artificial intelligence

Stories 1 - 20 |  Next >>

Report: Human Error, Not AI, Blamed in Iran School Strike

Human intelligence failures overlooked clear signs that target was a school

(Newser) - Critics may have been too quick to blame artificial intelligence for the US missile strike that killed more than 150 people at an elementary school in Iran. Former military officials and others familiar with the operation tell Semafor the catastrophe at Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary was caused not by a rogue...

Mental Health Staffs Walk Out Over AI Policies

One-day strike in California involves psychologists, therapists

(Newser) - Mental health clinicians at Kaiser Permanente staged a one-day strike in California on Wednesday, protesting Kaiser Permanente's growing use of artificial intelligence tools and warning of risks to patient safety and their own jobs. The walkout involved up to 2,400 psychologists, social workers, and other therapists, with nurses...

Altman's Thank-You Note to Coders Does Not Go Over Well

Critics see irony in his applauding of their 'effort' as AI leads to job loss

(Newser) - Sam Altman's thank-you note to programmers landed like a pink slip. Amid sweeping tech layoffs and mounting anxiety over artificial intelligence, the OpenAI CEO on Tuesday posted on X that he feels "so much gratitude to people who wrote extremely complex software character-by-character," adding that it's already hard to recall...

AI Companies Make Move to Prevent 'Catastrophic Misuse'

Anthropic, OpenAI seek chemical experts to strengthen safety guardrails

(Newser) - An AI company that says it doesn't want its tools used for certain weapons is now hiring someone who knows weapons inside out. Anthropic is seeking a specialist in chemical weapons and high-yield explosives to help keep its chatbot Claude from assisting others in the making of chemical, radiological, or...

Op-Ed: He Predicted 2008 Crash, Is Worried Again

Op-ed: AI, private credit, and geopolitics converge into one fragile system

(Newser) - Richard Bookstaber called the 2008 financial crash a year in advance and thought it was a once-in-a-lifetime meltdown. Now he's rethinking that, and he worries that a new crash might be even worse. In a New York Times opinion piece, the former hedge fund risk chief and Treasury official...

Communities Push Back on High-Voltage Lines for AI

Across the US, locals are miffed at power lines erected to support massive data centers

(Newser) - For John Zola, his 40 acres of property in northern Pennsylvania were once a paradise, complete with apple orchards, a barn, meadows, and more than enough land for four houses. He says it's been "hell," however, since a contractor hired by the local power utility knocked on...

Deepfake Influencers Push Supplements Online

AI-generated figures are promoting wellness products to unsuspecting consumers

(Newser) - An Amish woman who rails against processed food and praises a $50 "detox" powder has amassed hundreds of thousands of followers online. She also doesn't exist. The New York Times reports that "Melanskia" is one of several AI-generated personalities deployed to sell Modern Antidote, a wellness supplement...

Lighten Our Load? AI Is Doing the Opposite

Our freed-up capacity 'immediately gets repurposed,' analysis finds

(Newser) - Workers hoping that AI will clear their plates may instead be getting a second helping. A large new analysis of on-the-job computer activity suggests artificial intelligence is intensifying work, not dialing it down. Productivity-tracking firm ActivTrak studied 443 million hours of activity from 164,000 workers at 1,111 employers...

He's the Most Popular American
He's the
Most
Popular
American
in case you missed it
Mar 14, 2026 5:50 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...

Op-Ed: Teens Actually Don't Love AI in Their Schools
Op-Ed: There's a Teen
Rebellion Afoot Over AI
OPINION
Mar 12, 2026 2:40 PM CDT

Op-Ed: There's a Teen Rebellion Afoot Over AI

Writing for NYT , Jessica Grose details pushback against surveillance in schools, teachers' AI use

(Newser) - Teen rebellion these days isn't about sneaking in more screen time: It's about demanding less of it, and on one's own terms. In a New York Times opinion piece , Jessica Grose spotlights teens who are pushing back against school tech policies, surveillance software, and even their teachers'...

Netflix Bets Big on Ben Affleck's AI Startup

Company will reportedly pay up to $600M for InterPositive, which trains AI on a film's material

(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
...

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...

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...

Stories 1 - 20 |  Next >>
Most Read on Newser