WATCH: The top internet searches surrounding Trump's now deleted AI post

ABC News, Abcnews.com

An AI-generated image that President Donald Trump posted Monday on his social media platform that depicted him as a Jesus-like figure is drawing criticism and interest online.

How Fake People Became Real Influencers

Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic

AI avatars are redefining influence and trust online.

What is Claude? Here's everything you need to know about Anthropic's increasingly popular chatbot

Brent D. Griffiths, Business Insider

Anthropic launched Claude in July 2023. Three years later, the chatbot is garnering lots of attention — and locked in a rivalry with OpenAI's ChatGPT.

Wall Street’s Eyes on the Strait

Jen Wieczner, New York Magazine

With markets wobbling and bad information everywhere, Citrini Research sent an analyst to the war zone to figure out what’s really happening.

Melania Trump Escorted by Talking Humanoid Robot at White House Tech Summit

Giselle Castro-Sloboda, CNET

The first lady shared the spotlight with the robot to promote the use of artificial intelligence in education.

Was This Really the First Humanoid Robot at the White House? An Investigation

Mike Pearl, Gizmodo.com

Suddenly Al Gore doesn't count as "humanoid"?

10 Friday AM Reads

Barry Ritholtz, Ritholtz.com

My first day of Spring (yay!) reads: • Finance Bros to Tech Bros: Don’t Mess With My Bloomberg Terminal: Professional investors spend more time with the computer system than they do with their spouses. So when AI evangelists declared it ‘cooked,’ it was war. …

Pentagon responds to Anthropic suit arguing the company is a 'substantial risk' to national security

Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert, Business Insider

In a Tuesday filing, the Department of Defense argued that Anthropic's refusal to accept the government's contractual terms is not protected speech.

Benjamin Netanyahu is struggling to prove he’s not an AI clone

Jess Weatherbed, The Verge

Social media platforms are currently awash with conspiracy theories claiming that Benjamin Netanyahu has been killed or injured and replaced by AI-generated deepfakes. Between clips that supposedly show the Israeli Prime Minister sporting extra fingers and dr…

‘Absolutely Shameful’: Trump White House Torched Over Bowling-Themed ‘AI Slop’ About Iran

Yahoo Entertainment

YouTube Expands AI Deepfake Detection Tool to Politicians, Won’t Say If Trump Is Included

Bruce Gil, Gizmodo.com

The tool lets verified users request unauthorized AI-generated videos featuring their likeness to be taken down.

Fake AI Content About the Iran War Is All Over X

David Gilbert, Wired

X's Grok is failing to accurately verify video footage from the Iran conflict, and is sharing its own AI-generated images about the war.

Sam Altman Says ‘Government Should Be More Powerful Than Corporations.’ Which Government?

Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com

Being an international software giant with singular loyalty to Donald Trump is an impossible mission.

An OpenAI ad hoax mystery just got a new twist

Lara O'Reilly, Business Insider

There's a mystery marketer playing 4D chess on social media, and they made another unexpected move this week.

Here’s how journalists spot deepfakes

Jess Weatherbed, The Verge

In the days that followed the US and Israel's joint military strike on Iran on Saturday, floods of images and videos that supposedly document the war have appeared online. Some are old or depict unrelated conflicts, are made or manipulated with AI, and in som…

QuitGPT trend grows as users ditch ChatGPT for Claude

Sam Hill, MakeUseOf

Users concerned about military AI use and political donations are leaving OpenAI's ChatGPT en masse.

The Pentagon’s Claude Use in Iran Is a Reminder that Anthropic Never Objected to Military Use

Mike Pearl, Gizmodo.com

The company objected to hypothetical future use cases, not anything the military is currently doing.

Zuck’s Chatbot Might Flirt With Minors, But It’s Banned from Talking About Abortion

Danielle Han, Jezebel

Mother Jones reports that Meta's AI chatbot is also banned from telling minors to use condoms for safe sex.

'I would never say that' - US Olympian on White House AI video

Ben Collins, BBC News

USA men's ice hockey player Brady Tkachuk distances himself from an AI-enhanced White House video in which he appears to disparage Canadians, saying "those words would never come out of my mouth".

The career rise of OpenAI's billionaire CEO, Sam Altman

Jordan Hart,Lakshmi Varanasi,Britney Nguyen,Brent D. Griffiths, Business Insider

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman helped usher in the AI age. Now, he's doing everything he can to keep OpenAI ahead.

Fox News AI Newsletter: Trump activates 'tech force'

Fox News

The Fox News AI Newsletter covers the latest artificial intelligence technology advancements, including the challenges and opportunities AI presents now and for the future.

10 Friday the 13th Reads

Barry Ritholtz, Ritholtz.com

My end-of-week morning paraskevidekatriaphobia WFH reads: • The Big Money in Today’s Economy Is Going to Capital, Not Labor: Soaring profits and stocks funnel more of GDP toward companies, their top employees and shareholders. AI will intensify this trend. (W…

‘Uncanny Valley’: ICE’s Secret Expansion Plans, Palantir Workers’ Ethical Concerns, and AI Assistants

Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger, Wired

In this episode of “Uncanny Valley,” our hosts dive into WIRED’s scoop about a secret Trump administration campaign extending right into your backyard.

Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq sink as tech gets hit as AI disruption fears grow; gold, bitcoin sink

Rian Howlett, Yahoo Entertainment

Wall Street is gearing up for an update on the Fed's favored inflation gauge, after the jobs report bolstered the case for keeping rates unchanged.