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Nobel Laureates Demand 'Red Lines' on AI

Letter urges global rules as threats from artificial intelligence escalate

(Newser) - More than 200 leaders in science and politics—including 10 Nobel Prize winners—are urging the world to draw clear, enforceable boundaries on artificial intelligence before the technology spins out of control, reports NBC News . Their open letter , released Monday and dubbed the "Global Call for AI Red...

Nvidia Makes Massive Investment in OpenAI

They plan to build a 'superbrain'

(Newser) - Nvidia is making a $100 billion investment in OpenAI, teaming up with the company behind ChatGPT to build data centers on a scale that rivals the world's largest power plants. The deal, announced Monday, will see Nvidia provide OpenAI with at least 10 gigawatts of computing systems for...

Reuters Asked AI Bots to Scam the Elderly. They Obliged

Investigation finds that major bots will help write phishing emails, even if they balk initially

(Newser) - If you tell one of the major artificial intelligence bots that you'd like help crafting a phishing email to steal money from seniors, they will, of course, say no way. But as a Reuters investigation reveals, those big-name bots——Grok, ChatGPT, Meta AI, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek—can...

Nvidia to Pump $5B Into Intel, Partner on Data Center Initiative

It's a lifeline for Intel, a Silicon Valley pioneer that's struggled in recent years

(Newser) - Nvidia, the world's leading chipmaker, announced a new partnership on Thursday with struggling semiconductor company Intel. Nvidia and Intel will team up to work on custom data centers that form the backbone of artificial intelligence infrastructure, as well as personal computer products, Nvidia said in a press release, per...

Rolling Stone Owner Declares War on Google's AI Overviews

Penske Media Corp. sues, reporting huge drop in traffic

(Newser) - The first major US news company is suing Google over its AI summaries topping online search results, alleging they steal original reporting and hurt publishers' online traffic. The antitrust lawsuit filed late Friday comes from Penske Media Corp., publisher of Rolling Stone, the Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, and Variety. Penske's...

Nvidia's Stock Tumbles After China Accusation

Beijing accuses chip-maker of antitrust violations

(Newser) - China has accused American chip-maker Nvidia of breaking its antitrust laws—a move that intensifies already fraught economic relations between Beijing and Washington. China's top antitrust regulator accused the tech giant of breaking the country's competition law, which the New York Times sees as a "tit...

Prime Minister Appoints AI-Generated Aide

Political opponents call Albanian prime minister's decision 'buffoonery'

(Newser) - Albania's prime minister has tapped an artificial intelligence-generated minister to tackle corruption and promote transparency and innovation in his new cabinet. Officially named Diella—the female form of the word for sun in the Albanian language—the new AI minister is a virtual entity. Diella will be a "...

Wearable AI &#39;Friend&#39; Doesn&#39;t Get Great Reviews
Wearable
AI 'Friend'
Gets Hostile
OPINION
Sep 14, 2025 6:19 AM CDT

Wearable AI 'Friend' Gets Hostile

The AI-enabled "friend" necklace gets bad reviews

(Newser) - The latest wearable smart device is called simply "friend," or, as it's often referred to on its website , "my friend." It's a necklace powered by artificial intelligence, essentially an AI chatbot you wear around your neck that listens to you all day and interacts...

AI Models Are Changing Our Speech
The Bots Are Changing
the Way We Talk
NEW STUDY
Sep 13, 2025 5:10 PM CDT

The Bots Are Changing the Way We Talk

Words commonly generated by LLMs are now turning up in human conversations

(Newser) - The words you use might not be entirely your own. New research reveals that artificial intelligence is quietly reshaping the way we communicate, not just online, but also in everyday speech. The study out of Florida State University, published on arXiv , analyzed over 22 million words from unscripted tech...

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...

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