National AI-generated articles are permeating major news publications NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Maggie Harrison Dupre, staff writer at Futurism, about her reporting into AI-generated articles appearing on major news publications. Kathryn Fink Christopher Intagliata Ailsa Chang
Business OpenAI releases latest ChatGPT — it can talk, laugh and even sing like a human The latest version of ChatGPT has the internet wondering: Was it meant to make it sound like Scarlett Johansson in the movie Her? Its creators insist the model was not based on the movie. Bobby Allyn
Politics U.S. elections face more threats from foreign actors and artificial intelligence "Russia remains the most active foreign threat to our elections," said Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, noting that new AI technologies make influence operations easier to pull off. Shannon Bond
Politics Bipartisan group of senators unveil plan to tackle artificial intelligence This comes after a yearlong listening tour by a bipartisan working group in the Senate. Barbara Sprunt
Politics Legal experts say a TikTok ban without specific evidence violates the First Amendment The Justice Department is expected to argue that its clamp down on TikTok is about national security, but Constitutional lawyers say there is no way around grappling with the free speech implications. Bobby Allyn
Technology AI-generated spam is starting to fill social media. Here's why A Jesus made of vegetables, bizarre log cabins, products that don't exist. AI-generated images are creating new forms of clickbait and causing some users to doubt what's real. Shannon Bond
Arts & Life With 'bleisure' and fewer workers, the American hotel is in recovery A new type of traveler is part of the post-pandemic reset at U.S. hotels, along with fewer daily cleanings and pancake-slinging machines. Alina Selyukh
Technology Deepfakes for the dead Companies in China are using deepfake technology to create avatars of dead relatives and loved ones. Does the technology help or hurt the grieving process?
Science A huge solar storm is slamming into the Earth. Scientists say you should look up An aurora could be visible as far south as Northern California. Experts say the storm could disrupt some communications and navigation systems like GPS. Geoff Brumfiel
Arts & Life Yes, Apple's new iPad ad is ugly and crushing, but art can't be flattened The newest iPad ad depicts instruments, books and art supplies flattened into Apple's thinnest product ever. But anyone who owns and loves art in any form knows: The practicality isn't the point. Linda Holmes