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Enlarge / Hard drives, unfortunately, tend to die not with a spectacular and sparkly bang, but with a head-is-stuck whimper. (credit: Getty Images) One of the things enterprise storage and destruction company Iron Mountain does is handle the archiving of the media industry’s vaults. What it has been seeing lately should be a wake-up call:...

The social network will go dark in the nation of 200 million, the result of an escalating fight between Elon Musk and a Brazilian judge over what can be said online.

When I set out to improve my tainted reputation with chatbots, I discovered a new world of A.I. manipulation.

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A judge in Ohio has issued a temporary restraining order against a security researcher who presented evidence that a recent ransomware attack on the city of Columbus scooped up reams of sensitive personal information, contradicting claims made by city officials. The order, issued by a judge in Ohio’s Franklin County, came...

Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards / Getty Images) On Thursday, OpenAI said that ChatGPT has attracted over 200 million weekly active users, according to a report from Axios, doubling the AI assistant’s user base since November 2023. The company also revealed that 92 percent of Fortune 500 companies are now using its products, highlighting the growing...

The criminal charges against Pavel Durov, Telegram’s founder, raised concerns in Silicon Valley about encryption and the app’s approach to privacy and security.

Led by the investment firm Thrive Capital, the new deal would value the artificial intelligence start-up at over $100 billion.

The country’s Supreme Court gave the service 24 hours to name a legal representative in Brazil or face suspension.

Gov. Gavin Newsom must now decide whether to sign into law the fiercely debated legislation.

While some young A.I. companies have struggled to compete with the tech industry’s giants, OpenAI has been rapidly expanding.