Hacker News with Generative AI: News

What is the pink fire retardant used to control the L.A. fires? (nbcnews.com)
As the wildfires in Southern California continue to burn, streaks of bright pink fire retardant have become a familiar sight.
Wildfires, Fire Retardant, California, Environmental Issues, News
7 points by heresie-dabord 16 hours ago | 2 comments
Apple suspends AI-generated news alert service after BBC complaint (theguardian.com)
Apple is suspending an artificial intelligence feature that made inaccurate summaries of news headlines.
Artificial Intelligence, News, Technology, Media
4 points by frereubu 18 hours ago | 2 comments
Apple pulls AI-generated notifications for news after generating fake headlines (cnn.com)
Artificial Intelligence, Technology, News, Apple, Media
5 points by LgLasagnaModel 1 day ago | 2 comments
Show HN: News Minimalist – News ranked by significance (newsminimalist.com)
Today ChatGPT read news articles and gave of them a significance score over 5.5.
News Aggregation, AI, News
71 points by yakhinvadim 2 days ago | 52 comments
Working with The Associated Press to provide fresh results for the Gemini app (google)
The AP will now deliver a feed of real-time information to help enhance the usefulness of results displayed in the Gemini app.
News, Real-Time Information, AI, Search, Gemini App
87 points by alexrustic 2 days ago | 63 comments
LA wildfires disinformation reveals limits of fact-checking (weaponizedspaces.substack.com)
Meta, formerly known as Facebook, announced last week that it is ending its fact-checking initiative and following in the footsteps of X (formerly Twitter) in implementing a community notes feature in place of professional fact-checkers.
Disinformation, Social Media, Fact-Checking, News
27 points by rbanffy 4 days ago | 35 comments
Show HN: News Planet – current events on a rotating globe (ianua.app)
This is an experiment to visualize the news on a rotating globe.
News, Data Visualization, Web Development, Creative Projects
8 points by tyayers 4 days ago | 4 comments
Syria flooded with Pepsi and Pringles as rulers open economy (ft.com)
Syria, Economy, International Relations, News
40 points by JumpCrisscross 4 days ago | 56 comments
California Fire Facts (gavinnewsom.com)
California, Fires, News
24 points by toomuchtodo 5 days ago | 29 comments
Global fact-checkers were disappointed, not surprised, Meta ended its program (restofworld.org)
Meta’s fact-checking partners around the world are disappointed — but not surprised — by Facebook’s move to do away with fact-checking by trained teams.
Social Media, Fact-Checking, Meta, News, Journalism
9 points by devonnull 7 days ago | 0 comments
Zuckerberg has turbo-boosted enshittification, and we're all going to pay (theage.com.au)
Is Moo Deng, a pygmy hippo that went viral last year, really worth enduring the enshittification of social media?
Social Media, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, News
8 points by pseudolus 8 days ago | 0 comments
Man who exploded Cybertruck in Las Vegas used ChatGPT in planning, police say (npr.org)
LAS VEGAS — The highly decorated soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said Tuesday.
Artificial Intelligence, Crime, Tesla, Generative AI, News
10 points by hackernj 10 days ago | 7 comments
100 Slaps: The Breaking News the Games Industry Ignored in 2024 [video] (youtube.com)
Video Games, Gaming Industry, News, 2024
6 points by treve 10 days ago | 0 comments
Apple says it will update AI feature after BBC complaint (bbc.com)
Apple is facing fresh calls to withdraw its controversial artificial intelligence (AI) feature that has generated inaccurate news alerts on its latest iPhones.
Artificial Intelligence, Apple, Technology, News, Controversy
5 points by planetjones 11 days ago | 1 comments
US newspapers are deleting old crime stories, offering subjects a 'clean slate' (theguardian.com)
A wave of local publications are considering requests to wipe or edit old articles to give their subjects a fresh start
Journalism, Crime, Privacy, News, Media
209 points by bookofjoe 14 days ago | 366 comments
Apple AI alert falsely claims Luke Littler has won darts final (bbc.co.uk)
A news summary from Apple falsely claimed darts player Luke Littler had won the PDC World Championship - before he even played in the final.
Artificial Intelligence, Sports, Technology, News, False Information
10 points by cillian64 14 days ago | 3 comments
A Tesla Cybertruck 'blew up' outside Trump's hotel in Las Vegas (theverge.com)
A Tesla Cybertruck exploded just outside of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday morning, law enforcement authorities have just confirmed.
Tesla, Electric Vehicles, Accidents, Las Vegas, News
77 points by wslh 16 days ago | 37 comments
Object that fell from the skies identified as separation ring from a rocket (nation.africa)
Two days after a mysterious metallic object fell from the sky and landed at Mukuku Village in Makueni County, fresh details about it have emerged.
Space Exploration, News, Kenya
66 points by dltj 16 days ago | 59 comments
At least 10 killed after vehicle hits crowd of people in New Orleans (news.sky.com)
At least 10 people have been killed after a vehicle struck a crowd celebrating the New Year in New Orleans, emergency officials have said.
New Orleans, Accidents, News, Tragedy, Crime
18 points by austinallegro 17 days ago | 22 comments
Everything Google killed in 2024: 8 new entries to the Google Graveyard (androidpolice.com)
Google, Technology, Products, Discontinued Products, News
28 points by goplayoutside 17 days ago | 11 comments
Finland Finds Anchor Drag Marks Left by Tanker That Broke Cables (gcaptain.com)
Essential news coupled with the finest maritime content sourced from across the globe.
Finland, Shipping Accidents, Maritime, Infrastructure, News
50 points by tomohawk 17 days ago | 12 comments
Neuters: Lightweight front end to Reuters News (neuters.de)
This is an alternative frontend to Reuters. It is intented to be lightweight, fast and was heavily inspired by Nitter.
News, Front-end Development, Alternative Services
135 points by walterbell 19 days ago | 59 comments
At least 28 dead in South Korea plane crash – reports (bbc.co.uk)
An aircraft carrying 181 people has crashed at an airport in South Korea, killing at least 28 people, the Yonhap news agency reports.
South Korea, Aviation Accidents, News, Tragedy
9 points by zeristor 20 days ago | 3 comments
NYT Quiz: Which Parts of These Images Are A.I.-Generated? (nytimes.com)
Artificial intelligence tools can fabricate entirely new images and videos. But they can now also make much smaller tweaks by inserting A.I. elements into genuine photographs, further blurring the line between what’s real and what’s fake.
Artificial Intelligence, Image Generation, Media, Technology, News
6 points by smcin 22 days ago | 1 comments
A pilot raced through the airport to surprise the woman who saved his life (cnn.com)
Human Interest, News, Transportation, Health
127 points by ValentineC 24 days ago | 28 comments
75% of Facebook shares are made without reading the content (psypost.org)
A new study has found that most social media users share links without clicking on them first, relying only on headlines and short summaries.
Social Media, User Behavior, Research, Psychology, News
7 points by geox 28 days ago | 1 comments
Multiple casualties after car drives into crowd at Christmas market in Germany (euronews.com)
Germany, Accidents, Christmas, News, Tragedy
11 points by jdiez17 28 days ago | 0 comments
How Ukraine tries to change the battlefield with ground drones – DW News [video] (youtube.com)
Ukraine, War, Drones, Military Technology, News
3 points by alamortsubite 28 days ago | 0 comments
Google Street View Captures a Man Loading a Bag into a Trunk. Arrests Follow. (nytimes.com)
It was a routine image picked up by Google Street View: a man loading a white bag into the trunk of a car.
Crime, Surveillance, Technology, News
8 points by jbegley 30 days ago | 1 comments
Nuclear bunker sales increase, despite warnings they won't provide protection (npr.org)
Global security leaders are warning nuclear threats are growing as weapons spending surged to $91.4 billion last year. At the same time, private bunker sales are on the rise globally, from small metal boxes to crawl inside of to extravagant underground mansions.
Nuclear Weapons, Security, Business, News
15 points by belter 31 days ago | 31 comments