LibGuides: Artificial Intelligence: AI in the News

Artificial Intelligence is constantly changing and evolving. As new applications and uses for AI emerge, so do new challenges. This page is dedicated to following trends and public perception of AI over time as seen through current events.

AI in the News 2025

K, S., & Singh, P. (2025, September 2). AI-driven drug discovery picks up as FDA pushes to reduce animal testing | Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/ai-driven-drug-discovery-picks-up-fda-pushes-reduce-animal-testing-2025-09-02/
Sands, A. (2025, August 27). 2-hour AI private schools are scaling, from North Carolina to Puerto Rico.
https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2025/08/27/alpha-schools-ai-artifical-intelligence-education
Brumfiel, G. (2025, August 19). Research suggests doctors might quickly become dependent on AI. NPR. https://www.npr.org/
sections/shots-health-news/2025/08/19/nx-s1-5506292/doctors-ai-artificial-intelligence-dependent-colonoscopy
Inamdar, N. (2025, July 28). TCS: India's AI-driven tech firings could derail middle-class dreams. BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2p4nqd352o.
More teens say they're using AI for friendship. Here's why researchers are concerned. (2025, July 24). CBS News.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-digital-friendship-with-teens-common-sense-media-study/4
Wile, R. (2025, July 4). Layoffs and slow hiring have job seekers worried about AI. Here's what's happening. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/is-ai-taking-jobs-which-industries-at-risk-what-to-know-rcna215579
Roose, K. & Newton, C. (2025, June 16). Everyone Is Using AI for Everything. Is That Bad? New York Times. https://proquest.ezproxy.csuci.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/blogs-podcasts-websites/everyone-is-using-i-everything-that-bad/docview/3218904825/se-2?accountid=7284 
Hiltzik, M. (2025, May 22). AI 'hallucinations' are a growing problem for the legal profession. Los Angeles Times. https://proquest.ezproxy.csuci.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/blogs-podcasts-websites/hiltzik-ai-hallucinations-are-growing-problem/docview/3206466244/se-2?accountid=7284
Lee, W. (2025, May 22). Can films convince people that AI is a force for good?. Los Angeles Times. https://proquest.ezproxy.csuci.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/business-can-films-convince-people-that-ai-is/docview/3206367957/se-2?accountid=7284
Singer, N. (2025, May 19). How Miami Schools Are Leading 100,000 Students Into the A.I. Future. New York Times. https://proquest.ezproxy.csuci.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/blogs-podcasts-websites/how-miami-schools-are-leading-100-000-students/docview/3205360318/se-2?accountid=7284
Carlson, C. (2025, April 7). AI is coming to skin cancer detection. The Washington Post. https://proquest.ezproxy.csuci.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/blogs-podcasts-websites/ai-is-coming-skin-cancer-detection/docview/3187322783/se-2?accountid=7284

AI in the News 2024

Cosgrove, E. (2024, July 03). AI data centers could add 3 New York cities of demand to power grid in 2 years. Business Insider. https://proquest.ezproxy.csuci.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/ai-data-centers-could-add-3-new-york-cities/docview/3075373497/se-2
Sanders, H. (2024, Jun 24). McDonald's ends a trial of A.I use. New York Times. https://proquest.ezproxy.csuci.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/mcdonalds-ends-trial-i-use/docview/3071360269/se-2
Lee, W. (2024, June 10). Apple announces deal with OpenAI. Will it be a game-changer? Los Angeles Times. https://proquest.ezproxy.csuci.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/latimes/blogs-podcasts-websites/apple-announces-deal-with-openai-will-be-game/docview/3066075348/sem-2?accountid=7284
Bains, C. (2024, March 31). Wearable AI: will it put our smartphones out of fashion? The Guardian. https://proquest.ezproxy.csuci.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/wearable-ai-will-put-our-smartphones-out-fashion/docview/3020342675/se-2?accountid=7284
Masunaga, S., & Lee. D. (2024, March 20). AI a job killer? In California it’s complicated. Los Angeles Times. https://proquest.ezproxy.csuci.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/blogs-podcasts-websites/ai-job-killer-california-complicated/docview/2968925219/se-2?accountid=7284
Saad, N. (2024, March 11). Doctored photo of Kate Middleton is credibility blow for royal family in crisis. Los Angeles Times. https://proquest.ezproxy.csuci.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/latimes/blogs-podcasts-websites/doctored-photo-kate-middleton-is-credibility-blow/docview/2954984163/sem-2?accountid=7284
Metz, C., & Gardi, B. (2024, March 11). How the A.I. that drives ChatGPT will move into the physical world. The New York Times. https://proquest.ezproxy.csuci.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/blogs-podcasts-websites/how-i-that-drives-chatgpt-will-move-into-physical/docview/2954789313/se-2?accountid=7284
Harris, E. A. (2024, February 18). A Celebrity Dies, and New Biographies Pop Up Overnight. The Author? A.I. The New York Times. https://proquest.ezproxy.csuci.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/blogs-podcasts-websites/celebrity-dies-new-biographies-pop-up-overnight/docview/2927961720/se-2?accountid=7284
Singer, N. (2024, January 14). Chatbots in the classroom: Some foresee artificial intelligence revolutionizing education, but critics warn of potential harm. Chicago Tribune. https://proquest.ezproxy.csuci.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/chatbots-classroom/docview/2913856416/se-2?accountid=7284
Grynbaum, M. M., & Ryan, M. (2023, December 27). The Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft over AI use of copyrighted work. https://proquest.ezproxy.csuci.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/times-sues-openai-microsoft-over-ai-use/docview/2906607953/se-2?accountid=7284