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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...

Another Graduation Speaker Gets Booed for AI Remarks

Graduates jeer tech leader's call to help shape AI future

(Newser) - Eric Schmidt's attempt to sell a roomful of new graduates on artificial intelligence did not go over well, or quietly. The former Google CEO was repeatedly booed Sunday while delivering the University of Arizona's commencement address as he drew parallels between the rise of the computer and today'...

Startup That Develops AI 'Brains' First Spies on Humans

Korea's RLWRLD shadows people on the job so one day bots can carry out same jobs themselves

(Newser) - Body cameras strapped onto his head, chest, and hands, David Park deftly folded a banquet napkin the way he has thousands of times during his nine years at the five-star Lotte Hotel Seoul. Each of his motions is fed into a database that will one day teach a robot to...

Silicon Valley Has Kept Religion at Arm's Length, Until Now

Tech companies are increasingly turning to faith leaders in quest to create ethical AI

(Newser) - As concerns mount over artificial intelligence and its rapid integration into society, tech firms are increasingly turning to faith leaders for guidance on how to shape the technology—a surprising about-face on Silicon Valley's long-standing skepticism of organized religion, per the AP . Leaders from various religious groups met last...

At This Cafe, the Staff Is Human but the Boss Is AI

Stockholm's Andon Cafe opened in April, is doing so-so

(Newser) - The coffee might be poured by a human hand, but behind the counter something far less traditional is calling the shots at an experimental cafe in Stockholm. San Francisco-based startup Andon Labs has put an artificial intelligence agent nicknamed "Mona" in charge at the eponymous Andon Café in the...

'Halupedia' Is Basically a Chaotic Wikipedia Run by Bots

Playful AI-driven site exposes absurdity of artificial intelligence, its risks of misuse

(Newser) - Wikipedia it is not. Futurism reports on "Halupedia," a new tongue-in-cheek online encyclopedia that proudly runs on nothing but AI-generated nonsense. Every click or search prompt triggers a large language model to spin up a fresh, fake entry in the dry, overconfident style of an old academic press,...

College 'A' Grades Surged After Release of ChatGPT
AI Is a Major Cause
of 'Grade Inflation'
NEW STUDY
May 14, 2026 6:50 PM CDT

AI Is a Major Cause of 'Grade Inflation'

In some college courses, A grades surged 30% after ChatGPT was released

(Newser) - A grades are suddenly multiplying in certain college classes, and a new study points the finger squarely at AI. A University of California, Berkeley study analyzed more than 500,000 grades from 2018 to 2025 at a large Texas public university and found that, after ChatGPT's late-2022 debut, courses...

Energy Supplier Has Some Bad News for Lake Tahoe

New source sought for nearly 50K residents, with some pointing the finger at Nevada's data centers

(Newser) - Artificial intelligence isn't just straining power grids in theory: It may be about to leave one of the West's most famous playgrounds scrambling to keep the lights on. Fortune reports that NV Energy will stop supplying most of the electricity used by Lake Tahoe's 49,000 customers...

Op-Ed: Why the World Can't Agree on Policing AI
Op-Ed: AI Governance
Is 'Impossible' for Now
OPINION
May 13, 2026 9:57 AM CDT

Op-Ed: AI Governance Is 'Impossible' for Now

Divergent definitions and timelines stall meaningful global governance efforts

(Newser) - There's a basic reason global talks on artificial intelligence keep stalling: countries aren't even aligned on what AI means, let alone how fast it's advancing, according to technology experts at University College London. For some, AI is ChatGPT-style tools; for others, it's looming superintelligence; for others still, it's everyday algorithms....

Trump, Xi Meet as Iran War Undercuts Expectations

Iran war, stalled nuclear talks narrow focus to trade deals

(Newser) - President Trump's return to Beijing was supposed to be a victory lap; instead, he's arriving mired in a standoff with Iran and facing a Chinese leader with troubles of his own, the New York Times reports. Trump had delayed this visit six weeks, expecting to show up with...

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