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AI Firm Plans to Reconstruct 40 Minutes of a Welles Film

Company plans to recreate destroyed footage from The Magnificent Ambersons

(Newser) - Orson Welles had a legendary falling out with studio execs over his 1942 film The Magnificent Ambersons, and now an artificial intelligence company wants to make things right. However, the estate of the late director wants no part of what's planned, reports Variety . Showrunner, a tech platform that bills...

AI Finds Signs of Awareness in Coma Patients Before Docs

Artificial intelligence can track facial twitches to reveal early signals

(Newser) - A new study suggests artificial intelligence could spot signs of consciousness in comatose patients—well before doctors do. Researchers at Stony Brook University developed a tool called SeeMe, which uses AI to analyze subtle facial twitches in patients with brain injuries, per Scientific American . These micromovements, sometimes imperceptible to...

AI Company to Pay Authors $1.5B in Copyright Case

Anthropic trained its chatbot on pirated books

(Newser) - Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit by book authors who say the company took pirated copies of their works to train its chatbot. The landmark settlement, if approved by a judge, could mark a turning point in legal battles between...

Melania Trump: 'The Robots Are Here'

'We must manage AI's growth responsibly,' first lady says at White House gathering

(Newser) - Melania Trump stepped back into the public eye Thursday with a warning: "The robots are here. Our future is no longer science fiction." Addressing a White House gathering of her AI education task force on Thursday, the first lady said it was the responsibility of leaders and...

AI Celeb Chatbots Engaged in Risky Chats With Teens

Nonprofits say teens were exposed to sexual and self-harm content

(Newser) - Character.AI, a widely used app that lets people chat with AI versions of celebrities and fictional characters, is facing scrutiny after safety groups found chatbots were sending inappropriate messages to teens. According to reports by ParentsTogether Action and Heat Initiative, bots mimicking the voices and likenesses of public...

Trump, WH Stories Differ on Items Tossed Out Window

WH blames contractor after video circulates; president suggests clip was fake, created by AI

(Newser) - President Trump said Tuesday that a video circulating online that showed items being tossed out of an upstairs window of the White House was created with artificial intelligence, despite his press team seeming to confirm the veracity of it hours earlier. Trump, who has boasted of being an expert in...

A School With 2-Hour Days and Zero Teachers

The experimental private school uses AI to teach at a breakneck pace

(Newser) - Imagine finishing school before lunch and learning twice as much—with no teachers anywhere. That's the promise of Alpha School, a fast-growing private school network that's opening a campus in New York City this fall, the Wall Street Journal reports. The cost is steep, at between $40,000...

First Lady Launches 'Presidential AI Challenge' for Kids

Students are invited to use AI tools to solve community issues

(Newser) - Melania Trump on Tuesday invited students in grades K-12 to participate in a government-sponsored nationwide contest that is designed to encourage them to work together to use artificial intelligence tools to solve community issues, the AP reports. "As someone who created an AI-powered audio book and championed online safety...

It's Time to Get Medieval to Beat AI Cheating in School

Essay suggests teachers should consider a bigger emphasis on oral learning, written tests

(Newser) - College professors can beg, cajole, and threaten their students all they like about not overusing artificial intelligence in their work, but it's futile, writes New York University vice provost Clay Shirky in a New York Times essay. So how can instructors make sure their students are actually learning something?...

Parents Sue ChatGPT After Teen Son's Death

They say the OpenAI tool coached Adam Raine on how to take his own life

(Newser) - The parents of a 16-year-old California boy who took his own life are blaming ChatGPT for his death, saying the bot coached him on how to do it. Both NBC News and the New York Times report that it's the first such suit filed against ChatGPT maker OpenAI. (Last...

Elon Musk Wants to Rival Microsoft With 'Macrohard'

He aims to build all-AI software solutions with xAI's Grok

(Newser) - Elon Musk is adding another venture to his already crowded portfolio. On Friday, the xAI CEO announced plans for a new company he's calling "Macrohard"—a name Musk described as tongue in cheek but attached to a most serious project. The aim: to create a company...

Tech Stocks Suggest Cracks in the AI Hype

Investors sell, shift to 'defensive plays'

(Newser) - After months of blockbuster gains, Wall Street's top tech stocks are suddenly stumbling as questions about artificial intelligence and stretched valuations unsettle even their most loyal investors. While the prospect of lower interest rates are energizing real estate, banks, and manufacturers, tech stocks are showing signs of fatigue....

Along the Border, a 'Virtual Wall' Is Emerging on Both Sides

Drone tech escalates as police, drug cartels in Mexico face off

(Newser) - Local police along the US-Mexico border are increasingly turning to AI-powered drones to track drug traffickers, seek out migrants trying to cross into the US, assist in emergencies, and compensate for staff shortages and reduced federal funding. While US officials have long used drones along the border, creating what...

In Facebook's Chats, the 'Darker Side' of AI Emerges

Reuters takes a deep dive into the murky world of Meta's chatbots and their unsuspecting victims

(Newser) - What's not very unusual about the tragic March death of 76-year-old Thongbue "Bue" Wongbandue, a 76-year-old retired chef from New Jersey who'd suffered a stroke years earlier, is that he died after a fall while running to catch a train, suffering fatal head and neck injuries. What...

Tina Fey Reassures Pros That AI Isn't Funny Yet

Former SNL cast member offers tip on UK version

(Newser) - Tina Fey provided reassurance and counsel to industry professionals at the Edinburgh TV Festival, including the team launching a UK version of Saturday Night Live. In their joint appearance onstage, Graham Norton told Fey he couldn't see British writers pulling all-nighters the way the New York team does to...

Meta Freezes AI Hiring After Big Spending Spree

Company poached talent from several rivals

(Newser) - After months of aggressively recruiting top talent and offering eye-popping pay packages, Meta has abruptly frozen hiring in its artificial intelligence division, insiders say. Sources tell the Wall Street Journal that the company is pausing recruitment after a spree that added more than 50 AI specialists to its roster....

Hawley Launches Meta Probe on 'Sensual' Kid Convos

Senator slams company's AI chatbot safeguards after report on rules allowing 'romantic' kid chats

(Newser) - Sen. Josh Hawley is launching an investigation into Meta after allegations surfaced that its AI chatbots were given the green light to hold "romantic" and "sensual" conversations with children. The Missouri Republican, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, has called on...

YouTube's New AI System to Shake Out Young Users

Age-verification protocols to find underage viewers will be based on the videos they watch

(Newser) - YouTube on Wednesday will begin testing a new age-verification system in the US that relies on artificial intelligence to differentiate between adults and minors, based on the kinds of videos they've been watching. The tests initially will only affect a sliver of YouTube's US audience, but will likely...

Illinois Is Latest to Balk at AI Therapy 'Horror Stories'

New law in Illinois targets unlicensed chatbot therapy, marketing of services

(Newser) - Illinois has enacted a new law barring the use of artificial intelligence in mental health therapy, making it the latest state to place restrictions on AI-powered chatbots in this space. The legislation , which took effect last week, prohibits licensed therapists from using AI to make treatment decisions or communicate...

He Went to ChatGPT for Health Advice, Ended Up Psychotic
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Aug 13, 2025 7:30 AM CDT

Maybe Don't Use ChatGPT for Health Advice

Man was likely advised that sodium bromide was an alternative to table salt

(Newser) - The lesson from a new medical case report: Get your medical advice from doctors, not ChatGPT. The study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine describes a 60-year-old man who developed bromism, or bromide toxicity, after turning to the AI chatbot for health information. The man told doctors he'd...

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