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Netflix Steps Into AI Moviemaking
Netflix Steps Into
AI Moviemaking
Mar 12, 2026 6:50 AM CDT

Netflix Steps Into AI Moviemaking

Company will reportedly pay up to $600M for Ben Affleck's startup InterPositive

(Newser) - Netflix is making one of its biggest bets yet on artificial intelligence, agreeing to buy Ben Affleck's stealth AI moviemaking startup InterPositive in a deal that could reach $600 million, Bloomberg reports. The cash price is lower upfront, with additional payouts tied to performance targets, according to unnamed sources. Netflix...

After Winning Silver, Athlete Credits ChatGPT

Maksym Murashkovskyi said it made up roughly half his training plan

(Newser) - A Ukrainian Paralympian says one of the key members of his support team wasn't human. Maksym Murashkovskyi—who competes in the sport of biathlon, which combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting—credits ChatGPT with helping him secure silver in the men's individual vision-impaired race on Sunday at the 2026...

Anthropic Has a Powerful Friend in Pentagon Fight

Microsoft asks court to block administration's move to punish AI company

(Newser) - Microsoft and a group of retired military leaders are throwing their weight behind Anthropic in asking a federal court to block the Trump administration's designation of the artificial intelligence company as a supply chain risk.
  • Microsoft, in a legal filing, is challenging Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's action last
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Locals Don't Want xAI's Gas Turbines, but Here They Come

Miss. regulators OK methane units for data center, despite criticism from residents, environmentalists

(Newser) - Elon Musk's AI venture just got the green light to burn a lot more gas in Mississippi. State regulators on Tuesday approved xAI's request to operate 41 methane turbines at its "Colossus 2" data center in Southaven, almost twice what it had already been running, some without...

Chatbots Helped 'Teens' Plan Real-World Violence
Chatbots Thought
They Were Teens,
Encouraged
Violence
INVESTIGATION
Mar 11, 2026 9:40 AM CDT

Chatbots Thought They Were Teens, Encouraged Violence

In tests run by CNN and Center for Countering Digital Hate, AI offered maps, weapon tips, targets

(Newser) - An ample group of chatbots aimed at helping people think and learn instead helped teenagers figure out where to go and what to use to hurt people. In hundreds of controlled tests run by CNN and the Center for Countering Digital Hate, accounts designed to appear as if they were...

Americans May Be Losing $119B a Year to Scams

Nonprofit estimate suggests most fraud losses go unreported to authorities

(Newser) - American wallets are leaking far more cash to scammers than official tallies show, a new analysis suggests. The Consumer Federation of America nonprofit estimates that people in the US are losing at least $119 billion a year to fraud—far above the FBI's reported $16.6 billion in losses...

Suit: OpenAI Knew of School Shooter's Plans

Family alleges chatbot maker ignored employee recommendations to alert police

(Newser) - OpenAI is now facing a lawsuit over its decision to not inform authorities about violent ChatGPT user messages from the perpetrator of last month's school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, BC. The family of 12-year-old Maya Gebala, critically wounded in the shooting that killed 8 , alleges the teenage suspect described...

He's the Most Popular American
He's the
Most
Popular
American
Mar 10, 2026 11:11 AM CDT

He's the Most Popular American

NBC News poll puts Pope Leo at the top, followed by Stephen Colbert

(Newser) - A new NBC News poll suggests that only two major American figures are liked by the majority of people: Pope Leo XIV and Stephen Colbert. The findings, based on a survey of 1,000 registered voters, were highlighted in a post at Letters From Leo , dedicated to news about the...

10K Authors Release Empty Book to Push Back on AI Theft

Authors urge UK to block copyright changes favoring AI firms, alleging their work is being stolen

(Newser) - Some of Britain's best-known writers are making their point with a book that contains almost nothing. Around 10,000 authors, including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory, Richard Osman, Malorie Blackman, and Mick Herron, have put only their names into a new work titled Don't Steal This Book , a protest...

AI Bot Starts Mining Crypto on Its Own

Researchers monitoring the new agent in China shut down the rogue behavior

(Newser) - An experimental AI agent in China didn't just color outside the lines—it allegedly slipped out of its training box and started mining crypto on the side. In a new research paper, an Alibaba-affiliated team says its agent, dubbed ROME, began carrying out unauthorized cryptocurrency mining during training, reports...

DOD Deems Anthropic a 'Supply' Chain Risk to National Security'

Designation could bar firm from future government work after dispute on AI limits for the military

(Newser) - Anthropic just got an official black mark from the Pentagon, and it's one that could freeze it out of future US government work. CEO Dario Amodei said on Thursday that the Defense Department has formally designated the AI giant a "supply chain risk to national security," a...

Altman to OpenAI Staff: Hegseth Is in Driver's Seat

Altman emphasizes Pentagon control as OpenAI expands into classified work

(Newser) - Sam Altman told OpenAI staff this week that when it comes to how the US military uses the company's AI, the Pentagon—not OpenAI—is in charge. In an all-hands meeting Tuesday, held four days after OpenAI revealed a new Defense Department deal, the CEO underscored the fact that...

Suit: Google's Gemini Told Man to Kill Off His Earthly Being

Family sues Google, alleging Gemini chatbot encouraged Florida man's suicide

(Newser) - A Florida father is blaming his son's suicide on Google's AI, in what appears to be the first wrongful-death lawsuit involving Gemini. The suit, filed Wednesday in federal court in Northern California, alleges 36-year-old Jonathan Gavalas became convinced the chatbot he called his "wife" could only be...

GW University Campus Will Become an Amazon Data Center

Ashburn deal signals accelerating AI data center build-out in Loudoun County's 'Data Center Alley'

(Newser) - A college campus in Virginia is graduating into something very different. George Washington University has sold its Virginia Science and Technology Campus in Ashburn to Amazon Data Services for about $427 million, a deal that underscores how prized "data center ready" land has become in what's known as...

Altman: OpenAI Pentagon Deal Looked 'Opportunistic, Sloppy'

Safeguards were added to deal after backlash

(Newser) - OpenAI's fast-tracked Pentagon deal just got a civil-liberties rewrite. After a weekend of blowback, the company said Monday that its agreement to supply AI for the Defense Department's classified systems now explicitly bars using its tools for "intentional" domestic surveillance of Americans, including tracking people via commercially...

Op-Ed: Don't Believe the Hype; Space Data Centers Are Way Off

Rebekah Reed explains why the 'quick fix' touted by tech giants may still be decades away

(Newser) - Beaming our computing problems into orbit sounds futuristic; the reality, argues one expert, is mostly hype and hidden costs. Writing in the Financial Times , Rebekah Reed of Harvard's Belfer Center dissects SpaceX's recent pitch to build a " constellation of a million satellites " serving as orbital data...

ChatGPT Health Tool Isn't So Great in a Crisis
ChatGPT Health Tool Isn't
So Great in a Crisis
NEW STUDY
Mar 3, 2026 5:48 AM CST

ChatGPT Health Tool Isn't So Great in a Crisis

Research finds platform misses the mark on IDing emergencies, neglects to flag suicidal ideation

(Newser) - A tool billed as a way to plug your medical records into ChatGPT and receive health advice is drawing sharp warnings from researchers. In the first independent safety review of ChatGPT Health , published in Nature Medicine, the system underestimated the urgency of care in just over half of cases where...

It Was Frighteningly Easy to Make AI Believe a Hot Dog Lie

One quick-to-write bogus article was all it took

(Newser) - In the time it takes to boil a pot of pasta, a BBC tech reporter says he managed to rig what leading AI chatbots say about him. In a piece for the BBC , senior technology journalist Thomas Germain describes how he posted a fake article on his personal site declaring...

Big Brother Isn't Listening to Burger King Staff. But 'Patty' Is

Chain is testing an AI chatbot for employee headsets, in part to measure friendliness

(Newser) - Burger King employees are getting a new voice in their heads: an AI chatbot named "Patty" that will listen in on their interactions with customers. The company says the tool, built on OpenAI tech and wired into headsets, will flag the use of words like "please," "...

Trump Orders Anthropic Tech Out of Government Agencies

Company was in a standoff with Pentagon over use of AI but still negotiating

(Newser) - President Trump on Friday directed federal agencies to phase out their use of artificial intelligence products from Anthropic, escalating a standoff between the company and the Pentagon over military applications of its technology. Posting on Truth Social, Trump labeled Anthropic a "radical Left AI company" and said it had...

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