The tool, called Deep Research, arrives days after OpenAI released another one, which shops for groceries and books restaurant reservations.

Most large employers play down the likelihood that bots will take our jobs. Then there’s Klarna, a darling of tech investors.

DeepSeek’s success embodies China’s ambitions in artificial intelligence. But it could also threaten the grip on power the nation’s leaders hold.

Most large employers play down the likelihood that bots will take our jobs. Then there’s Klarna, a darling of tech investors.

Operator, a new computer-using tool from OpenAI, is brittle and occasionally erratic, but it points to a future of powerful A.I. agents.

“DeepSeek is a really odd duck.”

Operator, a new computer-using tool from OpenAI, is brittle and occasionally erratic, but it points to a future of powerful A.I. agents.

A new investment from the Japanese conglomerate would be separate from the $100 billion tied to a project announced at the White House last week.

The San Francisco start-up claims that its Chinese rival may have used data generated by OpenAI technologies to build new systems.

Venture capitalists plowed money into A.I. start-ups like OpenAI and Anthropic. But the rise of the Chinese A.I. start-up DeepSeek has called that funding frenzy into question.

The Silicon Valley giant was criticized for giving away its core A.I. technology two years ago for anyone to use. Now that bet is having an impact.

The tech giant’s revenue was up 12 percent to $69.6 billion, but investors are showing their nerves after a long boom for tech stocks.

The fast-growing popularity of the Chinese artificial intelligence software hit shares in tech giants like Nvidia, as Silicon Valley worried about what comes next.

The second Trump White House is starting out with a remarkable degree of conflict among different individuals, constituencies and worldviews.

The new tool, called Operator, can shop for groceries or book a restaurant reservation. But it still needs help from humans.

The company built a cheaper, competitive chatbot with fewer high-end computer chips than U.S. behemoths like Google and OpenAI, showing the limits of chip export control.

A 28-year-old woman with a busy social life spends hours on end talking to her A.I. boyfriend for advice and consolation. And yes, they do have sex.

The maker of ChatGPT hopes to spur investment from the Middle East and avoid strict regulations on the development of new technologies.

“I think this set of changes that the company announced this week are the most important series of policy changes that they have made in the past five years.”