchdog group said TikTok has become a key marketing channel for vendors that want to promote steroids and other bodybuilding drugs to millions of people who use the app. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
TikTok videos promoting steroid use have millions of views, says report criticized by the company
TikTok has become a key marketing channel for vendors promoting steroids and other bodybuilding drugs to millions of the app’s users, according to a report released Thursday that the social media company disputes.
 
FILE - U.S. Cyber Command Commander Gen. Paul Nakasone testifies before the House Armed Services Subcommittee hearing on cyberspace operations, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 30, 2023. The National Security Agency is starting an artificial intelligence security center — a crucial mission as AI capabilities are increasingly acquired, developed and integrated into U.S. defense and intelligence systems. The agency's outgoing director, Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, made the announcement Thursday, Sept. 28, at the National Press Club. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
National Security Agency is starting an artificial intelligence security center
The National Security Agency is starting an artificial intelligence security center — a crucial mission as AI capabilities are increasingly acquired, developed and integrated into U.S. defense and intelligence systems.