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OpenAI Says DeepSeek May Have Improperly Harvested Its Data
The San Francisco start-up claims that its Chinese rival may have used data generated by OpenAI technologies to build new systems.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesAt Gabbard’s Confirmation Hearing, Edward Snowden May Loom Large
Senators are expected to ask about her defense of the former government contractor, who released reams of data on U.S. surveillance programs and fled to Russia.
New York Times Top StoriesLutnick Grilled on Trump’s Tariffs and China During Confirmation Hearing
Howard Lutnick, the wealthy financier Trump has picked to lead the Commerce Department, said he favored “across the board” tariffs and faced grilling about his financial ties in a nomination hearing Wednesday.
New York Times Top StoriesElon Musk and His Friends Help Trump Shake Up the Government
The billionaire and his Silicon Valley associates landed in the capital and immediately moved to cut the size of the federal government, reprising the playbook he used after buying Twitter in 2022.
New York Times Top StoriesSilicon Valley Tech Workers Quietly Protest Their Bosses’ Embrace of Trump
As Mark Zuckerberg and other tech titans have embraced President Trump and muffled internal dissent at their companies, their mostly left-leaning employees have objected with subtle acts of defiance.
New York Times Top StoriesFrontier Airlines Offers to Buy Spirit Airlines, Again
Spirit, which filed for bankruptcy protection after a court blocked its acquisition by JetBlue, says it has rejected the new Frontier overture but would be open to a higher offer.
New York Times Top StoriesLife’s Building Blocks Lurked Inside NASA’s Bennu Asteroid Samples
Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that shed light on how life arose.
New York Times Top StoriesStudent Threatened With Expulsion Over Social Posts Gets $250,000 Settlement
The University of Tennessee threatened to expel Kimberly Diei over posts the school said were inappropriate. She sued on First Amendment grounds.
New York Times Top StoriesWho Is Liang Wenfeng, the Founder of A.I. Start-Up DeepSeek?
The Chinese company DeepSeek seemed to have come out of nowhere this week when it upturned markets. Here’s what to know about the engineer who started it.
New York Times Top StoriesDemocrats to Question Commerce Nominee’s Web of Financial Interests
Howard Lutnick, the wealthy financier Trump has picked to lead the Commerce Department, is set to be questioned by the Senate in a nomination hearing Wednesday.
New York Times Top StoriesMaha Kumbh Mela: World’s Largest Gathering Begins in India
About 400 million Hindu pilgrims from around the globe gathered to bathe in and around the Ganges in the religion’s biggest display of unity.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Dozens Fled an Inferno on a South Korean Plane
A month after the deadliest aviation disaster on South Korean soil, a fire destroyed another passenger jet in the country.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Middle East Envoy Visits Israel in Show of Support for Gaza Cease-Fire
Steven Witkoff, who played an important role in brokering the truce between Israel and Hamas, was expected to meet with Israel’s prime minister and to visit Gaza.
New York Times Top StoriesA Tropical, Chewy Lunar New Year Dessert
The writer and curator Su Wu’s version of tang yuan reflects her family’s history and her life in Mexico City.
New York Times Top StoriesU.K. Government Backs Heathrow Expansion in Push for Faster Growth
The country’s top finance official supported adding a third runway to the London hub, a decision that has been held up for decades, and other measures intended to strengthen economic growth.
New York Times Top StoriesMillions of Federal Workers Offered Payouts, and Kennedy’s Senate Test
Plus, Mona Lisa makes moves.
New York Times Top StoriesRussia Seizes Another Town in Ukraine in Push to Take All of Donetsk
Moscow’s troops used the same pincer tactic on Velyka Novosilka that has enabled their recent capture of town after town in eastern Ukraine.
New York Times Top StoriesCitizenship by Birthright? By Bloodline? Migration Is Complicating Both.
In a world where people are more mobile than ever, nations are struggling to recalibrate who can be a citizen.
New York Times Top StoriesAmid the Chaos, Trump Has a Simple Message: He’s in Charge
The new president has moved with lightning speed to purge officials he deems disloyal and rid agencies of policies he considers liberal.
New York Times Top StoriesAmid the Chaos, Trump Has a Simple Message: He’s in Charge
The new president has moved with lightning speed to purge officials he deems disloyal and rid agencies of policies he considers liberal.
New York Times Top StoriesButtigieg Says Maybe, Whitmer Says No Way to Michigan Senate Race
The suddenly open seat in a top-tier battleground has several Michigan politicians taking a serious look.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter DeepSeek, Venture Capital Investors Face Questions About Their A.I. Bets
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.
New York Times Top StoriesDeepSeek Shows Meta’s A.I. Strategy Is Working
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.
New York Times Top StoriesPowerless, Democrats Debate Just How Deep in the Wilderness They Are
Party leaders disagree sharply on how to interpret the losses that gave Republicans complete control of the federal government, with some calling for a reinvention and others a wait-and-see.
New York Times Top StoriesRFK Jr., Trump’s Pick for Health Secretary, Faces First Senate Confirmation Hearing
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies in confirmation hearings before the Senate’s Finance Committee on Wednesday, and will appear Thursday before the health committee.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Takes on Whistle-Blowers
The dismissal of government inspectors general will make it difficult to root out waste and corruption.
New York Times Top StoriesSundance Made Park City the It Town. Now, It’s Moving.
After holding the event for 40 years in the Utah ski town, organizers plan to take it elsewhere starting in 2027.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Watch at the Federal Reserve’s First Meeting of 2025
The U.S. central bank is expected to hold interest rates steady as officials weigh a solid economy and rising inflation risks.
New York Times Top StoriesIf All This Sounds Delusional, That’s Because It Is
All the king’s men is back with a vengeance.
New York Times Top StoriesHe Survived 15 Months of War in Gaza, Then Died as Cease-Fire Neared
Fighting claimed lives until the final moments before the truce between Israel and Hamas took effect. For some, an unexpected delay of a few hours proved deadly.