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- Netflix acquires Ben Affleck's AI company
by Chloe Veltman on March 6, 2026 at 9:37 pmAffleck's company helps filmmakers build their own AI models that take care of time-intensive details.
- 2 young billionaires are behind the prediction market boom. They hate each otherby Bobby Allyn on March 6, 2026 at 10:00 am
The 20-something billionaires who run Kalshi and Polymarket are battling it out to be the top prediction market company. Observers and former insiders say the feud is just heating up.
- Pentagon labels AI company Anthropic a supply chain riskby The Associated Press on March 6, 2026 at 6:08 am
The Pentagon said in a statement Thursday that it has "officially informed Anthropic leadership the company and its products are deemed a supply chain risk, effective immediately."
- Scientists make a pocket-sized AI brain with help from monkey neuronsby Jon Hamilton on March 3, 2026 at 11:00 am
A new study suggests AI systems could be a lot more efficient. Researchers were able to shrink an AI vision model to 1/1000th of its original size.
- College students, professors are making their own AI rules. They don't always agreeby Lee V. Gaines on March 3, 2026 at 10:00 am
More than three years after ChatGPT debuted, AI has become a part of everyday life — and professors and students are still figuring out how or if they should use it.
- From 2017: Frances Gabe, Creator of the Only Self-Cleaning Home, Dies at 101
by Margalit Fox on March 6, 2026 at 4:52 pmEqual parts quixotic dreamer and accomplished visionary, Ms. Gabe made the house do its own scrubbing.
- OpenAI’s Fog of War + Betting on Iran + Hard Fork Review of Slop
by Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Vjeran Pavic, Chris Wood, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop and Rowan Niemisto on March 6, 2026 at 12:00 pm“The Pentagon and OpenAI are saying to the public, You’re just going to have to trust us. And the public is saying, Well, we don’t.”
- Pentagon Officially Notifies Anthropic It Is a ‘Supply Chain Risk’
by Cade Metz, Julian E. Barnes and Sheera Frenkel on March 6, 2026 at 1:23 amAnthropic has said it will sue the Defense Department over the designation, which could prevent the start-up from doing business with the U.S. government.
- S.E.C. Settles Its Case Against Justin Sun, an Investor in the Trumps’ Crypto Coins
by Sharon LaFraniere and David Yaffe-Bellany on March 6, 2026 at 12:26 amThe decision to settle the court action is particularly striking because the defendant was accused of a serious violation of securities laws. He denied the charges.
- How $800 Monthly Car Payments Are Hurting Car Sales
by Neal E. Boudette on March 5, 2026 at 9:13 pmCars have become so expensive that many Americans are putting off or not buying new cars, hurting the auto industry.