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  1. If SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic go public, they will unleash gushers of cash for Silicon Valley and Wall Street.
  2. Systems like OpenAI’s GPT-5 are accelerating research in math, biology and chemistry. But there is a debate over whether it can do that work on its own.
  3. The tariffs will allow President Trump to take a cut of Nvidia’s chip sales to China while putting off a decision about imposing higher taxes on the chip industry.
  4. The state will examine whether xAI, which owns the social media platform X and created the A.I. chatbot Grok, violated state law.
  5. The agreement with the start-up Cerebras is the latest in a series intended to expand the A.I. company’s computing power.
  6. Under a near-total communications blackout, users of Elon Musk’s satellite service have gotten online without paying, organizations that work on tech issues said.
  7. The tech giant is responding to concerns that data centers are driving up electricity costs in some communities.
  8. A “Hard Fork” and “Search Engine” collaboration.
  9. The layoffs are set to be announced this week and would affect Meta’s work on the metaverse, as the company spends heavily on building artificial intelligence.
  10. Apple was facing increasing questions about its plans for artificial intelligence as other big tech companies invested tens of billions in the technology.
  11. A British regulator said it had started a formal investigation into Mr. Musk’s chatbot over the spread of illegal images.
  12. Audiences can embark on a very different type of theatrical experience in a new play at the Shed, blending the physical world with digital content.
  13. He spent two decades hosting the PBS series, during the formative years of personal computing. It was seen in more than 300 cities at its peak.
  14. The German automaker’s sales in the United States plunged last year, hit by tariffs and the end of tax credits for electric vehicles.
  15. Sergey Brin is joining his Google co-founder, Larry Page, in reducing ties to the state where they built their fortunes.
  16. Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground observatories.
  17. Late Thursday, Mr. Musk’s chatbot, Grok, limited requests for A.I.-generated images on X to paid subscribers of the social media site amid an outcry from victims and regulators.
  18. “This is a story about how a tool can be used to try to affect politics and in particular to minimize women, denigrate them and push them out of the conversation.”
  19. The restrictions, signed into law by Gov. Philip D. Murphy on Thursday as one of his final acts in office, will take effect during the 2026-2027 school year.
  20. General Motors said it was writing down the value of battery and electric vehicle factories after changes in federal policy undercut demand.
  21. John Ternus, a low-profile but influential executive at Apple, could be next in line to replace the company’s longtime chief executive, Tim Cook, if he steps aside.
  22. From talking computers to self-driving cars, here are the trends to watch.
  23. Scholars and artists at Sorbonne University trained artificial intelligence to imitate the French playwright’s themes, structures and sense of humor. The result is a new play.