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Instacart said Monday that it would halt the use of an AI-powered tool that allowed retailers to charge customers different prices for identical items on the grocery delivery platform. “Effective immediately, Instacart is ending all item price tests on our platform,” an Instacart spokesperson told CBS News in an email statement. “Retailers will no longer…

With the world’s first social media ban for teenagers under 16 now in effect in Australia, its initial political architect is celebrating a new less-digital era for millions of children — and sharing that the legislation was personally inspired by his wife, for their four children.  “She read a book called ‘The Anxious Generation,’ by…

Walt Disney Co. is investing $1 billion in OpenAI under a new commercial partnership with the ChatGPT and Sora developer. The three-year licensing agreement will allow users of Sora, OpenAI’s artificial intelligence video tool, to create AI videos using more than 200 characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars, the entertainment giant announced Thursday.  Disney…

Time magazine is spotlighting key players in the artificial intelligence revolution for its 2025 Person of the Year, the magazine announced Thursday. “The architects of AI” are the latest recipients of the designation, which for more than a century has been given out on an annual basis to an influential person, group of people or, occasionally,…

Roomba maker iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday and said the robotic vacuum cleaner would sell itself to a Chinese contract manufacturer.  Shenzhen PICEA Robotics Co., which makes Roombas for Bedford, Massachusetts-based iRobot, will buy the company, according to a news release. iRobot said it doesn’t expect any disruptions to its app,…

Thousands of Spotify users reported difficulty accessing the music streaming service, with some customers saying their playlists had disappeared, according to outage tracking site Downdetector. Reports of problems with Spotify spiked on Monday morning, with about 35,000 people telling Downdetector they were experiencing difficulties accessing their music.  In a social media post at 9:45 a.m….

ChatGPT is already among the internet’s 40 most popular destinations, highlighting the explosive growth of generative artificial intelligence among online users, according to a new report from Cloudflare that ranked the most widely used websites. “Google, Facebook and Instagram remained dominant in our overall rankings, but the year’s defining story was generative AI’s rapid maturation,”…

Helping teens develop healthy habits around social media use and screen time is important when they first receive a smartphone. Pediatric psychologist Ann-Louise Lockhart, an Instagram brand spokesperson and author of the new book “Love the Teen You Have,” joins “CBS Mornings” to share some advice and tools, such as Instagram Teen Accounts, that parents…

Instacart has agreed to refund $60 million to customers to settle allegations that the grocery shopping service engaged in deceptive marketing and billing practices, the Federal Trade Commission said Thursday.  The agency alleged in a lawsuit that Instacart charged hidden fees and refused to issue refunds, raising the cost of groceries for consumers and harming shoppers. …

DraftKings is entering the red-hot prediction markets business, launching technology that lets users trade contracts linked to sporting and financial events.  DraftKings said event contracts will be available for trading in 38 states and that the company will eventually expand beyond sports and finance into other markets, such as entertainment and culture. The sports betting…