The Coder ‘Village’ at the Heart of China’s A.I. Frenzy

By: Meaghan Tobin — 6 July 2025 at 04:01

As China vies with Silicon Valley for primacy, Hangzhou, home to DeepSeek and Alibaba, is where its aspiring tech titans mingle and share ideas.

The West Lake in Hangzhou, China. The city has become a hub for artificial intelligence start-ups, helped along by government subsidies and tax breaks.

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Trump’s Trade and Tax Policies Start to Stall U.S. Battery Boom

By: Rebecca F. Elliott — 16 June 2025 at 18:50

Battery companies are slowing construction or reconsidering big investments in the United States because of tariffs on China and the proposed rollback of tax credits.

Group14 Technologies, a start-up, slowed the construction of a battery materials factory in Moses Lake, Wash., after its customers in China balked at paying higher tariffs.

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A.I. Fuels a New Era of Product Placement

By: Sapna Maheshwari — 1 February 2024 at 10:00

Realistic-looking shampoo bottles and seltzer cans are popping up on videos from digital creators on TikTok and YouTube in a new form of old advertising.

A screenshot of a recent TikTok from the dancer Melissa Becraft which used A.I to digitally superimpose a poster for Bubly, the sparkling water brand owned by PepsiCo, onto the wall of her apartment.

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Can This A.I.-Powered Search Engine Replace Google? It Has for Me.

By: Kevin Roose — 1 February 2024 at 10:00

A start-up called Perplexity shows what’s possible for a search engine built from scratch with artificial intelligence.

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Sam Altman Is Said to Be Discussing Return to OpenAI With Company’s Board

By: Cade Metz， Mike Isaac and Erin Griffith — 19 November 2023 at 17:27

Mr. Altman was forced out of the artificial intelligence start-up on Friday, leading to an outcry from his supporters and the company’s investors.

The new talks between Sam Altman and OpenAI’s board were the latest twist in a fast-moving drama at what is perhaps the world’s highest-profile artificial intelligence company.

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The Fear and Tension That Led to Sam Altman’s Ouster at OpenAI

By: Cade Metz — 19 November 2023 at 16:44

The departure of the high-profile boss of the San Francisco company drew attention to a philosophical rift among the people building new A.I. systems.

The senior executives of OpenAI in March. From left, Mira Murati, now the company’s interim chief executive; Sam Altman, the ousted chief executive; Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president who quit on Friday night; and Ilya Sutskever, a member of the company’s board.

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The Invisible War in Ukraine Being Fought Over Radio Waves

By: Paul Mozur and Aaron Krolik — 19 November 2023 at 05:01

Using electromagnetic waves to flummox and follow smarter weapons has become a critical part of the cat-and-mouse game between Ukraine and Russia. The United States, China and others have taken note.

A visualization of the rapidly-changing frequencies of the Himera military radio, which features signal-hopping technology that makes it difficult to jam.