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Melania Trump Is Back in the Public Eye

She uses her first solo public appearance during Trump's 2nd term to address 'revenge porn'

(Newser) - Melania Trump on Monday made her first solo public appearance since her husband's inauguration. The Hill reported last month that the first lady is expected to return to her "Be Best" initiative, launched during President Trump's first term, which included a focus on online safety, and on...

Man Faces Terror Charge After Threat to Musk Facility

Tennessee man told friend he wanted to burn down xAI data center

(Newser) - A Tennessee man was charged with an act of terrorism after he threatened to burn down an xAI facility because he was upset with Elon Musk and President Trump, authorities say. Ethan Paul Early, 25, of Ashland City, was arrested and charged on Feb. 20 after he spoke with a...

Amazon Demonstrates Alexa Users' 'New Best Friend'

Customers without Prime will be charged a monthly fee for the AI upgrade

(Newser) - Amazon on Wednesday unveiled a generative-AI infused Alexa that it says will allow the popular voice assistant to have more personality, check a user's tone, and even plan romantic dates. But unlike before, when Alexa was offered for free on any Alexa-enabled devices, customers will have to pay Amazon...

Trump Shares AI Video of His Gaza of the Future
Trump Shares AI Video
on Gaza That's an Eyeful
VIDEO
Feb 26, 2025 10:00 AM CST

Trump Shares AI Video on Gaza That's an Eyeful

Clip shows ruins of the region reinvigorated, complete with Trump statues and dancers

(Newser) - Earlier this month, President Trump first floated the controversial idea of permanently relocating Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and having the United States take over the region to turn it into the "Riviera of the Middle East." He doubled down on that "spectacular" concept days later, and...

Some of UK's Biggest Musicians Release Silent Album

It was released to protest proposed copyright law changes that benefit AI companies

(Newser) - Some of the biggest names in the British music industry have joined forces to release an album without any music. Kate Bush, Damon Albarn, and Annie Lennox are among more than 1,000 artists behind a silent album called Is This What We Want?, reports the BBC . It was released...

AI to Determine Federal Workers' Fates

Elon Musk suggests employees could still be fired for not responding to email with 5 bullet points

(Newser) - DOGE will use artificial intelligence to analyze the email responses from some of the estimated 2.3 million federal employees asked to justify their jobs . The responses will be fed into a large language model, an advanced AI system that can process huge amounts of text data, which will then...

In 48 Hours, AI Tool Matches Decade of Superbug Research

Google's 'co-scientist' confirms hypothesis, suggests four more

(Newser) - The news was so jolting that, when it arrived, Professor José Penadés had to take a break from shopping. "I said, 'please leave me alone for an hour, I need to digest this thing,'" he later told the BBC . After working for a decade with...

Netflix Takes Flak Over Use of AI for Gabby Petito's Voice

Parents gave OK for American Murder filmmakers to use AI, but Petito's mom now calls it 'weird'

(Newser) - If you've watched American Murder: Gabby Petito , the new Netflix docuseries about the 22-year-old murdered in 2021 by fiance Brian Laundrie that debuted on Monday, you may have thought Petito's voice sounded a little ... different. Vulture now confirms: "Yes, that was an AI re-creation of Gabby Petito'...

Musk-Led Group Seeks to Buy OpenAI for $97.4B
OpenAI Board Rejects
Bid by Musk-Led Group
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Feb 14, 2025 5:05 PM CST

OpenAI Board Rejects Bid by Musk-Led Group

Investors had offered about $97.4B

(Newser) - OpenAI said Friday that its board of directors has unanimously rejected a $97.4 billion takeover bid led by Elon Musk. "OpenAI is not for sale, and the board has unanimously rejected Mr. Musk's latest attempt to disrupt his competition," said a statement from Bret Taylor, chair...

After Deepfake Goes Viral, Johansson Has a Warning

Actor pushes back after AI likeness of her, other stars used in video about Ye's antisemitic attack

(Newser) - The latest Kanye West controversy is spinning off into other controversies. Scarlett Johansson is now leading the charge against a viral video that shows her and a slew of other celebrities seemingly confronting Ye's most recent foray into antisemitism, which included a meltdown on X and hawking a swastika...

Surprise Musk Offer Highlights Simmering Feud
After Musk
Offer, Altman
Says: 'I Feel
for the Guy'
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Feb 11, 2025 12:06 PM CST

After Musk Offer, Altman Says: 'I Feel for the Guy'

Surprise bid for OpenAI highlights a long-simmering tech feud

(Newser) - Elon Musk surprised the world of tech and business on Monday by engineering an offer to buy OpenAI, the artificial intelligence firm behind ChatGPT. Sam Altman, OpenAI's chief executive, immediately shot down the bid, but that is far from the end of things. The gist of coverage is that...

Google Removes Its Vow Not to Use AI for Weapons

Tech company changes its AI policy

(Newser) - Google's artificial intelligence policy previously included a vow that the company would not pursue AI applications involving weapons, surveillance, technologies that "cause or are likely to cause overall harm," or anything that could violate international law or human rights. That language is now missing from the company'...

DeepSeek Knows All. But Don't Ask About Tiananmen

The app out of China censors its answers on topics dicey to Beijing

(Newser) - The DeepSeek AI assistant out of China is winning strong reviews for its answers and reasoning across a broad spectrum of subjects—with one notable exception. Ask about touchy subjects such as Tiananmen Square or Taiwan, and the app will be at a loss for words. The Guardian explains that...

Stock Rout Costs CEO $20B in One Day

Net worth of Nvidia's Jensen Huang fell by 20% thanks to China's DeepSeek

(Newser) - Monday's market rout of chip-maker Nvidia cost its CEO a pretty penny: Jensen Huang lost about $20 billion, or 20% of his net worth, reports Bloomberg . The company's shares plunged 17% thanks to the stunning success of Chinese startup DeepSeek in the world of artificial intelligence, and pretty...

Trump on DeepSeek: Chinese AI App Is a 'Wake-Up Call'

President says American companies need to be coming up with faster, cheaper AI

(Newser) - President Trump weighed in on DeepSeek, the Chinese startup currently shaking up the world of artificial intelligence with its new AI assistant. Responding to the app's massive popularity and the resulting impact on tech stocks, Trump said this "should be a wake-up call for our industries that we...

Nvidia Is Suffering Biggest Market Rout in History

Company has shed more than $500B in market value because of Chinese startup DeepSeek

(Newser) - Nobody is feeling the shock of Chinese startup DeepSeek's entry into the AI market more than Nvidia. The chip-maker's stock had plunged 16% as of midday Monday, wiping off more than $500 billion in market value, reports the Wall Street Journal . That puts the company on track for...

What Is AI's DeepSeek? The World Is Finding Out
What Is AI's DeepSeek?
The World Is Finding Out
the rundown
Jan 27, 2025 12:15 PM CST

What Is AI's DeepSeek? The World Is Finding Out

Chinese startup is rattling the industry with its new tool

(Newser) - ChatGPT, meet DeepSeek. The latter is a Chinese startup whose new AI assistant has just overtaken ChatGPT as the top downloaded app for iPhones. DeepSeek is also ratting US tech stocks—chip-maker Nvidia in particular—because its success threatens to undermine the world of artificial intelligence with a relatively inexpensive...

This Could Be One of Tech's Worst Stock Days in Years

A low-cost AI startup in China called DeepSeek is rattling markets

(Newser) - Monday might end up being one of the worst days for tech stocks in years, and it's all thanks to a low-cost AI startup out of China called DeepSeek, reports the Wall Street Journal . The tech-centric Nasdaq index was down more than 4% in pre-market trading, with Nvidia—which...

Musk's Latest Move Appears to Have Angered Trump Team

He publicly slams AI initiative pushed by the president

(Newser) - On Tuesday, President Trump announced "the largest AI infrastructure project by far in history"—Stargate, a $500 billion joint venture with Oracle, SoftBank, and ChatGPT maker OpenAI. Trump further called it a "tremendous" and "monumental" initiative. Elon Musk soon weighed in, and his remarks appear to...

Musk Has Doubts About Huge Project Trump Announced

Stargate backer OpenAI doesn't 'actually have the money,' Musk says

(Newser) - President Trump was joined by top execs from OpenAI, Oracle, and Softbank Tuesday night when he announced Stargate , a project to invest up to $500 billion in artificial intelligence infrastructure—but a tech titan closer to Trump's inner circle soon poured cold water on the idea. "They don'...

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