OpenAI is in talks to acquire Windsurf, an A.I.-powered computer programming tool, for around $3 billion, according to two people familiar with the discussions. The acquisition could gain OpenAI thousands of new customers in the tech industry, which is rapidly embracing tools, like Windsurf, that can instantly generate computer code. The potential deal, which would…
Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadio This week, with big developments in two antitrust cases against Google, we discuss how the company may be forced to change its business. Then we’re joined by the journalist Mark Yarm to discuss his recent visit to an underwater home for…
A US congressional committee has branded the Chinese artificial intelligence tool DeepSeek as a “profound threat” to America’s national security amid the intensifying trade war between the two countries. DeepSeek was described as being closely associated with the Communist Party and “designed to unlawfully undermine US technological leadership and critical American policies to protect national…
Chinese app TikTok mock US customers amid tariff war US TikTok users are increasingly encountering a surge of videos from Chinese content creators encouraging Americans to purchase goods directly from Chinese factories—an apparent strategy to sidestep the Trump administration’s tariffs. These viral clips, often filmed at manufacturing facilities purportedly producing for major US brands like…
When doctoral student Rajani Srinivasan’s visa was revoked by the US State Department, she became one of the first cases in America of an individual using the newly launched self-deportation feature on the CBP Home App. With this step, Srinivasan bypassed formal deportation methods and chose to self-deport with the use of the CBP Home…
OpenAI said on Friday that it had uncovered evidence that a Chinese security operation had built an artificial intelligence-powered surveillance tool to gather real-time reports about anti-Chinese posts on social media services in Western countries. The company’s researchers said they had identified this new campaign, which they called Peer Review, because someone working on the…
US President Donald Trump has vowed to impose what he calls reciprocal tariffs on countries, such as China, Brazil, France, the European Union, India and others, to “restore the fairness in US trade relationships and countering non-reciprocal trading arrangements”. The “Fair and Reciprocal Plan” ostensibly seeks to “correct long-standing imbalances” in global trade and ensure…
Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadio This week, we’re joined by the Times reporter Jonathan Swan to discuss Elon Musk’s tech takeover of Washington, D.C. Then, Liz Pelly, author of a new book about Spotify, stops by to discuss “ghost musicians” and how Spotify’s algorithms are reshaping…
NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) might start using the cash reserve ratio (CRR) as a tool for regulatory intervention rather than for liquidity management, a report by the State Bank of India revealed.The report stressed on the need for the apex bank to revise its current liquidity management framework.At present, the RBI…
Two years ago, OpenAI launched the chatbot craze with the release of ChatGPT. Now it hopes to spark interest in a new wave of A.I. technology. On Thursday, OpenAI unveiled a tool called Operator that can go out onto the internet and perform tasks autonomously, like shopping for groceries or booking a restaurant reservation. “It…