I look for the technological advances that are poised to change society, for better or worse. The aim is to pinpoint these advances before most people are aware of them, but after it is clear that they will become a significant part of our everyday lives.
I have covered technology for 30 years at The Times, Wired Magazine and other publications. I majored in English literature in college and also studied math and computer science. My father was a computer programmer.
I am the author of “Genius Makers: The Mavericks Who Brought A.I. to Google, Facebook, and The World,” the story of the people, ideas and companies behind the rapid rise of artificial intelligence.
As it says on my screen every time I open my laptop, my goal is to tell the truth and help people understand the world. That means ensuring not only that each sentence is true, but that each story gives the full picture of what is happening. As a Times journalist, I share the values and adhere to the standards of integrity outlined in The Times’s Ethical Journalism handbook.
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Users of Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Messenger will be able to turn to the new technology, powered by Meta’s latest artificial intelligence model, to obtain information and complete tasks.
By Mike Isaac and Cade Metz
A Times investigation found that tech giants altered their own rules to train their newest artificial intelligence systems.
By Michael Barbaro, Cade Metz, Stella Tan, Michael Simon Johnson, Mooj Zadie, Rikki Novetsky, Marc Georges, Liz O. Baylen, Diane Wong, Dan Powell, Pat McCusker and Chris Wood
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By Cade Metz
As artificial intelligence developers run out of data to train their models, they are turning to “synthetic data” — data made by the A.I. itself.
By Cade Metz and Stuart A. Thompson
To make artificial intelligence systems more powerful, tech companies need online data to feed the technology. Here’s what to know.
By Cecilia Kang, Cade Metz and Stuart A. Thompson
OpenAI, Google and Meta ignored corporate policies, altered their own rules and discussed skirting copyright law as they sought online information to train their newest artificial intelligence systems.
By Cade Metz, Cecilia Kang, Sheera Frenkel, Stuart A. Thompson and Nico Grant
Oren Etzioni was once an optimist about artificial intelligence. Now, his nonprofit, TrueMedia.org, is offering tools for fighting A.I.-manipulated content.
By Cade Metz and Tiffany Hsu
The start-up is sharing the technology, Voice Engine, with a small group of early testers as it tries to understand the potential dangers.
By Cade Metz
China has produced a huge number of top A.I. engineers in recent years. New research shows that, by some measures, it has already eclipsed the United States.
By Paul Mozur and Cade Metz
Mustafa Suleyman is leaving a start-up called Inflection to take the senior position with Microsoft.
By Karen Weise and Cade Metz