AI-generated images, old videos and altered photos proliferated on social media in the hours following former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s capture. Several of these images quickly went viral, fueling false information online. CBS News analyzed circulating images by comparing dubious images to verified content and using publicly available tools such as reverse image search. In…
Editor’s note: Please click here for updated coverage of the NYSNA strike on Jan. 12, 2026. The potential for a major nurses strike in New York City is growing by the minute, after major hospitals and the New York State Nurses Association failed to negotiate a deal before Sunday’s midnight deadline. As a result, nearly…
Can Allbirds take flight as an AI company? – CBS News Watch CBS News The struggling shoe brand Allbirds announced it is exiting the footwear business and re-inventing itself as an artificial intelligence company. Max Darrow has more from San Francisco. Source link
Prediction market platforms give fans the chance to make money on anything from predicting where Taylor Swift will get married to major sports. But a recent study found the top 1% of traders on Polymarket capture more than three-quarters of all gains. Jo Ling Kent spoke with a prediction market trader who wrote an AI-powered…
1m ago National Gallery of Art becomes first federal museum to close in D.C. The National Gallery of Art, which is federally funded, shut its doors on Saturday, Oct. 4, according to WUSA. The National Gallery of Art, although it’s federally funded, isn’t a part of the Smithsonian Institution, which includes 21 museums and…
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes and a group of Democratic members of Congress are asking for an independent review of the Epstein case files to determine whether any of the records have been “tampered” with or concealed, ahead of the release of those files by next week. In a letter Thursday to the Justice…
The U.S. military has carried out another lethal strike on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Saturday. Hegseth, in a social media post, said a U.S.-designated terrorist organization allegedly operated the vessel but did not name which group was targeted. He said three people were killed in the strike….
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Wednesday issued a sweeping emergency order directing all federal agencies to immediately patch critical vulnerabilities in certain devices and software made by F5, a technology vendor, after confirming a nation-state cyber actor gained unauthorized access to F5’s source code. CISA — a part of the Department of Homeland…
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…
Novo Nordisk said Tuesday it will slash its prices for Wegovy and Ozempic beginning next year by up to 50%, highlighting the growing competition among pharmaceutical firms for customers seeking weight-loss drugs. The Danish drugmaker said it plans to offer the medicines for $675 per month starting in January 2027, representing a 50% reduction in…
