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Meet the A.I. Jane Austen: Meta Weaves A.I. Throughout Its Apps
Meta introduced artificially intelligent characters based on Jane Austen, Snoop Dogg and others into Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, as the race to lead the technology heats up.
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To Bring Socializing Back to Social Networks, Apps Try A.I. Imagery
Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and several newcomers are betting on artificial intelligence to rejuvenate the fun, interactivity and whimsy of creating and sharing images.
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The New ChatGPT Can ‘See’ and ‘Talk.’ Here’s What It’s Like.
The image-recognition feature could have many uses, and the voice feature is even more intriguing.
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Oil Prices on a March Toward $100 a Barrel
Analysts have raised their forecasts for oil prices, as they try to understand Saudi Arabia’s intentions with recent production cuts.
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Lina Khan vs. Jeff Bezos: This Is Big Tech’s Real Cage Match
The chair of the Federal Trade Commission wants to disrupt Amazon, whose founder built a trillion-dollar firm by disrupting retail.
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Live updates: Republican candidates to compete in second debate without Trump
Seven Republican candidates for president will meet Wednesday night for a second GOP debate — with the dominant polling leader Donald Trump again absent and trying to upstage the event.
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In photos: The scene at the site of the second Republican presidential debate in California
Seven GOP candidates will debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California’s Simi Valley. Former president Donald Trump is skipping the debate and instead will deliver a speech in Michigan.
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What we know about the flash-mob-style ransacking in Philadelphia
Police said criminals used a protest over a ruling in the fatal police shooting of Eddie Irizarry as cover to loot several stores in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
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Republicans are doing their best to get blamed for a shutdown
The GOP usually gets blamed for shutdowns anyway. But a series of developments and comments appear to make that more likely.
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A judge’s conspicuous note on Trump, the Saudis and ‘influence buying’
Donald Trump argued that his inflated property values were legitimate because the Saudis would pay them. Judge Arthur Engoron was seemingly taken aback.