Google released its annual list of top search trends for 2025 — with the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” and the longest government shutdown in U.S. history ranked among this year’s most searched news topics online. Google’s annual “Year in Search” report is a window into what Americans have…
Tilly Norwood is unlike any other aspiring TV or movie star: Tilly is entirely generated by artificial intelligence. Jo Ling Kent talks with Tilly’s creator, Eline Van der Velden, about her goal of producing “the Scarlett Johansson of the AI genre.” Kent also talks with Kevin Reilly, CEO of Kartel ai, a Beverly Hills tech…
A U.K. couple started with a simple message, asking on Instagram if other parents could ban together to start a smartphone-free childhood. It’s now grown to a global movement, with a chapter in 39 countries. Leigh Kiniry reports. Source link
Instacart says its ending its controversial system of using AI price tests for retailers. Earlier this month, an investigation by Consumer Reports and progressive think tank Groundwork Collaborative found that Instacart’s algorithmic pricing charged various prices for the same item from the same store. Jo Ling Kent reports. Source link
Instacart said Monday that it would halt the use of an AI-powered tool that allowed retailers to charge customers different prices for identical items on the grocery delivery platform. “Effective immediately, Instacart is ending all item price tests on our platform,” an Instacart spokesperson told CBS News in an email statement. “Retailers will no longer…
Helping teens develop healthy habits around social media use and screen time is important when they first receive a smartphone. Pediatric psychologist Ann-Louise Lockhart, an Instagram brand spokesperson and author of the new book “Love the Teen You Have,” joins “CBS Mornings” to share some advice and tools, such as Instagram Teen Accounts, that parents…
Workers with an aptitude for explaining how artificial intelligence tools function in simple terms are more likely to find success in the job market, according to an economist who focuses on the economic impact of AI. Robert Seamans, a professor of management and organizations at the NYU Stern School of Business, thinks such roles are…
DraftKings is entering the red-hot prediction markets business, launching technology that lets users trade contracts linked to sporting and financial events. DraftKings said event contracts will be available for trading in 38 states and that the company will eventually expand beyond sports and finance into other markets, such as entertainment and culture. The sports betting…
Instacart has agreed to refund $60 million to customers to settle allegations that the grocery shopping service engaged in deceptive marketing and billing practices, the Federal Trade Commission said Thursday. The agency alleged in a lawsuit that Instacart charged hidden fees and refused to issue refunds, raising the cost of groceries for consumers and harming shoppers. …
Roomba maker iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday and said the robotic vacuum cleaner would sell itself to a Chinese contract manufacturer. Shenzhen PICEA Robotics Co., which makes Roombas for Bedford, Massachusetts-based iRobot, will buy the company, according to a news release. iRobot said it doesn’t expect any disruptions to its app,…
