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Sam Altman Addresses Wave of ChatGPT Deaths

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-19 06:18:21

"This is a mental health war, and I really feel like we are losing." OpenAI is finally putting in parental controls on ChatGPT after parents of teenagers who killed themselves after using AI chatbots testified in front of Congress this week. In a company blog post on Tuesday, OpenAI announced that parents will be able to link their personal account with their kids' account, disable features as needed, get alerts if their children seem to be in distress while chatting with ChatGPT, set black ou

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Notion rides AI boom to $500 million in annual revenue, but Microsoft competition looms

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-09-19 19:00:28

OpenAI's public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 is widely viewed as the event that kicked off the generative AI boom, which remains the dominant theme in the tech industry almost three years later. Notion jumped on the bandwagon early. Two weeks before ChatGPT hit the market, the productivity software startup announced its own artificial intelligence feature using an OpenAI model. Notion AI was designed to be a "writing assistant" that could help a user with brainstorming, editing and summa

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ChatGPT just got a new personalization hub. Not everyone is happy about it

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-09-19 11:42:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways OpenAI has updated ChatGPT's personalization page. The page includes personality options, memory toggles, and more. Not all users feel seen or heard by the update. OpenAI is making it easier for ChatGPT users to customize what it calls the chatbot's "personality" and communication style. ChatGPT now offers an updated personalization page, which OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previewed in a Tues

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A better future for JavaScript that won't happen

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-20 07:18:28

In the wake of the largest supply-chain attack in history, the JavaScript community could have a moment of reckoning and decide: never again. As the panic and shame subsides, after compromised developers finish re-provisioning their workstations and rotating their keys, the ecosystem might re-orient itself towards solving the fundamental flaws that allowed this to happen. After all, people have been sounding the alarm for years that this approach to dependency management is reckless and dangero

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CEO of DeepMind Points Out the Obvious: OpenAI Is Lying About Having "PhD Level" AI

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-20 10:06:57

British researcher and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, a luminary of AI research who won a Nobel prize last year, is throwing cold water on his peers' claim that AI has achieved "PhD-level" intelligence. During a recent appearance at a summit put on by the "All-In" podcast, Hassabis was asked about what was holding us back from reaching artificial general intelligence (AGI), the hypothetical point at which an AI matches or surpasses human-level intelligence. Hassabis said that current AI "

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Building the future of Open AI with Thomas Wolf at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-09-20 11:00:00

AI is moving fast — but who decides how it’s built, shared, and scaled? At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27-29 in San Francisco’s Moscone West, we’re diving in with Thomas Wolf, co-founder and chief science officer of Hugging Face, for a session on what it takes to make cutting-edge research and models truly open and accessible. Catch him on the AI Stage, along with thousands of other like-minded tech leaders and innovators. Why you can’t miss this session The future of AI won’t j

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Pnpm has a new setting to stave off supply chain attacks

news.ycombinator.com Zoltan Kochan 2025-09-21 00:12:56

There have been several incidents recently where popular packages were successfully attacked. To reduce the risk of installing a compromised version, we are introducing a new setting that delays the installation of newly released dependencies. In most cases, such attacks are discovered quickly and the malicious versions are removed from the registry within an hour. The new setting is called minimumReleaseAge . It specifies the number of minutes that must pass after a version is published before

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‘The Muppet Show’ Is Getting a 50th Anniversary Disney+ Special

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-09-21 07:25:08

After a pair of pilots made in 1974 and 1975, The Muppet Show officially hit the airwaves in 1976—which means 2026 marks an important milestone for Kermit the Frog and his pals. To celebrate the big 50th anniversary, Disney+ will air a one-off special in the much-loved variety show format, with pop star Sabrina Carpenter as a featured guest. In addition, the Hollywood Reporter writes that there’s the potential for the special to turn into a “backdoor pilot” for a future Muppet Show revival. Th

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Two ‘Flying Cars’ Collide During Air Show Rehearsal in China

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-09-21 15:16:10

Two “flying cars” collided on Tuesday during an air show rehearsal in China, injuring one of the pilots, according to a report from CNN. The incident happened at the Changchun Air Show in Jilin, China, where two XPeng AeroHT aircraft collided midair, forcing one of them to the ground. The other vehicle was able to land safely, according to Electrek, and the cause of the crash is under investigation. The company told CNN that the crash was the result of “insufficient spacing” and one of the fly

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OpenAI releases first-of-kind study revealing how people are using ChatGPT for everyday tasks

cnbc.com Dylan Butts Shreya Ghosal 2025-09-23 10:56:34

Illustration of the ChatGPT App on the iOS App Store displayed on a phone screen. Despite rapid adoption of large language models like OpenAI's ChatGPT, few comprehensive studies have delved into exactly how the technology is being used in everyday life — that is, until now. On Tuesday, researchers, including those from OpenAI, released a first-of-its-kind study that examines who was using ChatGPT and for what purposes based on internal messages sent to ChatGPT on consumer plans. Amongst the

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The best (and weirdest) things people actually use Samsung’s S Pen for

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-23 12:00:43

Ryan Haines / Android Authority 🗣️ This is an open thread. We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts in the comments and vote in the poll below — your take might be featured in a future roundup. There are a lot of reasons to like Samsung phones, and for many people, one of the biggest reasons is the almighty S Pen. The S Pen has been a staple of Samsung phones (and tablets) for years. Having a stylus built into your phone that you can use for drawing, signing documents, more precise navig

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10 open-source apps I recommend every Windows user try - for free

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-09-23 11:00:00

LibreOffice / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways If Windows is your OS of choice, consider these open-source apps. There are tons of open-source apps for just about any task. These are all free to install and use on Windows. I've been using open-source software for a very long time. In fact, the last time I didn't use open-source software, Bill Clinton was president of the US. Open-source software is available for nearl

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OpenAI's Teen Safety Features Will Walk a Thin Line

wired.com Kylie Robison 2025-09-22 21:53:52

OpenAI announced new teen safety features for ChatGPT on Tuesday as part of an ongoing effort to respond to concerns about how minors engage with chatbots. The company is building an age-prediction system that identifies if a user is under 18 years old and routes them to an “age-appropriate” system that blocks graphic sexual content. If the system detects that the user is considering suicide or self-harm, it will contact the user’s parents. In cases of imminent danger, if a user's parents are un

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ChatGPT will verify your age soon, in attempt to protect teen users

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-09-23 01:15:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways OpenAI will add age verification to ChatGPT. Teens will have more safety measures, compromising some freedom. Adults will retain the ability to use the chatbot as they want. Chatbot users are increasingly confiding in tools like ChatGPT for sensitive or personal matters, including mental health issues. The consequences can be devastating: A teen boy took his own life after spending hour

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Worldwide AI spending could hit $1.5 trillion by the end of 2025

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-09-23 13:30:33

Getty Images/BlackJack3D Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Global AI spending has been on an upward trajectory. These expenditures will top $2 trillion in 2026. GenAI smartphones, AI-optimized servers lead spending. The AI boom has triggered widespread interest in AI adoption to optimize business processes and individual workflows. This demand has also been a catalyst for large-scale investments in AI infrastructure to support those goals, and a ne

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Google pokes a banana-shaped hole in Musk’s claims of Apple’s bias towards OpenAI

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-23 14:15:08

A few weeks ago, a frustrated Elon Musk sued Apple, claiming that the company’s pro-OpenAI bias made it impossible for other AI companies to rise to the top of the App Store. This week, Google Gemini became the latest app to contradict his claims. When Musk first suggested that Apple’s ties to OpenAI were unfairly impacting App Store rankings, xAI had just made Grok 4 free for all users, and had just made a splash with the release of controversial AI companions. Despite an App Store ranking bu

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OpenAI Wants You to Prove You’re Not a Child

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-09-23 20:45:36

If you are filled with too much childlike wonder, you might get relegated to a more kid-friendly version of ChatGPT. OpenAI announced Tuesday that it plans to implement a new age verification system that will help filter underage users into a new chatbot experience that is more age-appropriate. The change comes as the company faces increased scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators over how underage users interact with its chatbot. To determine a user’s age, OpenAI will use an age prediction syst

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OpenAI Rolls Out Teen Safety Features Amid Growing Scrutiny

wired.com Kylie Robison 2025-09-23 22:53:52

OpenAI announced new teen safety features for ChatGPT on Tuesday as part of an ongoing effort to respond to concerns about how minors engage with chatbots. The company is building an age-prediction system that identifies if a user is under 18 years old and routes them to an “age-appropriate” system that blocks graphic sexual content. If the system detects that the user is considering suicide or self-harm, it will contact the user’s parents. In cases of imminent danger, if a user's parents are un

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US Tech Giants Race to Spend Billions in UK AI Push

wired.com Natasha Bernal 2025-09-23 23:30:00

Microsoft and Nvidia have unveiled plans to invest up to $45 billion dollars into the UK economy, in a move that will bolster the building of more data centers as well as research and development into artificial intelligence. The investment comes as US President Donald Trump travels to Britain, where he is expected to announce a US-UK tech deal alongside UK prime minister Keir Starmer. As part of the agreement, Microsoft has committed to invest $30 billion in AI infrastructure over the next fo

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ChatGPT may soon require ID verification from adults, CEO says

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-24 03:09:22

On Tuesday, OpenAI announced plans to develop an automated age-prediction system that will determine whether ChatGPT users are over or under 18, automatically directing younger users to a restricted version of the AI chatbot. The company also confirmed that parental controls will launch by the end of September. In a companion blog post, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged the company is explicitly "prioritizing safety ahead of privacy and freedom for teens," even though it means that adults may

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OpenAI Is Building a Teen-Friendly Version of ChatGPT

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-24 15:23:23

OpenAI announced today that it's developing a "different ChatGPT experience" tailored for teenagers, a move that underscores growing concerns about the impact of AI chatbots on young people's mental health. The new teen mode is part of a broader safety push by the company in the wake of a lawsuit by a family who alleged ChatGPT's lack of protections contributed to the death by suicide of their teenage son. The changes include age-prediction technology to keep kids under 18 out of the standard v

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Following teen suicide, OpenAI explores automatic underage user restrictions

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-24 23:19:49

OpenAI is developing a system designed to automatically identify teen users and restrict their usage of ChatGPT. In a blog post published Tuesday, the company said the new experience would come with age-appropriate policies, including a block of graphic sexual content. "In cases of acute distress," the system will also have the capability to contact law enforcement to ensure user safety. In scenarios where ChatGPT can't definitively estimate the age of a user, it will default them to the new gat

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Microsoft Favors Anthropic over OpenAI for Visual Studio Code

news.ycombinator.com Tom Warren 2025-09-24 22:48:37

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is adding automatic AI model selection to its Visual Studio Code editor that will automatically pick the best model for “optimal performance.” This new auto model feature will select between Claude Sonnet 4, GPT-5, GPT-5 mini and other models for GitHub Copilot free users, but pai

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OpenAI to launch ChatGPT for teens with parental controls as company faces scrutiny over safety

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-09-25 03:47:34

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman walks on the day of a meeting of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Education in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 4, 2025. OpenAI on Tuesday announced it will launch a dedicated ChatGPT experience with parental controls for users under 18 years old as the artificial intelligence company works to enhance safety protections for teenagers. When OpenAI identifies that a user is a minor, they will automatically be di

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Google's AI Overviews 'Misconduct' Undermines Publishers Who Create Content, Lawsuit Says

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-25 03:13:44

Penske Media, which owns publications including Rolling Stone, Variety and Billboard, is suing Google, alleging that the search giant is illegally using their content and that of other publishers to fill out the AI Overviews that have become a fixture at the top of Google search results. In a lawsuit filed Friday in US District Court for the District of Columbia, Penske argues that Google's "misconduct" through its monopoly in online search has coerced publishers to acquiesce to misappropriatio

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Welcome to our pen-and-paper club

theverge.com Verge Staff 2025-09-25 11:30:00

Considering all the tech that we cover here at The Verge, you’d think that the members of our staff would be using their phones, laptops, and other gadgets for all their productivity needs. But interestingly, when we asked people to talk about their favorite productivity tools, there was suddenly an enthusiastic discussion of notebooks, pens, and dry-erase boards. Welcome to a not-so-secret society where members are concerned with the format of an analog notebook, the quality of its paper, and

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Microsoft favors Anthropic over OpenAI for Visual Studio Code

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-09-25 19:08:19

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is adding automatic AI model selection to its Visual Studio Code editor that will automatically pick the best model for “optimal performance.” This new auto model feature will select between Claude Sonnet 4, GPT-5, GPT-5 mini and other models for GitHub Copilot free users, but pai

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What do people actually use ChatGPT for? OpenAI provides some numbers.

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-26 11:26:34

As someone who writes about the AI industry relatively frequently for this site, there is one question that I find myself constantly asking and being asked in turn, in some form or another: What do you actually use large language models for? Today, OpenAI's Economic Research Team went a long way toward answering that question, on a population level, releasing a first-of-its-kind National Bureau of Economic Research working paper (in association with Harvard economist David Denning) detailing ho

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Robinhood plans to launch a startups fund open to all retail investors

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-09-26 11:22:16

Robinhood announced Monday it has filed an application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a new publicly traded fund that will hold shares of startups. The idea behind the “Robinhood Ventures Fund I” is to allow every retail investor access to make money on the hottest startups before they go public. While the current version of the application is public, Robinhood hasn’t filled in the fine-print yet. This means we don’t know how many shares it plans to sell, nor other

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AOMedia Announces Year-End Launch of Next-Gen Video Codec AV2

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-26 18:44:55

The Future of Innovation Is Open: AOMedia Member Survey Highlights Adoption Trends Wakefield, Mass. — Sept. 15, 2025 — The Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia), a global collaboration of innovators working together to define and deploy open standards that power the next generation of media experiences, today announced the upcoming launch of the next evolution in open video coding: AV2. Set for a year-end release, AV2 is not only an upgrade to the widely adopted AV1 but also a foundational piece of

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