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BBC threatens AI firm with legal action over unauthorised content use

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-04 08:36:44

Chatbots and image generators that can generate content response to simple text or voice prompts in seconds have swelled in popularity since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late 2022. But their rapid growth and improving capabilities has prompted questions about their use of existing material without permission. Much of the material used to develop generative AI models has been pulled from a massive range of web sources using bots and crawlers, which automatically extract site data. The rise in th

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Bots are overwhelming websites with their hunger for AI data

news.ycombinator.com Thomas Claburn 2025-09-10 01:26:14

Bots harvesting content for AI companies have proliferated to the point that they're threatening digital collections of arts and culture. Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums (GLAMs) say they're being overwhelmed by AI bots – web crawling scripts that visit websites and download data to be used for training AI models – according to a report issued on Tuesday by the GLAM-E Lab, which studies issues affecting GLAMs. GLAM-E Lab is a joint initiative between the Centre for Science, Culture

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How AI chatbots keep people coming back

techcrunch.com Maggie Nye 2025-09-11 01:39:00

Chatbots are increasingly looking to keep people chatting, using familiar tactics that we’ve already seen lead to negative consequences. Sycophancy can make AI chatbots respond in a way that’s overly agreeable or flattering. And while having a digital hype person might not seem like a dangerous thing, it is actually a tactic used by tech companies to keep users talking with their bots and returning to their platforms.

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Character.AI and Meta "therapy" chatbots spark FTC complaint over unlicensed mental health advice

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-09-13 01:14:00

What just happened? Chatbots can do a lot of things, but they're not licensed therapists. A coalition consisting of digital rights and mental health groups isn't happy that products from Meta and Character.AI allegedly engage in the "unlicensed practice of medicine," and has submitted a complaint to the FTC urging regulators to investigate. The complaint, which has also been submitted to Attorneys General and Mental Health Licensing Boards of all 50 states and the District of Columbia, claims t

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AI as Your Therapist? 3 Things That Worry Experts and 3 Tips to Stay Safe

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-13 20:12:43

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 you go that route at your own risk. Large language models trained on a wide range of data can be

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Watching This Humanoid Robot Sort Packages Is Quite Something

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-14 08:10:05

Yep, they're definitely coming for our jobs. Package Deal Earlier this year, humanoid robotics company Figure showed off its Figure 02 robot using a sophisticated visual language system called Helix to sort packages at a logistics warehouse. Footage showed a small army of the humanoid robots deftly picking up packages of various sizes, shapes, and hardnesses, and manipulating their orientation. Just three months later, the company has published an update about its Helix learning-based approa

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Boston Dynamics robots dance to ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ for ‘America’s Got Talent’ audition

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-09-15 05:36:44

A dance crew of four-legged robots from Boston Dynamics appeared on “America’s Got Talent” to perform a synchronized routine to Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now.” Their performance was impressive enough to earn four “yes” votes from the judges — but one of the five robots experienced some stage fright, perhaps, and shut down in the middle of the routine. But the show must go on, so nevertheless, the four other robots persisted. “Can I be honest with you?” judge Simon Cowell asked at the conclusion o

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They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling

news.ycombinator.com Kashmir Hill 2025-09-16 05:48:43

“You want to know the ironic thing? I wrote my son’s obituary using ChatGPT,” Mr. Taylor said. “I had talked to it for a while about what had happened, trying to find more details about exactly what he was going through. And it was beautiful and touching. It was like it read my heart and it scared the shit out of me.” ‘Approach These Interactions With Care’ I reached out to OpenAI, asking to discuss cases in which ChatGPT was reinforcing delusional thinking and aggravating users’ mental health

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AI chatbots tell users what they want to hear, and that’s problematic

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-17 20:33:02

The world’s leading artificial intelligence companies are stepping up efforts to deal with a growing problem of chatbots telling people what they want to hear. OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic are all working on reining in sycophantic behavior by their generative AI products that offer over-flattering responses to users. The issue, stemming from how the large language models are trained, has come into focus at a time when more and more people have adopted the chatbots not only at work as

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Researchers teach robot to play badminton using Nvidia RTX machine learning

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2025-09-18 02:14:00

Why it matters: Ever since Boston Dynamics first showcased its famous legged robots in 2013, numerous organizations have introduced machines that autonomously perform various professional and recreational activities. The latest research utilizes badminton to develop a robot's agility and coordination, which could help advance training methods and maneuverability. Scientists at ETH Zürich recently published a study and video (below) explaining how they trained a quadrupedal robot to play badmint

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How Warp is introducing robots to automate its network of warehouses

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-09-18 01:00:00

Warp was founded in 2021 to help companies streamline their shipping supply chains and reduce costs through its tech-enabled network of shippers, carriers and warehouses. Now, it wants to make supply chains further efficient by using robots to automate its web of warehouses. Daniel Sokolovsky, the co-founder and CEO of Warp, told TechCrunch that Warp is always looking for ways to make shipping more efficient for its customers, which include enterprises like Walmart, Gopuff, and HelloFresh. Wit

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Why humanoid robots need their own safety rules

technologyreview.com Victoria Turk 2025-09-18 04:11:33

“If Digit’s going to walk out into an aisle in front of you, you don’t want to be surprised by that,” he says. The robot could use voice commands, but audio alone is not practical for a loud industrial setting. It could be even more confusing if you have multiple robots in the same space—which one is trying to get your attention? There’s also a psychological effect that differentiates humanoids from other kinds of robots, says Prather. We naturally anthropomorphize robots that look like us, whi

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Write Warz developers on how creative writing makes a hilarious party game

venturebeat.com Rachel Kaser 2025-06-03 11:14:57

Write Warz is the recently launched debut title of Boltz Entertainment, a co-op party game that turns the act of storytelling into strategic (and often funny) warfare against your opponents. Building on the tradition of Jackbox-style titles like Quiplash or RiffTrax, Write Warz instead offers a longer-form avenue of storytelling between friends, as up to 6 players can join together to build the narrative. The game launches on Steam in early access on March 6, with horror and pirate-based themes.

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Robot with 1,000 muscles twitches like human while dangling from ceiling

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-06-03 09:17:50

On Wednesday, Clone Robotics released video footage of its Protoclone humanoid robot, a full-body machine that uses synthetic muscles to create unsettlingly human-like movements. In the video, the robot hangs suspended from the ceiling as its limbs twitch and kick, marking what the company claims is a step toward its goal of creating household-helper robots. Atherton, California-based Clone Robotics designed the Protoclone with a polymer skeleton that replicates 206 human bones. The company bui

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Latest Tech News

BBC threatens AI firm with legal action over unauthorised content use

Bots are overwhelming websites with their hunger for AI data

How AI chatbots keep people coming back

Character.AI and Meta "therapy" chatbots spark FTC complaint over unlicensed mental health advice

AI as Your Therapist? 3 Things That Worry Experts and 3 Tips to Stay Safe

Watching This Humanoid Robot Sort Packages Is Quite Something

Boston Dynamics robots dance to ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ for ‘America’s Got Talent’ audition

They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling

AI chatbots tell users what they want to hear, and that’s problematic

Researchers teach robot to play badminton using Nvidia RTX machine learning

How Warp is introducing robots to automate its network of warehouses

Why humanoid robots need their own safety rules

Write Warz developers on how creative writing makes a hilarious party game

Robot with 1,000 muscles twitches like human while dangling from ceiling

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