On the streets of San Francisco, Tesla’s updated driver-assistance software still took the wheel in places it wasn’t designed to handle, including blowing through stop signs. https://wapo.st/3S2L59I
Millions of mostly under-30s are turning to the text-based party-planning platform, the company said, after shunning Facebook and email-based event organizers. https://wapo.st/3NHYzFd
Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen said he used Google Bard to unknowingly generate fake case citations that his lawyer used in a motion seeking to end his probation. https://wapo.st/41EhYfU
The AI Image Creator makes extremely violent images of Joe Biden, the pope and others. Microsoft’s failed response points the finger at rogue users. https://wapo.st/3txWSTQ
Apple’s warnings to users that it had detected possible efforts to install spyware on iPhones triggered an angry reaction from Indian officials. https://wapo.st/3H0aMkU
Movies and television shows on Amazon’s streaming service will soon include advertisements unless subscribers cough up a few more bucks per month. https://wapo.st/47aX1ug
The New York Times joins a growing group of creators pushing back against tech companies’ use of their output to train AI without paying for that output. https://wapo.st/3H0qeNG
A photo of a child posted online can end up in the hands of strangers, added to massive databases without consent, or altered with AI to bully and blackmail. https://wapo.st/3vixW3h
The Israel-Gaza war, the Titan submersible, Damar Hamlin, Matthew Perry, Barbie, the Kevin James meme and the Roman Empire were among 2023’s trending Google searches. https://wapo.st/48yBv3K
AI pictured our tech columnist with 11 fingers, and even no pants, when he used it to make a Christmas card. Yet he still found it joyful. https://wapo.st/3NrAW3r
Small companies are trying to break down the wall around iMessage. Now Apple is firing back, and some lawmakers are taking notice. https://wapo.st/47TKSuG
Humans evolved in conditions of plentiful gravity and relatively little radiation. Space is the reverse — and it upends almost every system inside of us. https://wapo.st/3GFmxgj
In a show of multilateralism, the Commerce Department skipped over Silicon Valley companies and picked U.K. defense contractor BAE Systems to receive the first grant from the Biden administration’s $52 billion mega pot of funds to revitalize U.S. semiconductor manufacturing. https://wapo.st/3GYriC1
After Carlson’s interview with Jones went viral on X, it didn’t take long for Musk to lift the conspiracy theorist’s five-year ban from the platform. https://wapo.st/3TjL0iU
Democratic candidates have spent over $1 million in political ads on Elon Musk’s X even as advertisers flee over concerns about antisemitic and hateful content. https://wapo.st/3RkCIV8
The Disinfo Lab says it aims to uncover anti-India disinformation, but according to three people who worked in the organization or were familiar with its establishment, the group itself is running a secret influence campaign. https://wapo.st/3GDpY7i
The move to reinstate Alex Jones on X is likely to hasten the flight of advertisers from the site over antisemitism and hateful content. https://wapo.st/3GCnFkP
The short-form video series on YouTube chronicles the battle between the Skibidi Toilets — toilets with human heads — and people who have CCTV cameras, speakers and televisions for heads. https://wapo.st/48tS29d
Experts say drivers often don’t read user manuals, leaving many unaware of Autopilot’s limitations. We read Tesla’s, as well as investigations and lawsuits, to see where Autopilot is meant to be used. https://wapo.st/3uQlQhv
A Post analysis reveals that people have died or been gravely injured in crashes where Tesla’s software should not have been enabled in the first place. https://wapo.st/48cXUn8
Sunday’s launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy will be the space plane’s eighth orbital mission, all of which are shrouded in secrecy. https://wapo.st/41muTTK
The agreement cements the bloc’s role as the de facto global tech regulator, as governments scramble to address the risks created by rapid advances in AI systems. https://wapo.st/3uONMSV
Some senior employees described Sam Altman as psychologically abusive, creating chaos at OpenAI. The complaints were a major factor in the board’s decision to fire the CEO. https://wapo.st/3uOCHkN
Policymakers remain locked in negotiations on the E.U. AI Act, as U.S. senators signal that Congress is taking a divergent approach on artificial intelligence policy. https://wapo.st/3uTZDyZ
The party’s planning offered a sign of how established the industry of online content creation has become. Its cancellation shows the stigma still attached to OnlyFans. https://wapo.st/3TfTozM
Firms such as Meta and Google have increased their donations to university academics, giving them a unique influence over a critical field of research. https://wapo.st/4a4Wk8v
TikTok filters such as “time travel” and “aged” are bringing us face-to-face with our future selves. Here’s how to use the effects and how people are reacting. https://wapo.st/46N7bRJ
The tech, mortgage and auto industries are among the hardest hit with layoffs going into 2023. Among the giant companies are Amazon, Meta and Twitter. https://wapo.st/46yN4am
Donovan is seeking probes into her dismissal as Harvard received a record $500 million pledge from Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg. https://wapo.st/3sYrHAX
Shortly after a law went into effect, the councilman behind it revealed a secret: His bill had been whipped up by artificial intelligence. https://wapo.st/3uLfL68
On Friday, more than 1,700 Amazon employees presented CEO Andy Jassy with a petition calling for the company to “rescind all contracts with the Israeli military and call for an immediate, durable, and sustained cease-fire.” https://wapo.st/4a4gShq