Steve Lohr

In the school year that ended recently, one class of learners stood out as a seeming puzzle. They are hardworking, improving and remarkably articulate. But curiously, these learners — artificially intelligent chatbots — often struggle with math.

THE global experiment in artificial intelligence is just beginning. But the spending frenzy by big tech companies for building and leasing of data centres, the engine rooms for AI, is well underway. They poured an estimated $105 billion last year into these vast, power-hungry facilities.

A project at Stanford points to the need for institutional innovation, especially in government, to increase the odds that A.I. enhances democracy.

Adam Meyers, a senior vice president of the cybersecurity firm, testified in front of a House Homeland Security subcommittee about the July mishap.

A routine software update by a security company crashed millions of computers around the world. The chaos was telling.

Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia, on Saturday confirmed the death of Hassan Nasrallah, its longtime leader, in a strike marking a major escalation of Israel's campaign against Iran's proxies in the Middle East that could shake up the regional order.

People gather in Tehran, Iran, to mourn the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. The death of Nasrallah is a major escalation in Israel’s rapidly expanding campaign against the Iran-backed group. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times)

New research shows that 73 “launchpad jobs” can help those without a four-year college degree advance and achieve higher pay.

For decades, economic mobility in America has been declining. And those most likely to be left behind are workers without four-year college degrees.

SAN FRANCISCO — Over the weekend, Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger was given a choice by the company's board of directors: Resign or be fired.