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Physicians Decry Insurers’ Use of A.I. to Deny Medical Imaging, Call for Oversight

Physicians are raising alarms over health insurers’ increasing reliance on artificial intelligence to automatically deny coverage for radiology and other medical services, warning that the technology is exacerbating delays in patient care. Recent reports from heart imaging specialists highlight cases where insurers denied coverage for cardiac PET scans—a key diagnostic tool—without medical…

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North Korean Hackers Use Deepfake Bosses in Sophisticated Mac Malware Campaign

In a striking escalation of cyberespionage tactics, North Korean hackers are now using AI-generated deepfake videos of corporate executives to trick employees into installing malicious software, researchers said Thursday. The campaign, attributed to the Pyongyang-linked group BlueNoroff, targets cryptocurrency firms with highly personalized social engineering, deploying custom-built spyware…

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Amazon and SK Group to Invest $5 Billion in South Korea’s Largest AI Data Center

Amazon and South Korea’s SK Group announced plans on Friday to invest around $5 billion to build the country’s largest data center, a move aimed at meeting surging demand for artificial intelligence services. The project, backed by $4 billion from Amazon Web Services (AWS), the e-commerce giant’s cloud computing division, will be constructed in the southern city of Ulsan and is expected to be…

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Pope Leo XIV Warns of AI’s Threat to Youth Development in Ethics Conference Address

Pope Leo XIV issued a stark warning on Friday about the dangers artificial intelligence poses to the intellectual, neurological, and spiritual growth of young people, underscoring one of the defining concerns of his nascent papacy. In a message delivered to a global conference on AI and ethics—partly hosted at the Vatican—the first American pope urged that all technological advancements be…

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Apple Sued by Shareholders Over Alleged AI Misrepresentations

Apple was hit with a proposed securities fraud class action on Friday, accused of misleading shareholders about the timeline for integrating advanced artificial intelligence into its Siri voice assistant—a delay that allegedly hurt iPhone sales and triggered a steep decline in its stock price. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Francisco, names Apple CEO Tim Cook, Chief Financial Officer…

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BBC Threatens Legal Action Against AI Firm Over Alleged Copyright Infringement

The BBC has demanded that the U.S.-based artificial intelligence company Perplexity stop reproducing its content without permission, marking the first time the British broadcaster has taken legal action against an AI firm. In a letter to Perplexity’s chief executive, Aravind Srinivas, the BBC accused the company of copyright infringement, claiming its chatbot had replicated BBC articles…

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A New Study Suggests Cognitive Costs of Using AI for Writing, Raising Concerns About Learning

A new study examining the effects of AI-assisted writing has found that reliance on large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT may come at a cognitive cost, weakening neural engagement, memory recall, and a sense of ownership over one’s work. The research, led by cognitive scientist Nataliya Kosmyna and posted as a preprint on arXiv, tracked 54 participants as they wrote essays using either an…

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Google Uses YouTube Videos to Train AI Models, Raising Concerns Among Creators

Google is tapping into its vast library of YouTube videos—some 20 billion clips—to train its artificial intelligence models, including the advanced video generator Veo 3, according to internal sources. While the company says it only uses a subset of videos and honors agreements with creators, the practice has sparked fears of an intellectual property crisis in the digital content world. The…

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Reddit Sues AI Firm Anthropic Over Alleged Illegal Data Scraping

Reddit filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against artificial intelligence company Anthropic, accusing it of illegally harvesting the comments of millions of users to train its Claude chatbot without permission. The social media platform alleges that Anthropic used automated bots to scrape Reddit’s content despite being asked to stop, and intentionally trained its AI on users’ personal data without…

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How Meta's AI-Generated Ads Will Disrupt Advertising Agencies

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is poised to revolutionize digital advertising with a suite of artificial intelligence tools that will allow brands to create and target entire ad campaigns autonomously by the end of next year. The move has sent shock waves through the marketing industry, triggering a sell-off in shares of major advertising firms. The new AI tools,…

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AI-Powered Smartphone Tool Offers Low-Cost, Remote Diagnosis for Neurological Disorders

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence system that uses smartphone videos and cloud computing to detect nystagmus—a telltale sign of balance and neurological disorders—offering a low-cost, accessible alternative to traditional diagnostic methods. The deep learning tool, created by a team at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and collaborators, maps 468 facial landmarks in real time…

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Apple Researchers Find "Fundamental Limitations" in Advanced AI Models, Raising Doubts About Industry's Push for More Powerful Systems

Apple researchers have uncovered significant shortcomings in cutting-edge artificial intelligence models, suggesting that the tech industry’s relentless pursuit of ever-more-powerful AI systems may be hitting a wall. In a study published last weekend, Apple’s team examined large reasoning models (LRMs), an advanced form of AI designed to tackle complex problems by breaking them down into smaller…

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Israel Used AI to Plan Precision Strikes in Bold Attack on Iran, Officials Say

JERUSALEM — Israel’s recent attack on Iran, which stunned Tehran by crippling key nuclear and military sites, relied on artificial intelligence to rapidly analyze vast troves of intelligence and pinpoint high-value targets, according to current and former Israeli officials. The operation, years in the making, combined AI-driven data processing with human espionage to strike with unprecedented…

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Disney and Universal Sue AI Company Midjourney Over Alleged Copyright Violations

Disney and Universal Studios filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Midjourney, a leading artificial intelligence image-generator, in a landmark legal challenge that pits Hollywood giants against a fast-growing AI company accused of pirating copyrighted characters to produce AI-generated replicas. The complaint, filed in federal court in Los Angeles, alleges that Midjourney unlawfully trained its…

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A High-Tech Renaissance: AI-Generated Masks Restore Damaged Paintings in Hours

For centuries, art restoration has been a painstaking craft, requiring conservators to meticulously repair damaged paintings by hand—stroke by stroke, shade by shade. A single work can take months, even years, to restore. But now, a groundbreaking method developed at MIT could revolutionize the field, allowing masterpieces to be physically restored in just hours using digitally generated films…

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Can Meta Achieve AI Superintelligence with Scale AI Stake?

Meta is preparing to announce a $15 billion investment aimed at achieving computerized “superintelligence,” according to multiple reports, signaling an aggressive push to reclaim dominance in artificial intelligence after its costly Metaverse gamble faltered. The Silicon Valley giant, led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is expected to acquire a 49% stake in Scale AI, a startup founded by Alexandr Wang…

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AI Chatbots Amplify Disinformation Amid Los Angeles Protests

As protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids intensify in Los Angeles, social media platforms have become flooded with false claims—exacerbated by users relying on AI chatbots like Grok and ChatGPT for fact-checking, often with wildly inaccurate results. Conservative accounts on X and Facebook have spread misleading narratives, including recycled protest footage, debunked…