Nitasha Tiku

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Tech Culture Reporter at The Washington Post

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AI execs used to beg for regulation. Not anymore.

5 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Gerrit De Vynck |Nitasha Tiku

AI execs used to beg for regulation. Not anymore. (washingtonpost.com) AI execs used to beg for regulation. Not anymore. By Gerrit De Vynck; Nitasha Tiku 2025050821384300 Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, warned at a Senate hearing Thursday that requiring government approval to release powerful artificial intelligence software would be "disastrous" for the United States' lead in the technology.
AI execs used to beg for regulation. Not anymore.

5 days ago | flipboard.com | Gerrit De Vynck |Nitasha Tiku

1 hour agoMicrosoft employees aren’t allowed to use DeepSeek due to data security and propaganda concerns, Microsoft vice chairman and president Brad Smith said in a Senate hearing today. “At Microsoft we don’t allow our employees to use the DeepSeek app,” Smith said, referring to DeepSeek’s application …
AI tools mostly fumble basic financial tasks, study finds

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Nitasha Tiku |Andrea Jiménez

AI tools mostly fumble basic financial tasks, study finds (washingtonpost.com) AI tools mostly fumble basic financial tasks, study finds An independent assessment reveals AI models’ inability to master much of the the work of entry-level financial analysts. By Nitasha Tiku; Andrea Jiménez 2025042212450300 Happy Tuesday! I'm Nitasha Tiku, The Washington Post's tech culture reporter, filling in for Will Oremus on today's Tech Brief.
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1 month ago | stuff.co.nz | Nitasha Tiku
Commerce secretary warns tariffs on chips, phones, laptops still coming

1 month ago | spokesman.com | Nitasha Tiku |Aaron Gregg |Jeff Stein

U.S. levies on semiconductor chips, smartphones, and laptops - which the White House exempted late Friday from a slew of “reciprocal” tariffs - are in fact still in the works, and will be determined in a month or two, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and other top Trump administration officials asserted Sunday.
Tariffs on chips, phones, laptops still coming, commerce secretary warns

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Nitasha Tiku |Aaron Gregg |Jeff Stein

Tariffs on chips, phones, laptops still coming, commerce secretary warns (washingtonpost.com) Tariffs on chips, phones, laptops still coming, commerce secretary warns By Nitasha Tiku; Aaron Gregg; Mariana Alfaro; Jeff Stein 2025041318563100 U.S. levies on semiconductor chips, smartphones and laptops — which the White House exempted late Friday from a slew of "reciprocal" tariffs — are in fact still in the works, and will be determined in a month or two, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and...
A podcast star rallied Silicon Valley to back Trump. Now he’s the nation’s tech czar.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Nitasha Tiku |Cat Zakrzewski |Elizabeth Dwoskin

A podcast star rallied Silicon Valley to back Trump. Now he’s the nation’s tech czar. (washingtonpost.com) A podcast star rallied Silicon Valley to back Trump. Now he’s the nation’s tech czar.
Musk’s merger of X and xAI adds to history of opaque deals

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Gerrit De Vynck |Nitasha Tiku

Musk’s merger of X and xAI adds to history of opaque deals (washingtonpost.com) Musk’s merger of X and xAI adds to history of opaque deals By Gerrit De Vynck; Nitasha Tiku 2025040117574900 SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk's deal to combine his artificial intelligence lab with his X social media platform underlines how the billionaire tech mogul has parlayed his power into a license to shuffle around his assets, even if the underlying deals are opaque and the financial outcomes unpredictable. Musk,...
Elon Musk’s xAI model Grok disagrees with him, despite ‘truth-seeking’ claims

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Rachel Lerman |Nitasha Tiku |Emma Kumer

When Elon Musk launched a new version of his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok last month, he said it would be “maximally truth-seeking … even if that truth is sometimes at odds with what is politically correct.”But Grok is often at odds with Musk himself, according to tests by The Washington Post.
Elon Musk’s ‘truth-seeking’ chatbot often disagrees with him

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Rachel Lerman |Nitasha Tiku |Emma Kumer

13 hours agoWhy Elon Musk's Grok is kicking up a storm in IndiaIt all started with one question. A query last week from an X (formerly Twitter) account called Toka was enough to propel Elon Musk's built in-chatbot called Grok 3 into a viral storm across India's digital landscape. And no, it wasn't some complex math equation or a philosophical debate.