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If 2023 was the year that AI finally broke into the mainstream, 2024 could be the year it gets fully enmeshed in our lives — or the year the bubble bursts. But whatever happens, the stage is set for another whirlwind 12 months, coming in the wake of Hollywood’s labor backlash against automation; the rise…

ROME—Elon Musk and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have formed one of 2023’s more unlikely trans-Atlantic alliances. Behind their budding friendship lie common interests in political issues such as immigration and demographics, as well as in tech-sector regulation and the risks associated with artificial intelligence. Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved….

LAS VEGAS — If the past two years proved that generative artificial intelligence and large language models aren’t going anywhere, 2024 will be year they get embedded into products you may actually want to buy. To see the proof, start by looking to Las Vegas this week. CES, one of the largest technology trade shows…

Seaweed, coffee bean shells and fungus are all being employed to cut the use of plastic in furniture.

Google has agreed to pay $700 million and make several other concessions to settle allegations that it had been stifling competition against its Android app store — the same issue that went to trial in another case that could result in even bigger changes. Although Google struck the deal with state attorneys general in September,…

President Bukele is celebrating as his $120m Bitcoin reserve is finally in the black – but economists are not.