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ChatGPT Helps Woman Nab $150K Powerball Win

Carrie Edwards, who used a bot to help her pick numbers in Virginia, is donating winnings to charity

(Newser) - After winning $150,000 in the Powerball lottery, Virginia's Carrie Edwards is making headlines—not for spending her windfall, but for giving every dollar away to causes close to her heart. Edwards, a widow and grandmother, snagged her prize after matching four numbers plus the Powerball in the...

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...

Stocks Hit All-Time Highs for a 3rd Straight Day
Oracle Surges 6.3% After
News of TikTok Deal
MARKETS
Sep 22, 2025 3:38 PM CDT

Oracle Surges 6.3% After News of TikTok Deal

Indexes hit all-time highs for 3rd straight days.

(Newser) - The seemingly relentless rally on Wall Street drove US stocks to more records on Monday. The S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and the Nasdaq composite hit new all-time highs for the third straight day.
  • The S&P 500 rose 29.39 points, or 0.4% to 6,
...

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...

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...

This Tragic Murder-Suicide Has an AI Component
This Tragic Murder-Suicide
Has an AI Component
LONGFORM
Sep 13, 2025 9:30 AM CDT

This Tragic Murder-Suicide Has an AI Component

The Wall Street Journal delves into what allegedly happened to Stein-Erik Soelberg

(Newser) - A Connecticut man's downward spiral ended in a murder-suicide last month, but what makes this case altogether atypical is its alleged AI component. As Julie Jargon and Sam Kessler write for the Wall Street Journal , "while ChatGPT use has been linked to suicides and mental health hospitalizations...

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...

Trump's Meeting of Tech Leaders Has a Notable Absence

Elon Musk is not on the guest list

(Newser) - President Trump is hosting America's top tech leaders at a White House dinner Thursday night, with one notable absence. Elon Musk, who had a very public falling-out with the president in June, is not on a list of guests that includes Apple CEO Tim Cook, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg,...

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...

Google Avoids Breakup in Monopoly Case

But judge orders major makeover of search engine

(Newser) - A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a major makeover of Google's search engine in a crackdown aimed at curbing the corrosive power of an illegal monopoly, but rebuffed the US government's request to break up the company.
  • The 226-page decision made by US District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, DC
...

Nvidia Results Add to Investors' AI Concerns

Profit beat analysts' expectations, but there was a miss in key segment

(Newser) - Nvidia's sales of its artificial intelligence chipsets rose at a slower pace than analysts anticipated during the company's latest quarter, a letdown likely to stoke worries that the AI craze has been fool's gold.
  • The results announced Wednesday were hotly anticipated because Nvidia has emerged as a
...

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...

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...

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