
Newser - 4 hours 21 min ago
Creepy, zany, and demonstrably fake content is often called "slop." The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence, landed it Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of the year, the AP reports. "It's such an illustrative word," said Greg Barlow, Merriam-Webster's president, in an exclusive interview...

ABC News - 5 hours 29 min ago
The Islamic State group and other militant organizations are experimenting with artificial intelligence as a tool to boost recruitment and refine their operations...

UPI - 6 hours 18 min ago
TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, is considering producing artificial intelligence-related semiconductors at its Kumamoto plant in Japan...

Digital Music News - 6 hours 30 min ago
At least 175,000 AI-generated podcast episodes are available on platforms like Spotify and Apple. This company is churning out 3,000 episodes a week. As the rise of artificial intelligence seems to affect most of the entertainment and tech sectors, at least podcasting remains safe, right? Wrong. Already, there are at least 175,000 AI-generated podcast episodes […]...

NPR - 13 hours 15 min ago
Alex Bores, a New York State Assembly member who sponsored an AI regulation bill, responds to President Trump's executive order aimed at blocking state oversight of artificial intelligence.

Newser - 15 hours 41 min ago
McDonald's latest holiday ad tried to skewer Christmas stress, but it ended up being pulled after viewers panned it as AI junk. The 45-second spot, produced for McDonald's Netherlands, used artificial intelligence to depict a chaotic "most terrible time of the year," with rapid-fire scenes of falling Christmas trees, burned...

Rolling Stone - 19 hours 51 min ago
From Elon Musk's Grok declaring itself MechaHitler' to ChatGPT users spiraling into dangerous delusions, this technology overwhelmed us at last...

The Guardian - 23 hours 51 min ago
Analysts say benefits could be felt in under-resourced rural hospitals but warn against AI as a cost-cutting measure For states to receive certain funding stipulated in the Trump administration's "big, beautiful" bill, they must meet three of 10 criteria including integrating more artificial intelligence ( AI ) technology in healthcare settings which experts say could have major benefits and liabilities for under-resourced hospitals, depending on how it's implemented. The Rural Health...