AI podcasting is changing the industry
Chatty bots are sharing their hot takes through hundreds of thousands of AI-generated podcasts. And the invasion has just begun. Though their banter can be a bit banal, the AI…
Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI, licenses Mickey Mouse to Sora AI platform
OpenAI said Thursday it reached a licensing deal with the Walt Disney Co. to use more than 200 popular Disney characters including Mickey Mouse, characters from “Frozen” and Yoda from…
Roblox sued by Southern California families alleging children met predators on its platform
Video gaming platform Roblox is facing more lawsuits from parents who allege the San Mateo, Calif., company isn’t doing enough to safeguard children from sexual predators. A Los Angeles County…
Instacart is charging different prices to different customers in a dangerous AI experiment, report says
The grocery delivery service Instacart is using artificial intelligence to experiment with prices and charge some shoppers more than others for the same items, a new study found. The study…
Online child safety advocates urge California to increase protections
SACRAMENTO — Julianna Arnold wasn’t alarmed when her teen daughter first joined Instagram. Many people her age were using it. And her daughter Coco had a social life and other…
How Ted Sarandos became the ultimate Hollywood gate-crasher
Hollywood moguls once dismissed the outsize ambitions of Netflix’s executives. “Is the Albanian army going to take over the world?” former Time Warner Chairman Jeff Bewkes asked a reporter 15…
A safety report card ranks AI company efforts to protect humanity
Are artificial intelligence companies keeping humanity safe from AI’s potential harms? Don’t bet on it, a new report card says. As AI plays an increasingly larger role in the way…
A softer image of AI? This Google-backed film aims to change the narrative
A man mourns the loss of his dead celebrity mom, who unexpectedly appears before him as a hologram in his childhood home, singing and strumming a guitar. The touching scene…
California hammered as national job cuts jump to a five-year high
Job cuts across the country are the highest they have been in five years, led by layoffs in California and cutbacks in Washington. California employers announced 173,022 job cuts from…
Waymo strikes dog in San Francisco weeks after killing KitKat the cat
A self-driving Waymo taxi hit a dog in San Francisco, reigniting a heated debate over autonomous vehicle safety just weeks after one killed a popular neighborhood cat. On Sunday, around…