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New: Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to news websites and competitors he dislikes. Five-second delays on links to New York Times, Reuters, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky and Substack. Most other sites we tested have zero delay
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BREAKING: Waymo and Cruise can now offer 24/7 paid taxi service in San Francisco, a major win for the autonomous vehicle industry.

Jeremy B. Merrill and I took a look at the scope of the industry, and the 41 companies that have permits to test in California
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NEW: Ads hawking gold coins as a retirement investment are a constant on right-wing media. Customers, regulators have sued 14 such firms alleging a massive fraud.

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For more than a decade, a small industry in the LA area has been pouring $ into ads on right wing media, convincing seniors to invest their retirement $ into gold, silver coins.But with v.high markups, hundreds of retirees have lost huge chunks of savings🧵washingtonpost.com/business/2023/…

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I wrote about the single biggest constraint on the AI boom that no one wants to talk about—the enormous computing cost—and how it's quietly shaping every aspect of the industry that's supposed to revolutionize our lives. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

The Washington Post is reporting on major retailers closing stores in large urban centers. We are looking for current or former employees at these stores. Are you open to talking with a Post reporter? Fill out the form below. forms.gle/WKNfHC72mC6gvA…

Analysis: The AI bot has picked an answer for you. Here’s how often it’s bad. wapo.st/3MNgVVo

I helped @JeremyBMerrill and @GeoffreyFowler feed Bing's AI chatbot questions with the goal of judging the legitimacy and trustworthiness of the sources it cites.

The results were mostly good, but blindly trusting AI bots can be problematic.

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AI chatbots provide the wrong answer to search queries 1 out of 10 times, Geoffrey A. Fowler and Jeremy B. Merrill show. Here's why that's a bigger deal than just bad Google results. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

Ask Bing AI about a volunteer combat medic in Ukraine, the 'answer' is a lie from Russian media.

Like Google's 'answer' boxes, when chatbots give one response to a query, you might believe it's right.

Geoffrey A. Fowler & @Jeremy B. Merrill found nope. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

This was a wild yarn to report on with Lauren Johnson & Ryan Henry Joe An adtech salesperson rerouted a $9 million payment from Google intended for his employer into his own bank account with the intention of buying 151 kilo bars of gold businessinsider.com/an-adtech-empl…