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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...

Brady Bunch House Lets Fans Inside for 3 Groovy Days

Guided tours in November will offer fans a look inside every room of residence in Studio City, Calif.

(Newser) - Fans of The Brady Bunch might want to dust off their polyester: The famous split-level residence from the TV classic is opening its doors to the public, for a very brief cameo. For three days in November, super fans can roam the halls of the instantly recognizable Studio City...

AI Face-Swapping Used to Comply With Chinese Censors

A same-sex wedding scene was altered in Together

(Newser) - "What's happening outside the film is even more terrifying than what's shown in it," a social media user in China remarked after it emerged that a same-sex wedding in the body horror movie Together was digitally altered with AI to present a straight couple. After...

Tomb Raider Goes AI, and Fans Are Not Amused

Neither is the actor who voiced Lara Croft for 12 years on the video game and has lawyered up

(Newser) - A lifelong fan of Tomb Raider, French gamer Romain Bos was on tenterhooks when an update of the popular video game went online in August. But his excitement quickly turned to anger. The gamer's ears—and those of other Tomb Raider fans—picked up something amiss with the French-language...

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...

Wall Street&#39;s Rally Takes a Breather
Tylenol Maker
Bounces Back
MARKETS
Sep 23, 2025 4:27 PM CDT

Tylenol Maker Bounces Back

Indexes break winning streak after big drops for tech stocks

(Newser) - US stocks slipped on Tuesday as Wall Street took a pause from its relentless rally.
  • The S&P 500 fell 36.83 points, or 0.6%, to 6,656.92.
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 88.76 points, or 0.2%, to 46,292.78.
  • The Nasdaq composite fell
...

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,...

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