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Investigation - Sports betting apps entice fans as gambling exacts a growing financial toll - Betting platforms FanDuel and DraftKings say tools are there to help addicted gamblers slow down. updated 20M ago

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Nvidia CEO calls for AI to be developed "as fast as we can" -- The CEO of the world's largest chipmaker told CBS News that tech companies should proceed with artificial intelligence development despite recent warnings from worried industry leaders that there may be a need to pull back.

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Mortgage rates are nearing 7%. One house hunter says he's "despondent." -- "It seems like we're trying to climb out of a hole somebody else is digging," said one frustrated house hunter as homeownership costs rise.

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Increased ICE enforcement in 2025 hurt local employment, analysis finds -- Employment fell last year in U.S. cities where ICE arrests surged, according to the Brookings Institution.

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AI security experts say they used Claude to hack ChatGPT -- Cybersecurity researchers said they were able to use Anthropic's Claude AI platfom to penetrate ChatGPT in "less than 72 hours."

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195,000 HEATED BLANKETS RECALLED AFTER DOZENS OF BURN INJURIES -- The manufacturer has received hundreds of reports of blankets "smoking, melting or burning" due to overheating, according to a recall notice.

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Technology - Extended interview: Nvidia's Jensen Huang - In this web exclusive, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang talks with CBS News' Jo Ling Kent about the exponential growth of AI, industry warnings about its power, and why he disagrees with recent calls to slow down development. 3M ago - 46:18

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Nvidia's Jensen Huang on artificial intelligence -- The Atlantic recently called Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang "the most powerful man in AI." He talks with correspondent Jo Ling Kent at Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., about the latest developments in artificial intelligence and the ongoing debate over safety and regulations.

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How AI powered robots are helping small farms -- From labor shortages to environmental impacts, farmers are looking to AI to help revolutionize the agriculture industry. One California startup, Farm-ng, is tapping into the power of AI and robotics to perform a wide range of tasks, including seeding, weeding and harvesting. -- Mar 28, 2024

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Trump vows to form "AI Force," says he won't allow slowdown of AI development - In a Truth Social post​, Mr. Trump called fears around artificial intelligence possibly becoming a superintelligence that could pose a threat to human existence a hoax. 18H ago

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Inside digital closet organizer Starmoire -- "What Not to Wear" stylist Stacy London and co-founder Ruth Foxe Blader share all about their new digital closet organizing service, Starmoire. -- Sep 19

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Extended interview: George Lucas and Mellody Hobson -- In this web exclusive, CBS News' Norah O'Donnell talks with "Star Wars" filmmaker George Lucas and his wife, businesswoman Mellody Hobson, about the museum they co-founded devoted to honoring illustrators: The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. They discuss the museum's origins, and the emotional pull of illustrative art in telling mythic tales.

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The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens -- The art of illustrators, that tells mythic narratives and stories of our shared humanity, is at the core of a new Los Angeles institution: The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, showcasing works featured in magazines, comics, fantasy stories, and motion picture design. CBS News' Norah O'Donnell talks with the museum's founders, George Lucas, the creator of "Star Wars," and his wife, businesswoman Mellody Hobson, about the emotional draw of storytelling art that shapes our world.

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Almanac: September 20 -- "Sunday Morning" looks back at historical events on this date.

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Science - Neuroscientists grow human brain tissue in mice - Neuroscientists at Stanford University successfully grew human brain tissue inside mice in the hopes of further enabling the development of treatments for brain disorders. Stanford Medicine professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences Dr. Sergiu Pasca, who led the study, joins CBS News to break down the findings. Sep 18 - 4:03

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New species of wild cat discovered for first time in more than a century -- Scientists have discovered a new species of wild cat for the first time in more than a century, a Bolivian researcher says.

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Humpback whale seen grieving dead calf in rare footage -- The footage shows a female humpback whale staying close to the dead calf as it lies motionless on the seafloor, touching it with its head and fin.

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Remains of ancient warhorse given honorific burial discovered in Egypt -- Archaeologists say they've discovered the remains of a likely ancient Egyptian warhorse given an honorific burial more than 3,000 years ago.

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Anthropic CEO says "exponential" growth of AI is a "warning sign" -- Artificial intelligence technology is developing at an "exponential" rate, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told CBS News, calling the situation a "warning sign" for the industry that requires serious safeguards.

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First-ever adult T. rex trackway found in North Dakota -- Paleontologists have identified the first known trackway made by a full-grown Tyrannosaurus rex, and the discovery was made in the North Dakota badlands.

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Ig Nobel prizes go to scientists studying cockroach milk, nose-blowing, more -- Ten research teams were honored at a satirical science awards ceremony that was hosted outside the U.S. for the first time due to travel concerns. A study of cockroach milk was among the winners.

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Vote on the fattest marmot now -- Marmots, not bears, are the largest "true" hibernating mammal, UCLA marmot researchers Katie Adler and Emily Renkey say. The two share more fun facts about these cute creatures and explain how to vote for the fattest marmot.

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NASA plans to launch new space telescope -- NASA's new telescope could change the way we see space. With a wide-field camera that will reveal an area up to 200 times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope, and an orbit a million miles from Earth, the Nancy Grace Roman telescope is expected to find tens of thousands of unknown exoplanets.

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Invasive Joro spiders are "slowly spreading." Here's what to do if you see one. -- The Great Smoky Mountains National Park told visitors Tuesday that invasive Joro spiders "may be hanging in a web near you."

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Trump says proposed arch will also be a "top grade Military Complex" -- President Trump said that he has agreed to convert plans for a massive triumphal arch into a "top grade Military Complex," equipped with snipers and drone storage.

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Lawsuits filed over Nazi-looted art displayed in museums in Los Angeles, Auschwitz -- Between 1933 and 1945, the Nazi regime orchestrated the largest art theft in world history, seizing over 600,000 works of art across Europe from Jewish families, collectors and museums.

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Lawsuit says AI giants made illegal deal on technology's slowdown -- The lawsuit argues the leading AI companies violated antitrust laws when they agreed to coordinate slowdown efforts.

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