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Cloudflare Outage Disrupts ChatGPT, X, Other Sites
Cloudflare Apologizes
for 'Significant Outage'
UPDATED
Nov 18, 2025 7:15 PM CST

Cloudflare Apologizes for 'Significant Outage'

Internet hub says issues have been resolved

(Newser) - Cloudlfare has apologized for an outage that took down big swaths of the internet on Tuesday. The internet infrastructure provider said a file didn't work as intended, triggering a crash in its software and causing a "significant outage," the BBC reports. "We apologize to our customers...

Google's New Gemini Release Features a 'Thinking' Function

Gemini 3 AI model will be deployed to Google's search engine in competitive, high-stakes tech war

(Newser) - Google is unleashing its Gemini 3 artificial intelligence model on its dominant search engine and other popular online services in the high-stakes battle to create tech that people can trust to enlighten them and manage tedious tasks. The next-generation model unveiled on Tuesday comes nearly two years after Google took...

Jeff Bezos Is a CEO Again
Jeff Bezos Is a CEO Again
Nov 17, 2025 8:21 AM CST

Jeff Bezos Is a CEO Again

Billionaire will be co-CEO at new AI startup Project Prometheus

(Newser) - Jeff Bezos has attached himself to a new artificial intelligence startup where he'll serve as co-chief executive—his first formal operational role since stepping down as Amazon CEO in 2021. The company, Project Prometheus, has a staggering $6.2 billion in funding, some of it from Bezos himself, making...

AI Voice Cloning Gets McConaughey's Blessing

He and Michael Caine partner with ElevenLabs for AI voice cloning

(Newser) - Oscar-winning actors Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey have made deals with voice-cloning company ElevenLabs that will allow its artificial intelligence technology to replicate their voices. Caine said in a statement that ElevenLabs is "using innovation not to replace humanity, but to celebrate it. It's not about replacing voices;...

There's a New Player in Race to Set Up Our AI Infrastructure

New data centers in Texas and New York will anchor Anthropic's $50B investment

(Newser) - New data centers coming to Texas and New York will be Anthropic-built, with more sites to come. The company on Wednesday announced it plans to pour $50 billion into AI infrastructure in the US via data centers built in partnership with Fluidstack—an AI cloud platform whose clients include Meta...

Ohio Teen Looked to ChatGPT After Killing Neighbor: Cops

Boy takes plea deal, will be behind bars until age 21

(Newser) - A 14-year-old from Fairfax, Ohio, admitted to killing his 64-year-old neighbor after months of planning and online research, investigators revealed in court Monday. The teen, who was 13 at the time of the February killing of Sheila "Denise" Tenpenny, reportedly used AI tools like ChatGPT and other search engines...

SoftBank Unloads AIl Its Shares in Nvidia

Japanese company is raising funds to boost investment in OpenAI

(Newser) - Japanese technology giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its stake in Nvidia, raising $5.8 billion to pour into other investments. It also reported its profit nearly tripled in the first half of this fiscal year from a year earlier. Tokyo-based SoftBank Group Corp. said it sold the stake...

Cybertruck Leader Leaves Tesla After 8 Years

Siddhant Awasthi says it was a tough decision

(Newser) - The executive leading Tesla's Cybertruck business is leaving the Elon Musk-run automaker after eight years. Siddhant Awasthi, the program manager for Tesla's Cybertruck and Model 3, said on LinkedIn that it wasn't an easy decision to depart the company, "especially with so much exciting growth on...

OpenAI Slammed With Lawsuits Over 'Dangerous' ChatGPT

Complaints say AI-driven chatbot drove people even without prior mental health issues to suicide

(Newser) - OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions, even when they had no prior mental health issues. The lawsuits filed Thursday in California state courts allege wrongful death, assisted suicide, involuntary manslaughter, and negligence, per the AP . Filed on behalf of six adults and...

Coca-Cola Doubles Down on AI Holiday Ads

Company uses artificial intelligence again after last year's took flak

(Newser) - Coca-Cola is taking another crack at holiday ads created with artificial intelligence, after last year's batch didn't go over so well. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the 2024 spots drew jeers from artists and ad pros, who complained about everything from truck wheels that didn't turn...

AI-Related Stocks Prop Up Wall Street
AI-Related Stocks
Prop Up Wall Street
MARKETS
Nov 3, 2025 3:38 PM CST

AI-Related Stocks Prop Up Wall Street

Nvidia rose as most other stocks fell

(Newser) - Nvidia and other technology stocks propped up Wall Street on Monday.
  • The S&P 500 rose 11.77 points, or 0.2%, to 6,851.97, even though the majority of stocks within the index fell.
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 226.19 points, or 0.5%, to 47,
...

OpenAI, Amazon Sign $38B Deal
OpenAI, Amazon
Sign $38B Deal
Nov 3, 2025 10:12 AM CST

OpenAI, Amazon Sign $38B Deal

Amazon's cloud computing services will get access to ChatGPT maker's artificial intelligence

(Newser) - OpenAI and Amazon have signed a $38 billion deal that enables the ChatGPT maker to run its artificial intelligence systems on Amazon's cloud computing services. OpenAI will get access to "hundreds of thousands" of Nvidia's specialized AI chips through Amazon Web Services as part of the deal...

Judges Are Noticing Error-Ridden, AI-Generated Legal Briefs

Even from high-profile companies, such as MyPillow

(Newser) - Judges around the world are dealing with a growing problem: legal briefs that were generated with the help of artificial intelligence and submitted with errors such as citations to cases that don't exist, according to attorneys and court documents. The trend serves as a cautionary tale for people who...

He Likes His New Doctor, Even If It Is a Chatbot
The Doctor Will See You Now,
Just Start Typing
OPINION
Nov 2, 2025 12:45 PM CST

The Doctor Will See You Now, Just Start Typing

Daniel Akst praises his interactions with Grok as a way to supplement care from actual humans

(Newser) - There's a lot of understandable wariness about taking medical advice from an AI-powered chatbot. But in a Wall Street Journal essay, writer Daniel Akst writes that he's pretty happy with the new "physician" in his life—the chatbot Grok. Akst is a relatively healthy 69-year-old who, like...

Her Mom Got a New Kidney, Then Let AI Tell Her What to Do

Viola Zhou writes of her mother's 'worrying reliance' on DeepSeek for medical advice

(Newser) - In China, a 57-year-old kidney transplant recipient has turned to DeepSeek, an AI chatbot, for medical advice. As Viola Zhou writes for the Guardian , sometimes the results are troubling. She should know—that woman is her mother. Frustrated by the rushed, impersonal care she receives from the specialist she sees...

AI Giant Palantir Says Two Ex-Staffers Stole Secrets

Company is taking creators of startup Percepta to court

(Newser) - Things are getting nasty in the AI corporate arena. Defense and tech giant Palantir is taking two former employees to court, accusing them of stealing trade secrets to launch a rival artificial intelligence venture, reports Business Insider . The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Manhattan, alleges that the pair of...

How Bill DeBlasio Got Quoted as Bill de Blasio, Causing Chaos

Wine importer from Long Island set off a chain of events that incensed ex-NYC mayor

(Newser) - For more than a decade, a Long Island wine importer named Bill DeBlasio has been receiving emails meant for another man with a near-identical name: former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. Last week, he decided to respond—inadvertently setting off an international news cycle based on misinformation in...

Report: OpenAI Gears Up for $1T IPO
Report: OpenAI
Gears Up for $1T IPO
Oct 30, 2025 12:11 PM CDT

Report: OpenAI Gears Up for $1T IPO

Sources say one of the biggest IPOs of all time could happen as soon as next year

(Newser) - OpenAI is gearing up for what is expected to be one of the biggest initial public offerings in history. The ChatGPT creator is considering a regulatory filing as soon as the second half of 2026, Reuters reports, citing three sources familiar with the discussions. The sources say the IPO could...

Chatbot's 'Very, Very Bold' Move: Banning Minors

After lawsuits from parents, Character.AI says ban will take effect Nov. 25

(Newser) - Character.AI is phasing out access to its AI chatbots for users under 18. The company announced on Wednesday that minors are now limited to just two hours of open-ended chats before a complete ban takes effect on Nov. 25, per the Verge . To enforce the new rule, Character.AI...

The World Has Its First $5T Company
The World Has Its
First $5T Company
Oct 29, 2025 9:06 AM CDT

The World Has Its First $5T Company

AI chipmaker Nvidia hit the milestone on Wednesday

(Newser) - Nvidia just made Wall Street history, becoming the first company to hit a $5 trillion market valuation after its stock surged more than 4% on Wednesday—for a more than 50% rise year to date. CNBC calls it an "extraordinary milestone [that] reflects a remarkable rise for the company,...

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