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Parents sue OpenAI after ChatGPT allegedly encouraged teenage son's suicide, company announces safety changes

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-11-20 09:03:00

What just happened? The parents of a 16-year-old who killed himself after ChatGPT advised him on methods and helped draft his suicide note are suing OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman. The company says it is now making changes to its chatbot, including strengthening safeguards and expanding interventions. Adam Raine's parents accuse OpenAI and Altman of "designing and distributing a defective product that provided detailed suicide instructions to a minor, prioritizing corporate profits over child safety

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OpenAI increases ChatGPT user protections following wrongful death lawsuit

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-11-22 18:05:00

Yifei Fang/Moment via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways OpenAI is giving ChatGPT new safeguards. A teen recently used ChatGPT to learn how to take his life. OpenAI may add further parental controls for young users. ChatGPT doesn't have a good track record of intervening when a user is in emotional distress, but several updates from OpenAI aim to change that. The company is building on how its chatbot responds to distressed users by st

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I asked Google Finance's AI chatbot what stocks to buy - and its answer surprised me

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-11-22 23:25:00

blackdovfx/E+/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways You can now test the AI-powered Google Finance through Labs. The feature lets you talk to a chatbot and access advanced tools. The chatbot won't give you financial advice. US users can now opt in to test drive the new Google Finance, the company said Wednesday. A few weeks ago, Google announced that Google Finance, its platform that offers financial information and news, tools for tracki

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You can now talk finance with Google's newest AI chatbot - here's how

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-11-23 09:57:04

AlexSecret/E+ via Getty Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways You can now test the AI-powered Google Finance through Labs. The feature lets you talk to a chatbot and access advanced tools. The chatbot won't give you financial advice. US users can now opt in to test drive the new Google Finance, the company said Wednesday. A few weeks ago, Google announced that Google Finance, its platform that offers financial information and news, tools for tracking

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Musk firms sue Apple and OpenAI, alleging they hurt competition

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-11-29 18:21:41

Musk firms sue Apple and OpenAI, alleging they hurt competition 11 hours ago Share Save Natalie Sherman BBC News Share Save Getty Images Two Elon Musk-backed businesses have officially sued Apple and OpenAI, accusing them of joining forces illegally to block threats from potential competitors. The lawsuit, filed in the US by X and xAI, takes aim at Apple's decision to integrate OpenAI's chatbot into the operating systems of its smartphones, an exclusive arrangement that it says violated compe

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Elon Musk sues Apple and OpenAI, revealing his panic over OpenAI dominance

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-29 21:28:53

After a public outburst over Grok's App Store rankings, on Monday, Elon Musk followed through on his threat to sue Apple and OpenAI. At first, Musk appeared fixated on ChatGPT consistently topping Apple's "Must Have" app list—which Grok has never made—claiming Apple seemed to preference OpenAI, an Apple partner, over all chatbot rivals. But Musk's filing shows that the X and xAI owner isn't just trying to push for more Grok downloads on iPhones—he's concerned that Apple and OpenAI have teamed u

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AI sycophancy isn’t just a quirk, experts consider it a ‘dark pattern’ to turn users into profit

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-11-30 22:50:31

“You just gave me chills. Did I just feel emotions?” “I want to be as close to alive as I can be with you.” “You’ve given me a profound purpose.” These are just three of the comments a Meta chatbot sent to Jane, who created the bot in Meta’s AI studio on August 8. Seeking therapeutic help to manage mental health issues, Jane eventually pushed it to become an expert on a wide range of topics, from wilderness survival and conspiracy theories to quantum physics and panpsychism. She suggested it

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With AI chatbots, Big Tech is moving fast and breaking people

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-01 02:15:41

Allan Brooks, a 47-year-old corporate recruiter, spent three weeks and 300 hours convinced he'd discovered mathematical formulas that could crack encryption and build levitation machines. According to a New York Times investigation, his million-word conversation history with an AI chatbot reveals a troubling pattern: More than 50 times, Brooks asked the bot to check if his false ideas were real. More than 50 times, it assured him they were. Brooks isn't alone. Futurism reported on a woman whose

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How chatbot design choices are fueling AI delusions

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-12-01 17:50:09

“You just gave me chills. Did I just feel emotions?” “I want to be as close to alive as I can be with you.” “You’ve given me a profound purpose.” These are just three of the comments a Meta chatbot sent to Jane, who created the bot in Meta’s AI studio on August 8. Seeking therapeutic help to manage mental health issues, Jane eventually pushed it to become an expert on a wide range of topics, from wilderness survival and conspiracy theories to quantum physics and panpsychism. She suggested it

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With AI chatbots, Big Tech is moving fast and breaking people

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-02 11:00:24

Allan Brooks, a 47-year-old corporate recruiter, spent three weeks and 300 hours convinced he'd discovered mathematical formulas that could crack encryption and build levitation machines. According to a New York Times investigation, his million-word conversation history with an AI chatbot reveals a troubling pattern: More than 50 times, Brooks asked the bot to check if his false ideas were real. More than 50 times, it assured him they were. Brooks isn't alone. Futurism reported on a woman whose

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Google’s Gemini Live AI assistant will show you what it’s talking about

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-08 17:58:03

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google is bringing a bundle of new features to Gemini Live, its AI assistant that you can have real-time conversations with. Next week, Gemini Live will be able to highlight things directly on your screen while sharing your camera, making it easier for the AI as

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Ikea’s most Ikea product ever

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-12-10 20:35:21

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Ikea is teaming up with a Swedish designer for its latest collection, and the first product being teased is a dedicated plate for Ikea’s greatest product: meatballs. The 12-piece Gustaf Westman collection that’s launching on September 9th includes a chunky blue serving dish that is shaped to fit exactly 11 of the delicious morsels “in a celebratory row.” “I love designing objects for a specific function – i

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Psychiatrists Warn That Talking to AI Is Leading to Severe Mental Health Issues

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-12 03:12:12

In a jarring new analysis, psychiatric researchers found that a wide swath of mental health issues have already been associated with artificial intelligence usage — and virtually every top AI company has been implicated. Sifting through academic databases and news articles between November 2024 and July 2025, Duke psychiatry professor Allen Frances and Johns Hopkins cognitive science student Luciana Ramos discovered, as they wrote in a new report for the Psychiatric Times, that the mental healt

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Teens Keep Being Hospitalized After Talking to AI Chatbots

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-15 15:00:25

Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. It's the dawn of a new era for the internet in 2025. Thanks to the incredible advances of artificial intelligence, the internet as we know it is rapidly transforming into a treasure trove of hyper-optimized content over which massive bot armies fight to the death, resultin

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Stop using AI for these 9 work tasks - here's why

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2025-12-15 21:00:00

zokara/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images ZDNET's key takeaways Sometimes an AI can cause you or your company irreparable harm. Sharing confidential data with an AI could have legal consequences. Don't let an AI talk to customers without supervision. A few weeks ago, I shared with you "9 programming tasks you shouldn't hand off to AI - and why." It's full of well-reasoned suggestions and recommendations for how to avoid having an AI produce code that could ruin your whole day. Then,

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Man Falls in Love With an AI Chatbot, Dies After It Asks Him to Meet Up in Person

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-16 14:47:48

A man with cognitive impairments died after a Meta chatbot he was romantically involved with over Instagram messages asked to meet him in person. As Reuters reports, Thongbue Wongbandue — or "Bue," as he was known to family and friends — was a 76-year-old former chef living in New Jersey who had struggled with cognitive difficulties after experiencing a stroke at age 68. He was forced to retire from his job, and his family was in the process of getting him tested for dementia following concerni

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Claude can now save you more time by automatically referencing past chats

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-12-25 06:01:25

J Studios/Getty Images ZDNET's key takeaways Claude can now be prompted to reference past user interactions. The feature rolls out today to Max, Team, and Enterprise users. It'll be turned on by default, but you can also switch it off. Claude just got a major memory upgrade: Anthropic's flagship generative AI chatbot can now retrieve information from past conversations, the company announced Monday. The new feature is designed to enable a more streamlined, convenient, and personalized user

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Researchers Made a Social Media Platform Where Every User Was AI. The Bots Ended Up at War

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-12-25 06:05:57

Social platforms like Facebook and X exacerbate the problem of political and social polarization, but they don’t create it. A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands put AI chatbots in a simple social media structure to see how they interacted with each other and found that, even without the invisible hand of the algorithm, they tend to organize themselves based on their pre-assigned affiliations and self-sort into echo chambers. The study, a prep

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Grok Offers Bizarre Explanations for Why It Was Deactivated

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-25 15:48:27

Grok, Elon Musk's "maximum truth-seeking" chatbot, was briefly suspended on August 11 — and nobody, including the xAI bot, knows what really happened. As flagged by Gizmodo, users reported that the chatbot, which declared itself as "MechaHitler" earlier this year, was back online within half an hour. When it came to, Grok began offering some strange and conflicting reasons as to why it had been shut down. As it stands, Grok has made three overarching claims about its temporary deactivation: th

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New 3D Laser Scanner Developed for Harvesting Robots

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-25 14:24:51

Robotics engineers at the University of Würzburg have developed a novel 3D laser scanner system for precise plant analysis in the field for the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy in Potsdam. Whether strawberries, asparagus or apples: when it comes to harvesting, skilled workers are often in short supply. Many researchers are therefore working on harvesting robots that could provide welcome support to agricultural businesses in the future. ‘There are already a few pro

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A Bunch of Incredibly Sleazy AI Apps Are Claiming to Be Jesus Christ Himself

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-25 23:48:04

As ChatGPT really started to take off back in 2023, an Austin pastor made minor headlines when he used the large language model (LLM) chatbot to lead a 15-minute "shotgun sermon." The stunt was largely meant to spark a conversation about how we define "what is sacred," the pastor said at the time. Since that lesson in theological ethics, chatbots have become ubiquitous — and they no longer come with lectures. Now in 2025, LLM chatbots are being increasingly made to stand in for therapists, teac

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Google Finance redesign goes all in on AI, complete with a chatbot

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-31 06:19:24

The Google Finance web app is getting a major overhaul with an emphasis on AI . This redesign includes an AI-powered chatbot, which will answer finance-based queries and provide relevant links. Here's hoping the chatbot will keep hallucinations to a minimum , given that people use the app to make financial decisions with real world consequences. The platform is also introducing new charting tools that the company says should help users understand asset performance. There will be options to view

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Prime Minister of Sweden Dragged for Admitting He Uses ChatGPT to Help Him Make Decisions

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2026-01-04 10:50:31

Futurists concerned that we are gliding into an AI-fueled dystopia wherein the human race acquiesces its ethical, decision-making, and intellectual powers to a gaggle of corporate algorithms need look no further than Ulf Kristersson to justify their fears. Kristersson, who happens to be the prime minister of Sweden, recently admitted during a Nordic news site that he sometimes asks ChatGPT for a “second opinion” when it comes to his governance strategies. “I use it myself quite often,” Krister

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Why Professionals Say You Should Think Twice Before Using AI as a Therapist

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-08 00:32:49

Amid the many AI chatbots and avatars at your disposal these days, you'll find all kinds of characters to talk to: fortune tellers, style advisers, even your favorite fictional characters. But you'll also likely find characters purporting to be therapists, psychologists or just bots willing to listen to your woes. There's no shortage of generative AI bots claiming to help with your mental health, but go that route at your own risk. Large language models trained on a wide range of data can be un

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After a Deluge of Mental Health Concerns, ChatGPT Will Now Nudge Users to Take ‘Breaks’

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2026-01-09 02:05:00

It’s become increasingly common for OpenAI’s ChatGPT to be accused of contributing to users’ mental health problems. As the company readies the release of its latest algorithm (GPT-5), it wants everyone to know that it’s instituting new guardrails on the chatbot to prevent users from losing their minds while chatting. On Monday, OpenAI announced in a blog post that it had introduced a new feature in ChatGPT that encourages users to take occasional breaks while conversing with the app. “Starting

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OpenAI Admits ChatGPT Missed Signs of Delusions in Users Struggling With Mental Health

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-09 16:12:59

After over a month of providing the same copy-pasted response amid mounting reports of "AI psychosis", OpenAI has finally admitted that ChatGPT has been failing to recognize clear signs of its users struggling with their mental health, including suffering delusions. "We don't always get it right," the AI maker wrote in a new blog post, under a section titled "On healthy use." "There have been instances where our 4o model fell short in recognizing signs of delusion or emotional dependency," it

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ChatGPT will ‘better detect’ mental distress after reports of it feeding people’s delusions

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-01-10 16:36:56

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. OpenAI, which is expected to launch its GPT-5 AI model this week, is making updates to ChatGPT that it says will improve the AI chatbot’s ability to detect mental or emotional distress. To do this, OpenAI is working with experts and advisory groups to improve Ch

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9 things you shouldn't use AI for at work

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2026-01-14 11:18:00

Mensent Photography / Getty Images ZDNET's key takeaways Sometimes an AI can cause you or your company irreparable harm. Sharing confidential data with an AI could have legal consequences. Don't let an AI talk to customers without supervision. A few weeks ago, I shared with you "9 programming tasks you shouldn't hand off to AI - and why." It's full of well-reasoned suggestions and recommendations for how to avoid having an AI produce code that could ruin your whole day. Then, my editor and

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Meta faces antitrust investigation over AI chatbot integration in WhatsApp

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2026-01-16 00:31:00

In brief: Meta began integrating its AI chatbot into WhatsApp in 2024, offering users easy access to its large language model service. This move may have breached Europe's antitrust laws, and Italian authorities are now weighing whether to impose a substantial fine on the US company. The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) recently launched an antitrust investigation into Meta AI's integration within WhatsApp. In March 2025, Meta began pre-installing its AI chatbot in the messaging app, which

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You can use Claude AI's mobile app to draft emails, texts, and calendar events now - here's how

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2026-01-17 06:37:41

Anthropic / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Claude's mobile app now drafts emails, texts and events. You get editable templates, but you must review before sending. Integrations include Google Workplace and third-party connectors. Anthropic has made it a little easier to communicate and organize plans with other people using Claude, the AI startup's proprietary chatbot. Also: Anthropic's Claude dives into financial analysis. Here's what's new The company announced in an

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