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It has long had technology to rival chatbots like ChatGPT, but can’t afford to back artificial intelligence that can spread misinformation and toxic content.

For the first time, A.I.-generated personas, often used for corporate trainings, were detected in a state-aligned information campaign — opening a new chapter in online manipulation.

Many consumers want control over their personal details. But few understand how online tracking works, says a new report from the University of Pennsylvania.

The company is cutting 15 percent of its work force, or about 1,300 jobs, citing “the uncertainty of the global economy.”

Enlarge / Yusuf Mehdi, vice president of Microsoft’s modern life and devices group, speaks during an event at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on Tuesday. (credit: Chona Kasinger/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Fresh off news of an extended partnership last month, Microsoft has announced a new version of its Bing search engine and Edge browser...

Enlarge / Mozilla’s current logo for Firefox. (credit: Mozilla) Companies like Google, Mozilla, and Microsoft have versions of their web browsers on Apple’s iOS and iPadOS App Stores, but these versions come with a big caveat: The App Store rules require them to use Safari’s WebKit rendering engine rather than the engines those browsers use...

Move over, coding. Some schools are asking student programmers to think critically about rapid advances in artificial intelligence.

Already two years behind schedule, the Cybertruck has experts wondering how the company will manufacture its unusual stainless steel “exoskeleton.”

Child sexual abuse imagery spreads on Twitter even after the company is notified: One video drew 120,000 views. “Sewer rats,” as one regulator described bad actors, remain.

Innisfree M&A says Twitter, which Elon Musk bought last year, has not paid it $1.9 million for services it rendered for the deal.