New York Times Tech News

• How Billionaires Are Fighting the Prop 40 California Wealth Tax

  The latest Silicon Valley billionaire club is a $333 million political ad machine that is heavily engaged in next week’s elections.

• Wanted: Robot-Dog Walkers. $20/Hour.

  No pooper scooper required.

• Anthropic S-1 Reveals Rapid Growth Ahead of Blockbuster IPO

  Ahead of what could be the largest public listing ever, Anthropic said revenue soared to $16.3 billion in the first half of the year, and it planned to spend $807 billion on A.I. infrastructure.

• Microsoft Offers Buyouts to 60,000 Employees as It Spends on A.I.

  About a quarter of the tech giant’s employees were eligible for the packages, although the company cautioned it did not expect many employees to sign on.

• In the A.I. ‘Robogym,’ Machines Train to Be More Like Humans

  Germany’s Neura is one of the companies at the forefront of efforts to use artificial intelligence in robotics, and crucial to whether Europe can close the gap with China.