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Actor Fell Off the Map After Scandal. Now, 'Truth'

Cops say YouTuber Kim Se-ui used AI to create fake audio, texts to smear star Kim Soo-hyun

(Newser) - A Korean YouTuber who built an audience on political hot takes and celebrity gossip is now behind bars over what authorities say was an AI-fueled smear of one of the country's biggest stars. Police and prosecutors in Seoul accuse Hover Lab's Kim Se-ui of fabricating "evidence" that...

Uber Leader Questions Soaring AI Spend, With Murky Benefits

President/COO Andrew Macdonald is skeptical after firm burns through AI budget for 2026 early

(Newser) - Uber's AI tab is climbing fast, but its top brass says the payoff isn't keeping pace. During the Rapid Response podcast that aired last week, Uber President and COO Andrew Macdonald said that his company blew through its AI budget for 2026 in just four months and is...

Fewer Employees 'Thriving' Amid Rise of AI

99% of executives predict more AI-driven layoffs in new survey

(Newser) - Executives aren't just embracing AI; they're openly planning for it to cost people their jobs. In a new Mercer survey of 12,000 workers, including 825 C-suite leaders, 99% of executives said they expect artificial intelligence to trigger at least some layoffs within the next two years, as they pitch...

Op-Ed: Pope's AI Directive Misses the Moment
Op-Ed: Pope's AI Directive
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Op-Ed: Pope's AI Directive Misses the Moment

Matthew Walther argues 'uninspired' document underplays AI dangers

(Newser) - Pope Leo XIV's first big statement on artificial intelligence lands with a thud, argues Matthew Walther in the New York Times , who finds the new papal encyclical more cautious handbook than bracing manifesto. "Disappointingly measured and cautious," "uninspired and unfocused," and perhaps even "naive,...

New AI System Launches to Curb Whale-Boat Collisions

Gray whale deaths in San Francisco Bay Area have hit a 25-year high

(Newser) - Ferries, cargo ships, and tankers cut through choppy waters in the San Francisco Bay on Tuesday as a whale surfaced nearby, its spout barely visible against the whitecaps. Until now, whales could easily go unnoticed by mariners, the AP reports, but an AI-powered detection network launched this week is designed...

Pope Leo Makes Plea to the World on AI

Pontiff's first papal encyclical draws comparison to the Tower of Babel

(Newser) - Pope Leo XIV has released his first papal encyclical—and it's a warning to the world about artificial intelligence. His "Magnifica Humanitas" ("Magnificent Humanity") urges governments to put "robust" regulations in place to protect people, reports Reuters .
  • "What is needed is a more active
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Americans Are Pushing Back at Latest 'Political Villain'

Public is overwhelmingly less than thrilled with AI's data centers, energy use, threats to jobs

(Newser) - Americans are souring on artificial intelligence so fast that even tech royalty is getting booed. When former Google CEO Eric Schmidt told University of Arizona graduates that AI's impact would eclipse past tech revolutions, the crowd answered with loud jeers —a snapshot of a backlash now spilling into...

Jeremy Scott Shreds Speech by AI While Graduates Cheer

Designer urges Class of '26 to trust human creativity

(Newser) - Jeremy Scott opened his commencement speech in Kansas City with a polished, familiar riff about "new beginnings" and "limitless power." Then he revealed the twist: A chatbot had written it. "This is AI," the fashion designer told graduates of the Kansas City Art Institute on...

OpenClaw Creator Uses $1.3M in AI Tokens a Month

Peter Steinberger's free access to OpenAI compute highlights soaring AI development costs

(Newser) - One AI engineer just revealed a tab that would bankrupt most startups, if he actually had to pay it. Peter Steinberger, the developer behind viral AI agent OpenClaw, posted a screenshot showing about $20,000 in OpenAI API usage in a single day, as well as roughly $1.3 million...

Behind Trump's Last-Minute Decision to Scrap AI Order

Tech adviser David Sacks and others warned the president the review system would be too onerous

(Newser) - After President Trump abruptly canceled plans to sign an executive order on AI at the last minute on Thursday, multiple stories are unanimous on the reason: It seems the tech industry hated it, and it didn't take much to sway a president who's not a fan of regulation...

Trump Abruptly Calls Off Signing of Order on AI

Tech CEOs had been expected to attend White House ceremony

(Newser) - President Trump abruptly delayed signing an executive order on expanding federal oversight of artificial intelligence on Thursday, saying he "didn't like certain aspects" of what he saw in the text. The order, described by Trump as requiring AI firms to show their models to the government before release,...

Newsom Orders Review to Shield Workers on AI

California governor wants protections ahead of feared layoffs in the near future

(Newser) - California is moving to get ahead of AI layoffs before they hit full force. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed what his office calls the first state-level executive order focused on preventing job losses tied to artificial intelligence, reports the New York Times . The order directs state agencies to rethink...

As Meta Cuts 10%, Zuckerberg Warns: 'Success Isn't a Given'

Company shifts thousands into AI roles, promises no more 2026 cuts

(Newser) - Meta just axed about a tenth of its staff, and Mark Zuckerberg is pitching the move as both a reset and a bet on artificial intelligence. In a companywide memo on Wednesday, the CEO said that roughly 8,000 employees are being let go and about 6,000 open roles...

SpaceX Reveals It Has Been Losing Billions

Pre-IPO filing pulls back the curtain on Musk company's finances

(Newser) - Elon Musk's rocket company just gave the world a look at its long-mysterious finances. For the first time, SpaceX has disclosed detailed financials as it files to go public, revealing it swung from a $791 million profit in 2024 to a loss of more than $4.9 billion last year...

Critics Allege Prize-Winning Story Was Written With AI

They spotted 'obvious markers' in winner of Commonwealth prize for the Caribbean

(Newser) - A prize-winning short story out of the Caribbean has kicked off a fresh fight over AI in fiction, and no one can say for sure who—or what—wrote it. The Serpent in the Grove , by Jamir Nazir of Trinidad and Tobago, won the Commonwealth short story prize for the...

Barnes & Noble Boss Explains Policy on AI Books

He says chain will sell them if they're clearly labeled as AI, and if anybody wants to read them

(Newser) - Barnes & Noble's boss says the chain won't shy away from stocking books written by artificial intelligence, as long as they're clearly labeled as such. CEO James Daunt told Jenna Bush Hager on NBC's Today that he's fine selling AI-generated titles provided they're honest...

AI Suggests Sketch of a 'Queen' Is Not What It Seems

Facial recognition indicates drawing shows Anne Boleyn's mother, not Boleyn herself

(Newser) - A centuries-old mystery over who exactly is staring out from a chalk sketch labeled "Anna Bollein Queen" may have a new answer—and it's probably not Henry VIII's doomed second wife. Using facial-recognition technology more familiar from airports than archives, researchers say the 16th-century drawing by Hans Holbein the Younger,...

Book on AI's Impact on Truth Has AI Fabrications

New York Times finds the flubs in the highly regarded 'The Future of Truth'

(Newser) - A book that set out to examine what AI is doing to the truth contains fake quotes generated by AI, reports the New York Times . The newspaper found that Steven Rosenbaum's new nonfiction title, The Future of Truth, includes more than half a dozen quotes that are either fabricated or...

It Was Once a 'Grave Threat.' Now, It's All Over Sports

AI review by WaPo shows that pro, college sports broadcasts are crammed with betting ads

(Newser) - If you feel like you can't watch a game without being nudged to place a bet, there are now numbers to back that up. In a review of 50 hours of pro and college football, basketball, and hockey games, the Washington Post used a homemade AI system to scan...

Ahead of Mass Layoffs, Meta Shifts 7K Workers to AI

Restructuring follows massive spending on AI infrastructure, all ahead of looming staff cuts

(Newser) - Meta is pulling thousands of staffers into its AI future, all while cutting thousands more. In a Monday memo, HR chief Janelle Gale told employees that about 7,000 workers will be reassigned into four newly created artificial intelligence groups aimed at building tools and apps using "AI native...

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