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Apple Hits $4T Milestone
Apple Hits $4T Milestone
Oct 28, 2025 3:02 PM CDT

Apple Hits $4T Milestone

Microsoft rejoins the $4T club after OpenAI deal

(Newser) - Apple has become the third company to officially join the $4 trillion club, with its market cap crossing the milestone on Tuesday. Microsoft, which first hit the $4 trillion mark in July, rejoined the club Tuesday. The two tech giants still trail Nvidia, however, which leads the pack as the...

OpenAI Says For-Profit Restructuring Is Complete

Microsoft retains big stake in public benefit corporation

(Newser) - OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has completed its reorganization as a for-profit business in a move that could open the door to billions in new funding. The company said Tuesday that it has turned itself into a public benefit corporation, a for-profit structure that pledges to balance profit with social...

In a Week, 1.2M ChatGPT Users Show Suicidal Intent

OpenAI says it's improved how its chatbot responds, but experts have concerns

(Newser) - OpenAI has revealed that a small but significant fraction of ChatGPT users display signs of serious mental health issues, including suicidal thoughts and psychosis. According to the company, 0.07% of weekly users—or about 560,000 people out of a total 800 million globally —show possible signs of...

Rude Prompts May Make ChatGPT Smarter
Rude Prompts May Make
ChatGPT Smarter
new study
Oct 27, 2025 2:50 PM CDT

Rude Prompts May Make ChatGPT Smarter

Study sees better responses, but researchers aren't suggesting everyone be jerks

(Newser) - A new study suggests that ChatGPT may give more accurate answers when users are rude—but researchers don't recommend it. The study, posted on the arXiv preprint database and not yet peer-reviewed, involved researchers creating 50 multiple-choice questions across subjects including math, history, and science, reports Live Science . Each...

OpenAI Launches Browser to Compete With Chrome
OpenAI Unveils Its
Answer to Chrome
Oct 21, 2025 7:38 PM CDT

OpenAI Unveils Its Answer to Chrome

Altman calls Atlas a rare 'opportunity to rethink what a browser can be about and how to use one'

(Newser) - OpenAI said Tuesday it is introducing its own web browser, Atlas, putting the ChatGPT maker in direct competition with Google as more internet users rely on artificial intelligence to answer their questions. Making itself a gateway to online searches could allow OpenAI, the world's most valuable startup, to pull...

Zelda Williams Slams AI Deepfakes of Late Dad Robin
Robin Williams' Daughter:
'Stop Doing This to Him'
in case you missed it
Oct 11, 2025 12:30 PM CDT

Robin Williams' Daughter: 'Stop Doing This to Him'

Zelda Williams urges an end to AI deepfake videos of her late father, calling it 'Frankensteinian'

(Newser) - Robin Williams' daughter is urging people to stop sharing AI-generated videos of her late father, reports the Guardian . In a pair of pointed messages in her Instagram stories, Zelda Williams wrote: "Stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it'...

MrBeast Warns AI May Upend the YouTube Creator Economy

AI-generated content sparks debate among creators over copyright issues

(Newser) - With generative AI now capable of producing entire videos from a single prompt, YouTube's top creator, MrBeast, aka Jimmy Donaldson, warns that creators could soon find themselves competing with machines—and facing tough questions about the future of creative work, the BBC reports. The recent debut of OpenAI'...

OpenAI, AMD Cut a Huge Deal
OpenAI,
AMD Cut a
Huge Deal
Oct 6, 2025 8:22 AM CDT

OpenAI, AMD Cut a Huge Deal

New chip supply partnership will build out artificial intelligence infrastructure

(Newser) - Semiconductor maker AMD will supply its chips to artificial intelligence company OpenAI as part of an agreement to team up on building out artificial intelligence infrastructure, the companies said Monday. OpenAI will also get the option to buy as much as a 10% stake in AMD, according to a joint...

Deal Values OpenAI at a Sky-High $500B

It's now the world's most valuable private company

(Newser) - OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has surged to a $500 billion valuation, outpacing SpaceX and making it the world's most valuable startup. Bloomberg reports that in OpenAI's latest deal, current and former employees sold roughly $6.6 billion worth of their shares at that valuation to an...

Chatbots Are Trapping Us With Endless Engagement Prompts

AI assistants are using ever-more persistent, playful tactics to keep users constantly engaged

(Newser) - Chatbots have picked up a new trick: "chatbait." If you've noticed your AI assistant dangling ever-more enticing follow-up questions or offers—"Want a 1-minute migraine hack?"—you're in good company. In a recent experiment by Lila Shroff for the Atlantic , ChatGPT kept pitching...

AI Models Now Ace Toughest CFA Exam in Minutes
Tough CFA Exam?
No Biggie for AI
NEW STUDY
Sep 24, 2025 12:25 PM CDT

Tough CFA Exam? No Biggie for AI

Study shows AI models conquering even essay challenges on notoriously difficult Level III test

(Newser) - Artificial intelligence has hit a new milestone in the world of finance: Top models can now breeze through the notoriously tough Level III CFA exam in minutes, a task that typically demands years of preparation and roughly 1,000 hours of study from human candidates. New research by New...

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...

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...

Musk's xAI Suit Says OpenAI, Apple Stifle Their Rivals

Filing argues exclusive deal sidelines competitors' chatbots

(Newser) - Elon Musk's xAI has sued Apple and OpenAI, claiming the tech giants are teaming up to stifle competition in the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence. The suit claims Apple gives OpenAI's ChatGPT a unique edge by allowing it to tap into millions of iPhone users' prompts...

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....

Watchdog Slams 'Ineffective' ChatGPT Guardrails for Teens

Center for Countering Digital Hate says AI chatbot offers kids detailed plans for self-harm, drug use

(Newser) - ChatGPT will instruct 13-year-olds how to get drunk and high, tell them how to conceal eating disorders, and even compose a suicide letter to their parents if asked, per new research from a watchdog group. The AP reviewed three-plus hours of interactions between ChatGPT and researchers posing as vulnerable teens....

Our ChatGPT Overlords Have an Update

First update in 2 years is being looked at as a barometer of whether the tech is taking over or plateauing

(Newser) - OpenAI on Thursday released the fifth generation of the artificial intelligence technology that powers ChatGPT, a product update that's being closely watched as a measure of whether generative AI is advancing rapidly or hitting a plateau. GPT-5 arrives more than two years after the March 2023 release of GPT-4,...

Bidding Wars for AI's Top Talent Would Make an NBA Star Blush

Tech giants battle for top minds with record-breaking deals

(Newser) - The bidding war for artificial intelligence talent is looking less like a job market and more like NBA free agency, minus the salary cap. Take 24-year-old Matt Deitke, per the New York Times : Meta dangled an initial offer of $125 million in cash and stock to recruit him from...

Teens Outsmart AI at Math Olympiad—but Not by Much

AI models from Google and OpenAI hit gold-level scores for first time at IMO

(Newser) - Humans still have the upper hand at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), but AI is closing in fast. At this year's event, held in Australia, five young math whizzes notched perfect scores, while generative AI models from Google and OpenAI landed gold-level results by racking up 35 out...

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