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American Airlines Now Using AI to Keep Climate Honest

By using tech from Google, airline says it can reduce contrails, mitigate planes' impact on climate

(Newser) - American Airlines and Google said on Thursday that they've significantly reduced the climate impact of some of the airline's flights using an AI-based forecasting tool to help prevent contrails. When airplanes fly through cold and humid areas, ice crystals can form around the soot particles emitted from the...

New iPhone Hack Puts Older Devices at Risk

Exploit called DarkSword targets devices running on iOS 18 globally

(Newser) - A powerful new iPhone hack is lurking for millions with older phones, reports Wired . Security researchers from Google, iVerify, and Lookout say they've uncovered "DarkSword," a browser-based exploit that can silently seize control of iPhones running iOS 18, Apple's previous mobile operating system. Because nearly one...

In 95% of War Games, AI Models Go Nuclear
In 95% of War Games,
AI Models Go Nuclear
NEW STUDY
Feb 25, 2026 11:05 AM CST

In 95% of War Games, AI Models Go Nuclear

Study finds bots escalate conflicts, rarely choosing surrender or restraint

(Newser) - An unsettling theme emerged from a set of AI-run war games: the bots were unusually eager to go nuclear. In simulations run by Kenneth Payne of King's College London, three advanced language models—OpenAI's GPT-5.2, Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4, and Google's Gemini 3 Flash—played...

Google Apologizes After BAFTA News Alert Displays Racial Slur

Tech giant blames system error after n-word appears in notification

(Newser) - Google is apologizing after finding itself in the middle of the BAFTA Film Awards' n-word controversy , Deadline reports. Some users received a push notification from the tech company, promoting a Hollywood Reporter article on the subject, that invited the users to "see more on" and then spelled out the...

London Museum Acquires YouTube's Very First Video

Victoria & Albert Museum adds 'Me at the Zoo' by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim to its collection

(Newser) - Before YouTube turned everyone with a phone into a videographer, it started with one shaky clip about elephants. London's Victoria and Albert Museum has added "Me at the Zoo"—the first video ever uploaded to YouTube—to its collection, along with a painstaking reconstruction of the site'...

Radio Host Alleges Google's AI Podcast Voice Mimics Him

Radio veteran sues, alleging NotebookLM cloned his voice without consent

(Newser) - Radio host David Greene says he didn't sign up to co-star in Google's AI podcasts—but his ears tell him otherwise. The former host of NPR's Morning Edition is suing Google, alleging its NotebookLM tool, which uses AI to create on-demand podcasts, uses an AI-generated male voice...

DHS Pressures Platforms for Identities of Anti-ICE Users

Providers could resist the subpoenas, which have sparked lawsuits

(Newser) - The Department of Homeland Security is pressuring tech companies to disclose the identities behind social media accounts that criticize or track Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, say officials and tech employees familiar with the requests. Over the past several months, Google, Reddit, Discord, and Meta have received hundreds of administrative...

What Happens When You Ask a Chatbot to Reveal Itself?

Google warns 'distillation attacks' targeting Gemini could threaten other AI developers

(Newser) - Google's flagship AI is getting peppered with questions, not all of them innocent. In a new report , the company says its Gemini chatbot has been targeted by "commercially motivated" actors trying to reverse-engineer it—by asking itself exactly how it works. The tactic, known as model extraction, involves...

Alphabet Doubles Down on AI Spending

Google's parent company plans record AI infrastructure spending amid surging Gemini adoption

(Newser) - Google's parent company announced some very ambitious plans for spending on AI infrastructure Wednesday, but investors weren't exactly enthusiastic. Alphabet said it could pour as much as $185 billion into capital projects this year—largely AI chips and infrastructure—roughly double last year's tab and far above...

TikTok Settles Ahead of Looming Youth Addiction Trial

Meta, YouTube are in the hot seat at trial amid accusations they deliberately harm kids

(Newser) - TikTok agreed to settle a landmark social media addiction lawsuit just before the trial kicked off, the plaintiff's attorneys confirmed. The social video platform was one of three companies—along with Meta's Instagram and Google's YouTube—facing claims that their platforms deliberately addict and harm children. A...

Google to Pay Over Claims Voice Assistant Eavesdropped

Company settles for $68M after consumers alleged their conversations were recorded

(Newser) - Google has agreed to pay $68 million to resolve claims that its voice assistant was a snoop. The deal stems from a lawsuit alleging that the assistant improperly recorded private conversations and then shared the info with advertisers, reports CNBC . The assistant is designed to activate when it hears prompts...

Google's Parent Company Joins $4T Club

Investors are still betting on AI breakthroughs

(Newser) - Google parent Alphabet Inc. on Monday became the fourth Big Tech powerhouse to be valued at $4 trillion, a once seemingly unfathomable milestone that's become more like a rite of passage during the artificial intelligence arms race. Alphabet reached the threshold just four months after Google dodged the US...

Google's Founders Appear to Be Cutting California Ties

As a big tax looms, their business interests are uprooting, and Page bought 2 Miami mansions

(Newser) - Larry Page appears to be voting with his real-estate portfolio. The Google co-founder and longtime California resident has quietly bought a pair of estates in Miami for a combined $173.4 million, reports the Wall Street Journal . The move comes ahead of a proposed one-time tax on billionaires in California...

AI Is Coming for Your Gmail
AI Is Coming
for Your Gmail
Jan 9, 2026 6:20 AM CST

AI Is Coming for Your Gmail

New tools bring natural-language inbox search, proofreading, smart summaries

(Newser) - Google is giving Gmail a new AI-powered command center meant to tell you what matters in your inbox before you go looking for it. The company on Thursday detailed a "personalized AI Inbox," natural-language search summaries, and a built-in proofreading assistant, while also making several existing AI tools...

Google to Settle Suit Alleging Chatbot Pushed Teen to Suicide

Company, together with maker of Character.AI, will settle cases filed in numerous states

(Newser) - Google and artificial intelligence chatbot maker Character Technologies have agreed to settle a lawsuit from a Florida mother who alleged a chatbot pushed her teenage son to kill himself , per the AP . Attorneys for the two tech companies have also agreed to settle several other lawsuits filed in Colorado, New...

OpenAI Showers Workers With Record $1.5M Stock Packages

Awards are said to make up nearly half of company's 2025 revenue

(Newser) - OpenAI isn't just racing ahead in AI—it's rewriting the playbook on Silicon Valley pay. Internal financial data seen by investors indicates the company is handing out an average of $1.5 million in stock-based compensation per employee, for a workforce of about 4,000, according to a...

Gmail Users Getting a Long-Awaited Option

Users can change their primary address without losing all their data and services

(Newser) - Gmail users may finally get to ditch that cringey old address without starting from scratch. Google has begun rolling out a long-requested option to change the gmail.com address on an existing account while keeping all associated data and services intact, reports the New York Times . The company hasn't...

Altman: 'We Are at a Critical Time for ChatGPT'

OpenAI pauses other projects as CEO orders focus on its chatbot to keep pace with rivals like Google

(Newser) - OpenAI has declared a "code red" and is putting almost all of its resources into improving ChatGPT in a bid to keep pace with rivals, especially Google, reports the Wall Street Journal . CEO Sam Altman announced the move on Monday in a company memo, saying that other initiatives—including...

Users Peeved With Netflix's Latest Change

Phone-to-TV casting will only work with older Chromecast devices or Google Cast-supported TVs

(Newser) - Netflix users will no longer be able to cast shows from their phones to their TVs in most cases, as the company has quietly ended support for the feature . The move means viewers must now use the Netflix app on their TV and rely on their remote for playback controls,...

Ireland May Be 'Sleepwalking' Into Big Tech Trouble

Jessica Traynor is worried about her nation's over-reliance on fickle Meta, Google, others

(Newser) - Irish writer and poet Jessica Traynor is worried about her native land. In a piece for the Dial , Traynor recounts visiting Dublin Port as a teenager in 2001 and seeing cranes at work transforming the once-gritty docks into what are now known as Silicon Docks—where Google, Meta, and Apple...

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