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Deal Values OpenAI at a Sky-High $500B

It's now the world's most valuable private company

(Newser) - OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has surged to a $500 billion valuation, outpacing SpaceX and making it the world's most valuable startup. Bloomberg reports that in OpenAI's latest deal, current and former employees sold roughly $6.6 billion worth of their shares at that valuation to an...

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...

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...

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...

Parents Sue ChatGPT After Teen Son's Death

They say the OpenAI tool coached Adam Raine on how to take his own life

(Newser) - The parents of a 16-year-old California boy who took his own life are blaming ChatGPT for his death, saying the bot coached him on how to do it. Both NBC News and the New York Times report that it's the first such suit filed against ChatGPT maker OpenAI. (Last...

Musk's xAI Suit Says OpenAI, Apple Stifle Their Rivals

Filing argues exclusive deal sidelines competitors' chatbots

(Newser) - Elon Musk's xAI has sued Apple and OpenAI, claiming the tech giants are teaming up to stifle competition in the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence. The suit claims Apple gives OpenAI's ChatGPT a unique edge by allowing it to tap into millions of iPhone users' prompts...

Illinois Is Latest to Balk at AI Therapy 'Horror Stories'

New law in Illinois targets unlicensed chatbot therapy, marketing of services

(Newser) - Illinois has enacted a new law barring the use of artificial intelligence in mental health therapy, making it the latest state to place restrictions on AI-powered chatbots in this space. The legislation , which took effect last week, prohibits licensed therapists from using AI to make treatment decisions or communicate...

He Went to ChatGPT for Health Advice, Ended Up Psychotic
Maybe Don't Use
ChatGPT for Health Advice
NEW STUDY
Aug 13, 2025 7:30 AM CDT

Maybe Don't Use ChatGPT for Health Advice

Man was likely advised that sodium bromide was an alternative to table salt

(Newser) - The lesson from a new medical case report: Get your medical advice from doctors, not ChatGPT. The study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine describes a 60-year-old man who developed bromism, or bromide toxicity, after turning to the AI chatbot for health information. The man told doctors he'd...

Watchdog Slams 'Ineffective' ChatGPT Guardrails for Teens

Center for Countering Digital Hate says AI chatbot offers kids detailed plans for self-harm, drug use

(Newser) - ChatGPT will instruct 13-year-olds how to get drunk and high, tell them how to conceal eating disorders, and even compose a suicide letter to their parents if asked, per new research from a watchdog group. The AP reviewed three-plus hours of interactions between ChatGPT and researchers posing as vulnerable teens....

Our ChatGPT Overlords Have an Update

First update in 2 years is being looked at as a barometer of whether the tech is taking over or plateauing

(Newser) - OpenAI on Thursday released the fifth generation of the artificial intelligence technology that powers ChatGPT, a product update that's being closely watched as a measure of whether generative AI is advancing rapidly or hitting a plateau. GPT-5 arrives more than two years after the March 2023 release of GPT-4,...

Teens Outsmart AI at Math Olympiad—but Not by Much

AI models from Google and OpenAI hit gold-level scores for first time at IMO

(Newser) - Humans still have the upper hand at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), but AI is closing in fast. At this year's event, held in Australia, five young math whizzes notched perfect scores, while generative AI models from Google and OpenAI landed gold-level results by racking up 35 out...

Gen Z Job-Seekers Have Big New Problem: AI

Artificial intelligence appears to be shrinking the number of entry-level corporate jobs

(Newser) - Recent college graduates hoping to snag an entry-level corporate job are running into a new, digital hurdle: artificial intelligence. According to the career platform Handshake, job postings for entry-level white-collar positions—long seen as the first step for new grads—have fallen by 15%, reports CBS News . Meanwhile, competition...

Meta Is Trying to Poach OpenAI's 'Best' With $100M Offers

At least according to OpenAI chief Sam Altman, who says his top staffers are so far staying loyal

(Newser) - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says Meta is trying to lure his team members with substantial offers, including $100 million signing bonuses. The push comes as Meta invests heavily in artificial intelligence, recently spending $14 billion to acquire a major stake in the Scale AI startup. Despite the offers, Altman...

The Other Thing AI Is Taking Over? The Energy Grid
Turns Out, AI
Gobbles Up
a Lot of Energy
LONGFORM
Jun 1, 2025 2:23 PM CDT

Turns Out, AI Gobbles Up a Lot of Energy

Data centers' energy use is ballooning, and the secrecy around the industry doesn't help

(Newser) - The rapid integration of artificial intelligence into daily life marks a significant shift online, with hundreds of millions of people relying on chatbots and generative tools for everything from research to image creation. But as AI use expands, its growing appetite for energy is becoming clear, prompting new research...

ChatGPT's 'Ghiblification' Raises Ethical Concerns

Miyazaki once called AI animation 'an insult to life itself'

(Newser) - Some fans of Studio Ghibli, the famed Japanese animation studio behind Spirited Away and other beloved movies, were delighted this week when a new version of ChatGPT let them transform popular internet memes or personal photos into the distinct style of Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki. But the trend also highlighted...

'Hallucinating' ChatGPT Tells Man He Killed His Kids

Digital rights group has filed a complaint with data protection authorities

(Newser) - A Norwegian man says ChatGPT got his hometown right, and the number and gender of his children—but its other details were false and disturbing. Arve Hjalmar Holmen says that when he asked the chatbot who he was, he was told that he was serving a 21-year prison sentence for...

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...

OpenAI Employee Turned Whistleblower Found Dead

Suchir Balaji's death has been ruled a suicide

(Newser) - Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI researcher who ultimately became a whistleblower speaking out against the company, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment Nov. 26. His death has been ruled a suicide. Three months ago, Balaji, 26, accused OpenAI of violating US copyright law, reports the Mercury News , one...

Canadian News Groups File Complaint Against OpenAI

Publishers don't appreciate their content being used to train ChatGPT generative AI system

(Newser) - A coalition of Canadian news publishers, including the Canadian Press, Torstar, Globe and Mail, Postmedia, and CBC/Radio-Canada, has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI for using news content to train its ChatGPT generative artificial-intelligence system. The outlets said in a joint statement Friday that OpenAI regularly breaches copyright by scraping large...

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