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Nazneen Rajani, a researcher with the artificial intelligence lab Hugging Face, in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 13, 2023. She is among the scientists working to sharpen chatbots using hand-tailored examples from well-educated workers. (Marlena Sloss/The New York Times)

The secret ingredient of ChatGPT is human advice

September 30, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

The Secret Ingredient of ChatGPT Is Human Advice

This photo, in New York, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, shows various Google logos when searched on Google. The U.S. government is taking aim, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023 in federal court, at what has been an indomitable empire: Google’s ubiquitous search engine that has become the internet’s main gateway. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Google says switching away from its search engine is easy. It抖阴ap not.

September 30, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

The government has accused Google of illegally using partnerships with handset makers, computer manufacturers and browser developers to stifle competitors in online search.

FILE — Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Sept. 13, 2023. Comer, the chairman of the Oversight Committee, said his staff would continue to work on the impeachment inquiry even during a government shutdown. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

First Impeachment Hearing Yields No New Information on Biden

September 28, 2023 at 8:42 p.m.

First Impeachment Hearing Yields No New Information on Biden

A park ranger lowers the American flag outside the Alpine Visitor Center at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, which may close if the federal government shuts down, on Sept. 27, 2023. The Department of the Interior, which oversees national parks and monuments, has not said when or how it might close its more than 400 national parks sites and furlough its 20,000 workers. (Stephen Speranza/The New York Times)

National parks, and those who count on them, brace for possible shutdown

September 28, 2023 at 12:27 p.m.

The Department of the Interior, which oversees national parks and monuments, has not said when or how it might close its more than 400 national parks sites and furlough its...

House Republicans Eye Bribery and Abuse of Power Charges Against Biden

September 27, 2023 at 4:20 p.m.

House Republicans Eye Bribery and Abuse of Power Charges Against Biden

Melissa Clark鈥檚 Roasted Chickpeas with Peppers and Goat Cheese, in New York on Sept. 14, 2023. Thinly slicing peppers allows them to collapse and caramelize in a much quicker, easier way than roasting them over flames. Food Stylist: Cyd Raftus McDowell. (Armando Rafael, The New York Times)

This sheet-pan vegetarian dinner can鈥檛 get much simpler

September 27, 2023 at 12:03 p.m.

In this quick, colorful sheet-pan dinner, sweet bell peppers and spicy chiles caramelize as they roast, becoming even more intense under the oven鈥檚 high heat.

FILE — Verónica Cruz Sánchez, the founder and leader of Las Libres, in the library at Las Libres house in Guanajuato, Mexico on Dec. 10, 2021. Cruz, who helped found a reproductive rights organization in Mexico, said she has helped roughly 20,000 American women in 23 different states to secure abortion pills. (Marian Carrasquero/The New York Times)

A new border crossing: Americans turn to Mexico for abortions

September 26, 2023 at 6:03 a.m.

Clinics in Tijuana and Mexico City, as well as activists in the northwestern city of Hermosillo, say they have seen women crossing the border from Texas, Louisiana and Arizona seeking...

Skillet chicken with peppers and tomatoes. This new recipe cooks entirely on your stove 脩 no oven 脩 and seamlessly bridges summer and fall. Food styled by Samantha Seneviratne. Props styled by Paige Hicks. (Kelly Marshall, The New York Times)

Five Weeknight Dishes: Satisfying dinners to bridge summer and fall

September 25, 2023 at 8:49 p.m.

You have to eat dinner tonight, and I think the five dishes below are exceptionally good.

Teachers attend a ChatGPT workshop at Walla Walla High School in Walla Walla, Wash., Aug. 10, 2023. Some districts that once raced to block AI chatbots are now trying to embrace them. (Ricardo Nagaoka/The New York Times)

Despite cheating fears, schools repeal ChatGPT bans

September 23, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

This month, Walla Walla Public Schools, which serves some 5,500 students, held a daylong workshop on the AI chatbots, which can generate homework essays, fictional stories and other texts. About...

FILE — Offices for ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of the social media video app TikTok, in Singapore, Jan. 26, 2023. TikTok employees in the U.S. expressed frustration and dismay this week after the company introduced a tool for tracking office attendance and threatened disciplinary action for failing to comply with new in-person mandates. (Ore Huiying/The New York Times)

TikTok rankles employees with return-to-office tracking tools

September 23, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

TikTok employees in the United States expressed frustration and dismay this month after the company introduced a tool for tracking office attendance and threatened disciplinary action for failing to comply...

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