A Hollywood Start-Up Targets the Micro Drama Craze

A new app will focus on super-short TV shows shot for phones, a bit like Quibi, an earlier app aimed at quick content.

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Companies Are Pouring Billions Into A.I. It Has Yet to Pay Off.

Corporate spending on artificial intelligence is surging as executives bank on major efficiency gains. So far, they report little effect to the bottom line.

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California Start-Up Will Buy Assets of Bankrupt Swedish Battery Maker

Lyten will acquire German and Swedish factories built by Northvolt, which declared bankruptcy in March.

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Swarming to San Francisco’s A.I. Boom: a New Crop of 20-Something CEOs

Some dropped out of M.I.T., Georgetown and Stanford. Others decided not to go to college. They all say they could not afford to wait to build their own artificial intelligence start-ups.

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Wall Street Wants to Make Private Markets a Little More Public

As value grows in private markets, fund managers, brokerage houses, and savvy start-ups are building products that aim to expand access to them.

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How Do You Brag in Silicon Valley? By Declaring Yourself ‘Best of Breed.’

Companies use the term to frame themselves as the slayers of big players, with a niche product that appeals to the savvy customer.

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How Republicans Supersized Silicon Valley’s Favorite Tax Break

Tucked into the huge set of tax cuts that Republicans passed into law this month was the expansion of an unusually valuable tax break for start-up investors.

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China Is Spending Billions to Become an A.I. Superpower

Beijing is taking an industrial policy approach to help its A.I. companies close the gap with those in the United States.

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Meta’s New Superintelligence Lab Is Discussing Major A.I. Strategy Changes

Members of the lab, including the new chief A.I. officer, Alexandr Wang, have talked about abandoning Meta’s most powerful open source A.I. model in favor of developing a closed one.

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Grok Chatbot Mirrored X Users’ ‘Extremist Views’ in Antisemitic Posts, xAI Says

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company said its Grok chatbot had also undergone a code update that caused it to share antisemitic messages this week.

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