Iran-related bets on prediction sites scrutinized over ‘death markets’ and possible insider trades

As the US and Israel prepared for war and later launched strikes against Iran, traders on online prediction markets wagered over $1 billion on every aspect of the conflict.

Fact Check: AI-Generated Images Of Trump And Epstein With Young Girls Went Viral Months After They Were Published In A Clickbait TikTok

Did real never-before-seen images of Trump and Epstein together with young girls originate from a Department of Justice release of Epstein files? No, that's not true: The images are AI-generated and ...
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Improving AI models' ability to explain their predictions

In high-stakes settings like medical diagnostics, users often want to know what led a computer vision model to make a certain prediction, so they can determine whether to trust its output. Concept ...
CNN

How Google played a key role in recovering the video from Nancy Guthrie’s cameras

A major breakthrough in the Nancy Guthrie case largely came down to Google’s technical expertise, a person familiar with the investigation told CNN. The mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie ...
KTVZ

FBI releases surveillance video and images of masked individual outside of Nancy Guthrie’s home

CNN -- New black-and-white images of a person at Nancy Guthrie’s front door released by investigators do not provide an easily identifiable view of the subject, but a former deputy director of the FBI ...
CNN

AI researchers are sounding the alarm on their way out the door

A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. “The world is in peril,” warned the former head of Anthropic’s Safeguards ...
CNN

Chinese zodiac predictions: What’s in store for 2026 as we enter the Year of the Fire Horse

If there’s one common theme to emerge from the many Lunar New Year rituals attached to the annual celebration, from the food we eat to the activities we join, it’s the collective hope that we’re ...
The Verge

Prop bet

Regulators noticed Polymarket and Kalshi rake in cash on sports bets. So now prediction markets are cosplaying as the future of news. Regulators noticed Polymarket and Kalshi rake in cash on sports ...
New York Magazine

The Prediction-Market Scandals Are Getting Bleaker

Prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket are well aware that they have an insider-trading problem. It’s inherent to their business model: When you make a website where anyone can bet on anything, ...
CNN

Hugh Hefner’s widow demands investigation into Playboy founder’s foundation over alleged scrapbooks with explicit photos

The widow of “Playboy” founder Hugh Hefner has called for an investigation into her late husband’s foundation, which she alleges possesses his personal scrapbooks and diary containing troves of highly ...
24/7 Wall St

Are Prediction Markets Causing DraftKings Stock to Implode?

DraftKings (DKNG) reported record Q4 revenue of $1.99B but missed estimates. The stock fell 13%. DraftKings management says rival prediction markets had minimal sportsbook impact despite heavy ...