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Platformer
• Casey Newton
Mark Zuckerberg knows the company needs a new AI strategy. Is Scale's Alexandr Wang the partner he needs?
Platformer
• Casey Newton
At WWDC, the company insists that its AI transformation is well underway — but the evidence feels a little thin
Platformer
• Casey Newton
Musk has gone to war with Donald Trump. What happens next?
Platformer
• Casey Newton
With a looming 10-year ban on any AI regulation at all, even the right is starting to get nervous about what might go wrong
Platformer
• Casey Newton
Expectations for the company's AI device are already sky-high — and Jony Ive keeps raising them
Platformer
• Casey Newton
Artificial intelligence is already writing an obituary for the internet as we know it. So why is everyone building new web browsers?
Platformer
• Casey Newton
The company looks poised to put its antitrust woes behind it. But its other trials may only be just beginning
Platformer
• Casey Newton
Generative AI and devices haven't yet found a good fit. Will Jony Ive be the one to change that? PLUS: Claude 4 arrives
Platformer
• Casey Newton
At its annual developer conference, the company seeks to reassure everyone that AI is for everyday utility — but the great disruption to the web continues
Platformer
• Casey Newton
For victims, the Take It Down Act could finally bring some relief — but the Trump Administration has already signaled plans to weaponize it
Platformer
• Casey Newton
An obsession with “white genocide” in X’s chatbot is only the latest example of platforms using artificial intelligence against their users
Platformer
• Casey Newton
And maybe not the ones you're thinking of
Platformer
• Casey Newton
Silicon Valley can't wait for a tiny company powered by AI agents. The companies who are trying it have a lot of regrets
Platformer
• Casey Newton
A startling statistic from Google’s antitrust trial raises fears that a long-predicted decline has now begun
Platformer
• Casey Newton
In winning a $167 million judgment against NSO Group, the company has struck a significant blow against illegal surveillance
Platformer
• Casey Newton
The company is dropping an effort to separate itself from its nonprofit parent — but courts may still be skeptical of its new plan
Platformer
• Casey Newton
Meta's CEO has some surprising takes on "healthy" bot companions, loneliness as a market opportunity, and that whole benchmark cheating controversy
Platformer
• Casey Newton
Meta AI, ChatGPT, and the dangers of being glazed and confused
Platformer
• Casey Newton
Celebrities, minors, and sexually explicit chats are a dangerous combination — a lesson the company is determined to learn the hard way
Platformer
• Casey Newton
The beleaguered body’s influence has been waning — and now its independence may be, too
Platformer
• Casey Newton
Revelations that the company pursued exclusive deals for Gemini are giving the government fresh ammunition just as the trial heats up
Platformer
• Casey Newton
After two blistering losses in court, a new era for the internet may be coming into view
Platformer
• Casey Newton
And other revelations from day two of Meta's antitrust trial. PLUS: the OpenAI social network
Platformer
• Casey Newton
More than four years after it was first filed, the government's case is only getting harder to prove
Platformer
• Casey Newton
From Meta to Nvidia, tech CEOs are paying the president to get the outcomes they want — and it's working
Platformer
• Casey Newton
"Llama con" just got a whole new meeting
Platformer
• Casey Newton
Seemingly caught gaming a key benchmark, and defending allegations it taught to the test, Meta sees a rocky launch for its latest AI model
Platformer
• Casey Newton
Trump is holding out ByteDance's app as a bargaining chip. Will China take the bait?
Platformer
• Casey Newton
Scrapers caused the online encyclopedia's bandwidth to increase by 50 percent last year — and its plan to fight back may not be enough
Platformer
• Casey Newton
A new book offers the most thorough explanation to date. Would it have mattered if we knew at the time?
