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CHATGPT BOT CHANNELS HISTORY TO PEN STATE OF UNION SPEECH

If you've heard it once in a president's State of the Union speech, you've heard it 100 times: There is nothing the American people can't do when they pull together.

COURT UPHOLDS MINNESOTA 'CLEAN CAR RULE' TIED TO CALIFORNIA

The Minnesota Court of Appeals this week upheld the state’s “Clean Car Rule,” which ties the state’s vehicle emission standards to California regulations, as judges accepted assurances that California’s planned phaseout of gasoline-powered cars won’t automatically apply in Minnesota.

US BLOCKS EXPORT LICENSE RENEWALS FOR CHINA'S HUAWEI

China’s government accused Washington of pursuing “technology hegemony,” as the United States has begun stepping up pressure on tech giant Huawei by blocking access to American suppliers.

EU OFFICIAL PUSHES MUSK FOR TWITTER'S PROGRESS ON NEW RULES

A top European Union official told Elon Musk that Twitter needs to make progress in preparing for a new law aimed at curbing hate speech, misinformation and other harmful content, adding pressure on the company to ensure it complies.

DUTCH, JAPANESE JOIN US LIMITS ON CHIP TECH TO CHINA

Japan and the Netherlands have agreed to a deal with the U.S. to restrict China’s access to materials used to make advanced computer chips, a person familiar with the agreement told.

CANNES BREAKOUT 'CLOSE' TELLS OF INNOCENCE AND GRIEF

“Close” is a crushing story of grief told with grace by Belgian director Lukas Dhont. At its heart is a friendship, loving and deep, between two 13-year-old boys, Leo (Eden Dambrine) and Remi (Gustav De Waele), in the countryside.

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEEKS TESLA AUTOMATED DRIVING DOCUMENTS

The U.S. Justice Department has requested documents from Tesla related to its Autopilot and “Full Self-Driving” features, according to a regulatory filing.

TECH INDUSTRY JOB CUTS COME RAPIDLY AND IN BIG NUMBERS

In just the past month there have been nearly 50,000 job cuts across the technology sector. Large and small tech companies went on a hiring spree in over the past several years due to a demand for their products, software and services surged with millions of people working remotely. However, even with all of the layoffs announced in recent weeks, most tech companies are still vastly larger than they were three years ago. Here’s a look at some of the companies that have announced layoffs so far.

BOEING BIDS FAREWELL TO AN ICON.DELIVERS LAST 747 JUMBO JET

Boeing bid farewell to an icon this week, delivering its final 747 jumbo jet as thousands of workers who helped build the planes over the past 55 years looked on.

APPLE AND GOOGLE APP STORES GET THUMBS DOWN FROM WHITE HOUSE

The Biden administration is taking aim at Apple and Google for operating mobile app stores that it says stifle competition.

CHEATERS BEWARE: CHATGPT MAKER RELEASES AI DETECTION TOOL

The maker of ChatGPT is trying to curb its reputation as a freewheeling cheating machine with a new tool that can help teachers detect if a student or artificial intelligence wrote that homework.

GUNN'S NEW DC SLATE FEATURES SUPERMAN, SUPERGIRL AND BATMAN

New DC Studios bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran debuted their plans for a revamped and newly unified DC Universe of films and television series, including a new Superman film in 2025, a Wonder Woman prequel and a Batman movie that won’t star Robert Pattinson.

AFTER TESLA PRICE CUT, FORD FOLLOWS SUIT WITH MUSTANG MACH-E

Ford is cutting prices on its Mustang Mach-E electric SUV by as much as $6,000 just weeks after market leader Tesla took similar steps.

Apple Search The efforts to replace and surpass the Google service

As Apple increasingly looks to find ways to boost its services revenue and encourage customers to move away from exploitative ad-backed platforms like Facebook, the firm is reportedly on the verge of announcing its own supercharged search engine to rival Google.

AMAZON AXES FREE GROCERY DELIVERY ON PRIME ORDERS UNDER $150

Amazon is axing free grocery delivery for Prime members on orders less than $150.

IMSA TAKES NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS CARS INTO HYBRID ERA

The Cadillac growls, while the Porsche and BMW scream. The Acura sounds like an Indy car, and for fun, turn your back to the track and listen carefully as the cars roar around Daytona International Speedway in a new era of IMSA sports car racing.

FTC FINES GOODRX FOR UNAUTHORIZED SHARING OF HEALTH DATA

In a first-of-its-kind enforcement, the Federal Trade Commission has imposed a $1.5 million penalty on telehealth and prescription drug discount provider GoodRx Holdings Inc. for sharing users’ personal health data with Facebook, Google and other third parties without their consent.

NEVADA SAYS TESLA'S POSSIBLE TAX BREAKS STAY SECRET, FOR NOW

The details of any potential tax breaks for Tesla’s $3.6 billion expansion of its Nevada factory will remain secret until late February, under a nondisclosure agreement that state officials signed with the electric carmaker.

META POSTS LOWER Q4 PROFIT, ANNOUNCES HUGE STOCK BUYBACK

Facebook parent company Meta posted lower fourth-quarter profit and revenue, hurt by a downturn in the online advertising market and competition from rivals such as TikTok.

GOOGLE HAS THE NEXT MOVE AS MICROSOFT EMBRACES OPENAI BUZZ

Before the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT was unleashed into the world, the novelist Robin Sloan was testing a similar AI writing assistant built by researchers at Google.

OBNOXIOUSLY LOUD CAR? A TRAFFIC CAMERA MIGHT BE LISTENING

After the relative quiet of the pandemic, New York City has come roaring back. Just listen: Jackhammers. Honking cars and trucks. Rumbling subway trains. Sirens. Shouting.

PROMISING GENE THERAPY DELIVERS TREATMENT DIRECTLY TO BRAIN

When Rylae-Ann Poulin was a year old, she didn’t crawl or babble like other kids her age. A rare genetic disorder kept her from even lifting her head. Her parents took turns holding her upright at night just so she could breathe comfortably and sleep.

ELON MUSK: TWEETS ABOUT TAKING TESLA PRIVATE WEREN'T FRAUD

Elon Musk returned to federal court Monday in San Francisco, testifying that he believed he had locked up financial backing to take Tesla private during 2018 meetings with representatives from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund — although no specific funding amount or price was discussed.

MICROSOFT INVESTS BILLIONS IN CHATGPT-MAKER OPENAI

Microsoft says it is making a “multiyear, multibillion dollar investment” in the artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT and other tools that can write readable text and generate new images.

SPOTIFY LATEST TECH NAME TO CUT JOBS.AXES 6% OF WORKFORCE

Music streaming service Spotify said it’s cutting 6% of its global workforce, or about 600 jobs, becoming yet another tech company forced to rethink its pandemic-era expansion as the economic outlook weakens.

AMAZON LAUNCHES A SUBSCRIPTION PRESCRIPTION DRUG SERVICE

Amazon is adding a prescription drug discount program to its growing healthcare business.

LEARNING TO LIE: AI TOOLS ADEPT AT CREATING DISINFORMATION

Artificial intelligence is writing fiction, making images inspired by Van Gogh and fighting wildfires. Now it’s competing in another endeavor once limited to humans — creating propaganda and disinformation.

AI TOOLS CAN CREATE NEW IMAGES, BUT WHO IS THE REAL ARTIST?

Countless artists have taken inspiration from “The Starry Night” since Vincent Van Gogh painted the swirling scene in 1889.

CRYPTO FIRMS ACTED LIKE BANKS, THEN COLLAPSED LIKE DOMINOES

Over the past few years, a number of companies have attempted to act as the cryptocurrency equivalent of a bank, promising lucrative returns to customers who deposited their bitcoin or other digital assets.