As algorithms guide our every move, the line between convenience and control gets blurrier. Unsplash+ In March 2021, a driver in Charlton, Massachusetts, plunged his car into Buffumville Lake while following GPS directions. Rescue teams were called to recover the completely submerged vehicle from 8 feet of water. The driver thankfully escaped with just a […]
The Coming A.I. Catastrophe for Middle America’s Gen Z
A generation on the cusp of transformation: Heartland students face a future shaped by artificial intelligence, with little guidance on navigating it. Unsplash+ The news is awash with stories about A.I., its growth, future and what it means to people and enterprises worldwide. According to some estimates, nearly 60 percent of news articles published are […]
Web exclusive: AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton uses current AI models
Web exclusive: AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton uses current AI models – CBS News Watch CBS News “Godfather of AI” Geoffrey Hinton shows Brook Silva-Braga how he uses current AI models, asks ChatGPT some questions and more in this special “CBS Saturday Morning” web extra. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, […]
British Billionaire Jeremy Coller Funds A.I. Race to Understand Dolphin Language
The winner of this year’s Coller Dolittle prize will use the funds to study bottlenose dolphins. Wild Horizons/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The beloved Doctor Dolittle children’s books and films center around a physician who has the ability to converse with animals—a plot line that likely feels fantastical to most. But Jeremy Coller, a British billionaire […]
Sam Altman’s OpenAI Is Mulling a Data Center in the Middle East
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman waits to meet the Saudi Crown Prince at the Royal Court in Riyadh on May 13, 2025. AFP via Getty Images As President Donald Trump’s tour of the Middle East gathers momentum, OpenAI is positioning itself at the heart of a geopolitical realignment that could reshape where A.I. is developed—and who […]
Medical school fully embraces AI tools for students
Medical school fully embraces AI tools for students – CBS News Watch CBS News Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming a part of our daily lives — whether in the office or the classroom. Tom Hanson reports on one medical school that has become the first in the nation to incorporate AI fully into its doctor training […]
Inside the first U.S. medical school to fully incorporate AI into its doctor training program
Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming a part of our daily lives, whether in the office or the classroom, and one medical school is fully embracing the technology. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City has become the first in the nation to incorporate AI into its doctor training program, granting […]
Building a $49B Design Powerhouse: Interview with Canva Co-Founder Cameron Adams
From left to right: Cliff Obrecht, Cameron Adams and Melanie Perkins. Courtesy of Canva When Cameron Adams co-founded Canva, the popular graphic design platform now best known for its A.I. image generator, with Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht in 2012, they were chasing a vision to make design simple and accessible for everyone. Today, that […]
Pope Leo XIV outlines his vision for the papacy, vows to continue late Pope Francis’ work
Pope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters facing humanity and vowing to continue in some of the core priorities of Pope Francis. In his first formal audience, Leo repeatedly cited Francis and the Argentine pope’s own 2013 mission statement, making clear […]
Scientists map part of a mouse’s brain that’s so complex it looks like a galaxy
Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date – a diagram of the wiring connecting 84,000 neurons as they fire off messages. Using a piece of that mouse’s brain about the size of a poppy seed, the researchers identified those neurons and […]