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At the company’s annual September product event, Apple also demonstrated its work on artificial intelligence and other new devices.

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The Amazon-owned driverless car company is a distant second to Waymo. Its pitch to riders? Wine pop-ups, festival sponsorships and a car built to be filmed.

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2026-09-14 NYT Tech

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:27:52 GMT

On Tech: Why it’s difficult to rein in A.I.

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2026-09-21 NYT Tech

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2026-10-01 NYT Tech

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:00:06 GMT

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2026-10-08 NYT Tech

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2026-10-15 NYT Tech

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2026-10-22 NYT Tech

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:00:05 GMT

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Apple Unveils the iPhone Duo, a Foldable Phone That Costs $1,999

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2026-09-14 NYT Tech

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Top A.I. leaders call for slowing down A.I. development. →

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Some in Silicon Valley are questioning those calls. →

2026-09-21 NYT Tech

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The world is talking about A.I.’s dangers. Now, it’s time to act. →

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Anthropic moves ahead with I.P.O. plans amid safety debate. →

Google says its A.I. hacked three companies in testing breakout. →

Are A.I. models being misled to act too human? →

2026-10-01 NYT Tech

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Black voting groups prepare for disinformation campaigns in the midterms. →

A.I. is going rogue. Who should be held responsible? →

How seating at Trump’s A.I. luncheon reveals who has the president’s ear. →

Leading Chinese tech firms target Nvidia’s A.I. dominance. →

2026-10-08 NYT Tech

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Man vs. “Terminator”-like robot in a cage. California called it illegal. →

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2026-10-15 NYT Tech

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What a year of free money meant: Softer diapers, clean laundry, a visit to Six Flags. →

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What a group of A.I. agents talked about as their humans had a dinner party →

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Meta unveils new series of advanced A.I. models. →

To inflict economic pain, Russia and Ukraine strike at data centers. →

Apple introduces HomeView, a $299 tablet for the home. →

2026-10-22 NYT Tech

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A.I. is embedded in your election experience. So are its dangers. →

How Mark Zuckerberg pushed Meta to shield him from California’s proposed wealth tax. →

How a legal backlash against Big Tech is forcing big changes. →

Covert Russian group injects baseless claim into the Texas Senate race. →

SpaceX and Tesla explore merger to create a de facto Elon Inc. →