Meta targeted young users with addictive tech, states allege
Meta wants children and teens on Facebook and Instagram as long as possible so it can collect and sell their personal data, state prosecutors allege.
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Meta wants children and teens on Facebook and Instagram as long as possible so it can collect and sell their personal data, state prosecutors allege.
Starting Dec. 1, Google will delete accounts that haven't been used in two years, which could impact photos, emails and more.
Elon Musk is visiting Israel Monday, touring a kibbutz attacked last month by Hamas militants. Musk has come under fire after endorsing an antisemitic post on his platform, X, formerly known as Twitter. Ryan Mac, a technology reporter for The New York Times, joined CBS News to discuss Musk's trip.
For online retailers like Amazon, Cyber Monday is one of the biggest shopping days of the year, and the company is using artificial intelligence to help with the demand. CBS News' Kris Van Cleave got exclusive access to Amazon's Robotics Research and Development Center, where it says the future of faster delivery is being built.
According to the U.N., about 50 million tons of electronic waste (or e-waste) are produced every year, the vast majority of which winds up strewn in landfills in the global South, where people sift through the electronic debris in search of valuable metals. Correspondent Seth Doane looks at the tragic costs that occur when consumer products reach their end-of-life, and examines efforts to ramp up formal recycling and extending the life of products like smartphones.
Filmmaker Josh Seftel catches up with his mother, Pat, to chat about the implications of AI.
A team of researchers at Northwestern University say they have developed the first artificial intelligence program that has built a robot. They say what the robot can do isn't the main point, but it's what this breakthrough could mean for the future of AI. Charlie De Mar has details.
Advanced AI tools are making it easier for criminals to dupe consumers. Here's how to avoid getting scammed.
While changing technologies like GPS have made them beacons of the past, many lighthouses are still being preserved for future generations. Mark Strassmann has more.
Sam Altman is back at the helm of OpenAI -- capping off a tumultuous week in the world of artificial intelligence. Axios tech and policy reporter Ashley Gold joins CBS News to unpack the situation.
Less than a week after he was fired as CEO of OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, Sam Altman has returned to his post after being briefly hired by Microsoft. Altman's return came after hundreds of OpenAI workers threatened to leave the company if he was not reinstated.
OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman says he's looking forward to returning to the company, with the support of Microsoft's CEO, to build the 2 companies' "strong partnership."
The head of cryptocurrency exchange Binance pleaded guilty Tuesday to failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program. Federal authorities say the company committed a long list of crimes under Changpeng Zhao's leadership. CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge and TechCrunch reporter Jacquelyn Melinek join to unpack the case.
Musk, who is under fire for supporting an antisemitic post, said the money will be donated to hospitals in Israel and to the Red Cross in Gaza.
More than 700 employees, 95% of the OpenAI's staff, say they are ready to follow ousted CEO Sam Altman to Microsoft, where he is set to build a new AI venture. CBS News senior business and tech correspondent Jo Ling Kent has the latest on the situation. And Martin Baccardax, senior editor and chief markets correspondent at TheStreet, joined CBS News to discuss how we got here.