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Federal prosecutors allege that Brett Michael Dadig, a Pittsburgh man who violently stalked at least 11 women across more than five states, used ChatGPT as a “therapist” and “best friend” who encouraged him to continue terrorizing his victims.

According to a recent study, researchers have discovered that AI chatbots can be more effective than traditional political advertisements in influencing voters’ opinions and preferences. AI chatbots that already display a consistent leftist bias could play a key role in the 2026 midterm elections.

Cloudflare experienced a brief outage on Friday that impacted numerous global websites, causing them to go offline temporarily. The outage comes less than three weeks after Cloudflare brought a significant portion of the internet to its knees with a long outage.

Netflix has come to an agreement to purchase Warner Bros Discovery for a whopping $83 billion. What happens next is key in sealing that deal.

The European Commission has issued a $140 million fine to Elon Musk’s X for violating the EU’s controversial Digital Services Act (DSA). The fine is likely to escalate tensions between the EU and America over free speech online.

The streaming giant Netflix has solidified itself as the King of Hollywood, announcing Friday its acquisition of Warner Bros. “Together, we’ll define the next century of storytelling, creating an extraordinary entertainment offering for audiences everywhere,” Netflix said in a statement.

Erika Kirk, Turning Point USA CEO and the widow of conservative icon and free speech martyr Charlie Kirk, rejected the argument that “gun violence” was the underlying issue that led to her husband’s assassination. It’s “not a gun problem,” she said, adding that America is facing “a deeply human” and “soul” problem.

Acclaimed “Good Will Hunting” and “Dune” star Stellan Skarsgård agreed with filmmaker James Cameron that Netflix should not be able to qualify for the Academy Awards without a proper theatrical run.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met with President Donald Trump on Wednesday to discuss AI chip export restrictions and voiced his opposition to state-level regulation of artificial intelligence.

“Hundreds” of prestige Porsche sports cars have been disabled by their onboard satellite-linked anti-theft immobiliser system across Russia.

The government of Malaysia announced on Wednesday that it would resume the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which famously went missing over a decade ago, as the Southern Hemisphere approaches the summer months.

Netflix pushed back against claims made in a cease-and-desist letter from disgraced music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal team over it’s recently released docuseries, “Sean Combs: The Reckoning.”

Podcaster Joe Rogan made a somewhat head-scratching claim this week when he said “AI could absolutely return as Jesus.”

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta on Thursday began deactivating Instagram and Facebook accounts of Australian users under the age of 16 ahead of next week’s social media ban.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang praised President Donald Trump on Wednesday, telling podcaster Joe Rogan that “everything” the president “thinks through is very practical, common sense, and logical.” Jensen also credited Trump’s energy policy with saving AI, telling Rogan, “Without energy growth, we can have no industrial growth. And that was what saved the AI industry.”

Owners of Subaru vehicles are complaining to the federal government about advertisements taking up the entire screen on their dashboards, saying the messages that pop up while they are driving are a dangerous distraction.

More than 1,000 Amazon employees have reportedly signed an open letter addressed to CEO Andy Jassy and the company’s senior leadership team, expressing grave concerns about the tech giant’s aggressive rollout of AI and its potential consequences.

According to a new report, Microsoft has spent three decades building deep ties with China’s government and security apparatus while simultaneously embedding itself into nearly every corner of American federal infrastructure.

A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle caught fire in a Douglas County, Colorado garage this week, leading to a complex and prolonged emergency response from local fire crews. Although the residents escaped unharmed, a driver delivering a package to the home was taken to a nearby hospital to evaluate his injuries.

Leading UK psychologists have expressed alarm over the dangerous and unhelpful advice ChatGPT-5, the latest version of OpenAI’s AI chatbot, is offering to individuals suffering from mental illness.

Academy Award-winning director Guillermo del Toro publicly said “fuck AI” when accepting the Vanguard Tribute at the Gotham Awards. 

Harvard University reportedly hired one of its Divinity School graduates who faced assault charges against an Israeli student at an anti-Israel protest in the wake of the Hamas’ October 7 terrorist attack.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-SC) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview that President Donald Trump and Republicans are working around the clock to lower costs for Americans, while Democrats are “trying to put coal in America’s stockings” by blocking efforts to advance pro-growth policies.

OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman told employees Monday that the company is declaring a “code red” effort to improve the quality of ChatGPT and delaying other products as a result, according to an internal memo viewed by the Wall Street Journal.

Apple is refusing comply with the Indian government’s mandate to preload smartphones with a state-owned cyber safety app called Sanchar Saathi, citing concerns over potential surveillance and privacy issues.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk voiced his strong support for the H-1B visa program in a recent podcast interview, while also expressing concerns over President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, which he believes “distort” markets.

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information Arielle Roth said during a speech on Tuesday at the Free State Foundation that the Trump administration has overhauled the failed Biden-era BEAD program, which is projected to save $21 billion and will expand internet access for Americans everywhere, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.

Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell together pledged $6.25 billion Tuesday to fund investment accounts for some 25 million American children.

Actress Jenna Ortega slammed artificial intelligence (AI) at a film festival on Saturday, warning Hollywood that it is opening a “Pandora’s box.”

Online vernacular went legitimate this week when the Oxford Dictionary crowned “rage bait” the 2025 word of the year.

Dec. 1 (UPI) — Netflix released a teaser for the four-part docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning, which arrives on the streamer Tuesday.

A University of Oklahoma student said her psychology instructor gave her a failing grade on an essay in which she cited the Bible, in violation of her First Amendment rights. The school now says it has placed the instructor, a man who claims to be a woman, on administrative leave while it investigates the matter.