Cecilia Kang

A seating chart of the meeting illustrated growing divisions within the artificial intelligence industry and how it is viewed by the White House.

President Trump’s meetings with tech leaders produced some voluntary safeguards and a commitment to rebrand artificial intelligence as “super intelligence,” the term that Mr. Trump prefers.

The gap between technology and policymaking has gotten wider than ever with artificial intelligence, leaving a global policy vacuum as A.I. models rapidly advance.

The settlement, which also includes changes to the platform’s features, is the latest in a string of agreements by companies to address child addiction.

The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with sites for the Education Department, Commerce Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The president seems driven chiefly by the sense that A.I. is the way to economic growth, and nothing can be allowed to stand in its way.

There has been considerable debate over regulating the artificial intelligence industry, but much of that effort has stalled. Cecilia Kang, a technology reporter for The New York Times, explains why.

At an event in Washington, partisanship took a back seat as elected officials, religious leaders, parents and artists called for reining in artificial intelligence.

Gov. Gavin Newsom will sign a bill that prohibits social media platforms from providing addictive features to users under the age of 16, the first law of its kind in the nation.

State attorneys general spent months in negotiations. Then, as its legal losses mounted, the social media giant’s new top lawyer brought a huge settlement to the table.

Our reporter Cecilia Kang explains Meta’s settlement of a lawsuit claiming that the company’s social media platforms had harmed teenage users.

Landmark trials are testing a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products.

The social media giant settled with 47 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, and agreed to make major changes to its products over claims its platforms endangered children.

Adam Mosseri testified in a case brought by states that claim the Meta-owned app created addictive features to hook young users.

Loudoun County, Va., has gotten rich hosting more than 250 data centers, allowing it to cut property taxes. Other locales are taking note, even as a nationwide backlash over data centers grows.

The artificial intelligence start-up announced a chatbot mode that will automatically limit some conversations to better protect young users.

California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey are taking the social media giant to trial in the first bellwether federal case over child harm.

The move lifts a rule that said a single television-station owner could not reach more than 39 percent of U.S. households.

For Meta, the move was a reprieve after it and YouTube were found guilty in another case in March of negligence and personal injury for their platforms’ addictive features.