The New York Times - Technology

1. OpenAI Hires Instacart Chief Fidji Simo to Run Business and Operations

   Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, said he hired Instacart’s Fidji Simo to join in a new role as chief executive of applications.

2. Uber Revenue Is Up 14%, Despite Economic Fears

   The company also predicted that business in the current quarter would be stronger than Wall Street had predicted.

3. NSO Group Ordered to Pay Meta $167 Million in Damages

   Meta had sued the firm, NSO Group, for using its spyware to hack 1,400 WhatsApp accounts belonging to journalists, dissidents and others.

4. How to Use A.I.-Powered Writing Tools on Your iPhone and Android

   Artificial intelligence software — some already free on your device — can quickly compose and edit documents. But be sure to check its work.

5. Elon Musk’s xAI in New Funding Talks

   The discussions follow those of rival OpenAI, which recently closed a funding round that valued it at $300 billion.

6. Bill Gates Explains His Plans to Close the Gates Foundation in 2045

   In a wide-ranging interview, he explains his decision — amid the Trump administration’s assault on foreign aid — to accelerate the end of his giving.

7. Elon Musk Tried Keeping Issues at His Texas Mansion Private, Emails Show

   The tech billionaire’s staff was concerned that correspondence about his home in West Lake Hills would become public after neighbors complained.

8. OpenAI Backtracks on Plans to Drop Nonprofit Control

   The company will become a public benefit corporation and the nonprofit that has controlled it will be its largest shareholder.

9. A.I. Hallucinations Are Getting Worse, Even as New Systems Become More Powerful

   A new wave of “reasoning” systems from companies like OpenAI is producing incorrect information more often. Even the companies don’t know why.

10. Elon Musk, His 16-Foot Wall and the Feud With His Texas Neighbors

    Residents of an upscale enclave outside Austin, Texas, learned the hard way what it’s like when a multibillionaire moves into the mansion next door. Some of them have started a ruckus over it.