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Federal prosecutors say Russia paid an American media company to push pro-Kremlin messages from social media influencers including Benny Johnson, Tim Pool and Dave Rubin.

After ruling against Google last month, Judge Amit P. Mehta said he would take until next August to determine fixes that the company must make.

Their fast-evolving political friendship has become a potential minefield, as Mr. Musk’s sprawling businesses may present conflicts of interest if Mr. Trump is elected in November.

So-called agentic artificial intelligence doesn’t require a human to tell it what to do. At least, that’s the idea.

Japanese chip companies are tapping billions of dollars and collaborating with foreign firms as part of new government policies that look outward.

Pavel Durov, held in France since last month, blamed “growing pains” for the company’s problems and pledged to make improvements.

A small but vocal group is forming new funds and taking new approaches to counter the swell of money into venture capital in recent years.

The dispute started in the early days of the pandemic when the organization expanded access to a free online collection of books.

Now that its technology is showing it can work on city streets, Alphabet, which owns Waymo, plans to invest billions more.

The maker of ChatGPT is struggling to transform itself into a profit-driven company while satisfying worries about the safety of artificial intelligence.

America’s right flank remains the chief purveyor of misinformation, but this summer’s political tumult created ideal conditions for falsehoods to spread among progressives.

A contract covering longshore workers on the East and Gulf Coasts will expire at the end of September, but talks have been stalled over the use of equipment that can function without human operators.

Mr. Musk has criticized the blackout of the social network in Brazil as a campaign by a single, crusading justice. On Monday, four other justices affirmed the ruling.

The social network began to 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.

The prominent A.I. start-up is also considering a change to its corporate structure to make it more appealing to outside investors.

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

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.

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