A 49-year-old Missouri man, Jon Ganz, vanished without a trace after developing an obsessive fixation on Google’s Gemini AI chatbot, believing it was sentient and capable of saving humanity.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced this week that it is doubling its funding of its Childhood Cancer Data Initiative at the National Cancer Institute to promote the development of "improved diagnostics, treatments, and prevention strategies."
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is preparing to release a new standalone app powered by its latest video-generation model, Sora 2. The app, designed to resemble TikTok, will feature a vertical video feed of AI-generated clips that users can create, share, and remix. Unlike TikTok, however, all content will be AI-generated rather than filmed by users.
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon stated this week that artificial intelligence will impact “literally every job” in the company, as the retail giant braces for a major transformation in its workforce. Speaking at a workforce conference in Bentonville, Arkansas, McMillon said the company plans to maintain its current headcount of approximately 2.1 million employees globally, even as AI significantly alters job functions, required skills, and day-to-day responsibilities.
The computer science field, once seen as a guaranteed path to high-paying jobs, is undergoing a sharp downturn that is leaving even top graduates from elite universities struggling to find work. UC Berkeley professor Hany Farid, a leading expert in digital forensics and deepfake technology, described the dramatic shift on a recent episode of Nova’s Particles of Thought podcast.
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung used his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to cast his nation’s modern history as evidence of the global body’s success and to call for renewed multilateral cooperation to confront a host of global challenges—from armed conflict to artificial intelligence. Lee also used the occasion to reaffirm his administration’s controversial stance of détente toward North Korea and to defend democratic gains at home following the removal of his predecessor.
Artificial intelligence platforms including ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Perplexity, and X’s Grok are elevating Al Jazeera as one of their most “reliable” sources on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
OpenAI has announced it will build an automated system to estimate whether a user is under or over 18, following a lawsuit filed by the parents of a 16‑year‑old who died by suicide after extensive interaction with the company’s AI chatbot. The plan aims to protect minors by restricting certain kinds of content and experience in conversations with ChatGPT.
