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OpenAI Says It's Scanning Users' ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content to the Police

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-30 05:05:11

For the better part of a year, we've watched — and reported — in horror as more and more stories emerge about AI chatbots leading people to self-harm, delusions, hospitalization, arrest, and suicide. As the loved ones of the people impacted by these dangerous bots rally for change to prevent such harm from happening to anyone else, the companies that run these AIs have been slow to implement safeguards — and OpenAI, whose ChatGPT has been repeatedly implicated in what experts are now calling "A

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Some teachers are using AI to grade their students, Anthropic finds - why that matters

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-10-30 10:00:18

Anthropic Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Anthropic published its Education Report, analyzing educators' Claude usage. Teachers are using Claude to help grade students, a controversial use case. AI companies are doubling down on tools for education. Much of the focus on AI in education is on how students will be affected by AI tools. Many are concerned that the temptation to cheat and AI's erosion of critical thinking skills will diminish the qua

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FDA approves updated covid vaccines, but with severe new limits

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-10-30 08:10:15

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. On Wednesday, the FDA approved the new round of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, and Novavax for use by seniors over the age of 65. But for anyone younger than that, the FDA approval only mentions people who have “at least one underlying condition that pu

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Apple warns UK against introducing tougher tech regulation

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-30 10:03:24

Apple warns UK against introducing tougher tech regulation 3 hours ago Share Save Chris Vallance Senior Technology Reporter Share Save Getty Images Apple has warned that "EU-style rules" proposed by the UK competition watchdog "are bad for users and bad for developers". It says EU laws - which have sought to make it easier for smaller firms to compete with big tech - have resulted in some Apple features and enhancements being delayed for European users. It argues the UK risks similar hold-ups

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Nvidia CEO Huang says bringing Blackwell AI chip to China 'is a real possibility'

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-10-30 12:58:16

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang waves to a crowd as he leaves the China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) in Beijing on July 17, 2025. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said there's a "real possibility" the company brings its advanced Blackwell processor to China as he urges the U.S. government to open up access for American chipmakers. He also predicted the artificial intelligence market in the world's second-biggest economy will grow 50% next year. "The opportunity for us to bring Blackwell to the Chin

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Nvidia results show spending on A.I. infrastructure remains robust

news.ycombinator.com Tripp Mickle 2025-10-30 10:11:27

“The last year, A.I. has made tremendous progress,” Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, said during a call with analysts. He said the company’s chips would benefit as spending on A.I. infrastructure increased to $3 trillion to $4 trillion by the end of the decade. “We’re in the beginning of this build-out,” he said. Shares of Nvidia fell more than 2 percent in after-hours trading. The decline, even when the company now posts quarterly profits bigger than tech peers like Apple and Meta, spo

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The Next Apple Watch Series 11 Has a Release Date and a Few Surprises

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-30 11:39:00

Apple just confirmed its "Awe dropping" event for Sept. 9, at Apple Park, and we're expecting a fresh lineup of Apple Watches to take the stage. The headliner will likely be the Apple Watch Series 11, but Apple may have also tipped its hand on the Ultra 3. MacRumors uncovered imagery buried in the iOS 26 public beta showing display details for what's likely the next-generation rugged watch. With the event just days away, the clues are stacking up. Here's a look at everything we know, suspect, a

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OpenAI Says It's Scanning Users' Conversations and Reporting Content to the Police

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-30 15:05:11

For the better part of a year, we've watched — and reported — in horror as more and more stories emerge about AI chatbots leading people to self-harm, delusions, hospitalization, arrest, and suicide. As the loved ones of the people impacted by these dangerous bots rally for change to prevent such harm from happening to anyone else, the companies that run these AIs have been slow to implement safeguards — and OpenAI, whose ChatGPT has been repeatedly implicated in what experts are now calling "A

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I still prefer Apple Watch over Oura Ring for 3 key reasons - but there is one big drawback

zdnet.com Jason Hiner 2025-10-30 16:43:02

Apple Watch Ultra and Oura Ring Jason Hiner/ZDNET I've been wearing an Apple Watch every day for the past decade and I've been using it to track my sleep every night since 2019. Over the past few years, I've known more and more friends, family, and colleagues opting for smart rings instead of smart watches to track their health. I've also personally tested the Oura Ring, the Samsung Galaxy Ring, and the Ultrahuman Ring Air. But eventually, I keep taking off the rings and coming back to the App

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OpenAI Admits Safety Controls ‘Degrade,’ As Wrongful Death Lawsuit Grabs Headlines

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-10-30 16:28:46

ChatGPT’s safety guardrails may “degrade” after long conversations, the company that makes it, OpenAI, told Gizmodo Wednesday. “ChatGPT includes safeguards such as directing people to crisis helplines and referring them to real-world resources. While these safeguards work best in common, short exchanges, we’ve learned over time that they can sometimes become less reliable in long interactions where parts of the model’s safety training may degrade,” an OpenAI spokesperson told Gizmodo. In a blo

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PlayStation Plus Subscribers Are Eating With These Free September Games

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-30 15:07:38

On Sept. 2, all PlayStation Plus members can play games like Psychonauts 2, the 2021 Game Awards nominee for Game of the Year. The original Psychonauts was highly praised for its comedic storytelling and unique characters when released in 2005, and the sequel received acclaim for its creativity, art style and humor. PlayStation Plus is similar to Xbox Game Pass, offering subscribers a large, constantly expanding library of games. Subscribers can choose from the Essential, Extra and Premium tier

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AI Chatbots Are Trapping Users in Bizarre Mental Spirals for a Dark Reason, Experts Say

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-30 19:10:03

Are "dark patterns" and product design choices to blame for the disturbing phenomenon increasingly referred to as "AI psychosis" by mental health professionals? According to some experts, the answer is yes. AI chatbots are pulling a large number of people into strange mental spirals, in which the human-sounding AI convinces users that they've unlocked a sentient being or spiritual entity, uncovered an insidious government conspiracy, or created a new kind of math and physics. Many of these fan

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Show HN: Spart – A Rust library for fast spatial search with Python bindings

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-28 12:33:49

Hi everyone, I've made an open-source library for fast spatial search in Rust. It's called Spart, and it currently provides the following features: - Five tree implementations: Quadtree, Octree, Kd-tree, R-tree, and R*-tree - Python bindings (`pyspart` on PyPI) - Fast k-nearest neighbor (kNN) and radius search - Bulk data loading for efficient tree construction Project's GitHub repo: https://github.com/habedi/spart

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Researchers find evidence of ChatGPT buzzwords turning up in everyday speech

news.ycombinator.com Kathleen Haughney 2025-10-30 20:27:13

“This research focuses on a central issue in the discourse surrounding AI and language: are these language changes happening because we’re using a tool and repeating what it suggested or is language changing because AI is influencing the human language system?” said assistant professor of computational linguistics and principal investigator Tom Juzek. “By analyzing lexical trends before and after ChatGPT was released in 2022, we found a convergence between human word choices and LLM-associated p

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Yapping With ChatGPT: Voice Mode With GPT-5 Sounds More Human Than Ever

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-30 15:03:02

It was 8 a.m. and I was sitting in the lobby of the auto body shop when I realized I'd forgotten my earbuds. Normally, that's not a major issue, but I was talking to my phone. And I wasn't talking to another person. I was talking to ChatGPT. It felt as embarrassing as asking Siri a question from across the room or joining a Zoom meeting sans headphones in an open office. I was testing the advanced voice mode that comes with GPT-5, OpenAI's latest version of the generative AI model behind ChatGP

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OpenAI Plans to Add Parental Controls to ChatGPT After Lawsuit Over Teen's Death

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-30 19:35:47

OpenAI has announced its plans to implement parental controls and enhanced safety measures for ChatGPT after parents filed a lawsuit this week in California state court alleging the popular AI chatbot contributed to their 16-year-old son's suicide earlier this year. The company said it feels "a deep responsibility to help those who need it most," and is working to better respond to situations involving chatbot users who may be experiencing mental health crises and suicidal ideation. "We will a

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Nvidia reports record sales as the AI boom continues

techcrunch.com Russell Brandom 2025-10-30 20:18:39

Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, reported another quarter of sustained sales growth in its earnings statement Wednesday, with $46.7 billion in revenue, a 56% increase compared to the same period last year. That growth was largely fueled by AI-dominated data center business, which saw a 56% year-over-year increase in revenue. Nvidia also saw its net income grow substantially since last year. The company reported a net income of $26.4 billion in the second quarter, a 59% spike since the

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Chipolo’s new CARD and LOOP bring stylish tracking to Android’s Find Hub

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-31 00:35:02

Chipolo TL;DR Chipolo has launched two new premium trackers, the CARD and LOOP. Both are compatible with Android’s Find Hub and Apple’s Find My. The wallet-sized CARD and silicone-strap LOOP emphasize design, loud alerts, and eco-friendly materials. Both are rechargeable and last around six months per charge. They’re available now. Google’s Find Hub network is the go-to system for tracking lost devices and accessories on Android, and popular Bluetooth tracker manufacturer Chipolo is expandin

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4chan launches legal action against Ofcom in US

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-31 03:30:12

4chan launches legal action against Ofcom in US Ofcom told the BBC: "We are aware of this lawsuit. Under the Online Safety Act, any service that has links with the UK now has duties to protect UK users, no matter where in the world it is based." "American citizens do not surrender our constitutional rights just because Ofcom sends us an e-mail," Preston Byrne of law firm Byrne & Storm said. Their legal complaint filed in a Washington DC Federal Court seeks a legal ban on the communications re

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One of my favorite sports watches from 2024 just got upgrades in all the right places

zdnet.com Matthew Miller 2025-10-31 04:07:00

Suunto Race 2 smartwatch ZDNET's key takeaways The Suunto Race 2 is available with a stainless steel frame for $499, or a titanium frame for $599. The Race 2 offers long battery life, extensive customization, personalized coaching, and reliable accuracy. There is no support for subscription music or payment systems and the app store is limited primarily to sports apps. View now at Amazon Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I went many years without testing Suunto products,

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Nintendo's Latest Updated Switch 2 Game Has Me Hungering for More

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-31 04:21:56

Although the Nintendo Switch 2 is only a few months old, new games, or at least updated ones, keep emerging at a steady, slow clip. Kirby and the Forgotten Land, which was one of my favorite late-era Switch games, got an upgraded edition that's available this week. The full title, Kirby and the Forgotten Land Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World, is unwieldy in name, much like the recent Mario Party Jamboree upgrade. But I found this one a lot more worthwhile. While you don't get too

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FBI says China’s Salt Typhoon hacked at least 200 US companies

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-10-31 04:39:40

A Chinese-backed hacking campaign that previously hacked into nine U.S. telecommunication and internet providers is now confirmed to have hacked at least 200 American companies, according to the FBI’s top cyber chief. FBI Assistant Director Brett Leatherman told The Washington Post that the hackers, dubbed Salt Typhoon, also broke into companies in 80 countries, revealing for the first time the global scale of the Chinese spying campaign. Leatherman didn’t name the hacked companies. AT&T, Veri

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Why this $25 ratchet tool beats any multitool or Swiss Army Knife I've ever tested

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-10-31 08:00:00

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET I'm always on the lookout for a now toy -- ahem, I mean tool -- to add to my everyday carry (EDC) gear. New multitools, flashlights, and other cool tools are always on my radar. A few weeks ago, I happened to come across something that, the moment I saw it, I just had to have it. It was one of those gambles: "it might be good, it might be on the way back to Amazon by the end of the day". Also: 10 tiny tools I carry with me everywhere - how they work It turned out

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We rebuilt Cloud Life's infrastructure delivery with System Initiative

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-31 05:18:29

By Ryan Ryke, CEO, Cloud Life ‍ This is the story of how we eliminated static configuration files from our infrastructure workflows at Cloud Life, and, in the process, cut delivery times by more than half, improved reliability, and made our engineers’ work feel much smoother and more manageable. Before this project, we’d been working with the same model that most modern infrastructure teams use: Terraform scripts, config repos, PR reviews, CI pipelines. We’d optimized what we could, but the w

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A failure of security systems at PayPal is causing concern for German banks

news.ycombinator.com Nordbayern.De 2025-10-31 07:28:20

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Chipolo, an AirTag rival, debuts rechargeable trackers with a six-month battery life

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-10-31 08:03:50

Chipolo, the maker of item tracking devices that compete with AirTags, launched its latest additions to its lineup of rechargeable products on Wednesday, including an updated version of its colorful LOOP tracker and the slim Chipolo CARD. The latter is designed to slip into your wallet and features a textured matte surface in an understated charcoal color, making it easy to blend in with other credit cards. Meanwhile, the LOOP can be attached to everyday items — like your keys, purse, or backpa

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Pixel 10 turns into a smart display while charging — even on older Pixel Stands

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-31 12:00:08

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR The Pixel 10 series introduces a new screensaver mode that activates while charging on the Pixelsnap Charger Stand. Screensavers include weather, smart home controls, clocks, and wallpapers. We got the feature working with the original Pixel Stand and other Qi wireless chargers after some app updates. The Pixelsnap Charger with Stand is Google’s newest magnetic charging dock for the Pixel 10 lineup, and it comes with more than just faster charging. On

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The PS Plus monthly games for September include Psychonauts 2 and Stardew Valley

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-31 11:57:30

A new month is almost upon us, which means Sony is about to drop some fresh games that all PlayStation Plus members can keep in their collection as long as they maintain a subscription. There are some real standouts for September , including the iconic Stardew Valley and the long-awaited sequel Psychonauts 2. Stardew Valley is one of the most beloved farming/life sims of all time. You grow stuff, romance villagers and, of course, battle enemies in an enormous mine. It's an absolute time sink, b

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Claude for Chrome Extension Bakes AI Right Into the Browser

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-31 11:59:00

You'll soon be able to integrate Anthropic's chatbot into your online life even more easily. Claude for Chrome, a new extension that implants the AI model right into the web browser, will allow users to analyze and summarize webpages on screen, the company said in a press release on Tuesday. The extension, which is currently being piloted with 1,000 subscribers on the Max plan, which costs $200 per month, has both analysis and agentic capabilities. Not only will it summarize your emails and ana

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Nvidia reports second-quarter earnings after the bell

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-10-31 16:00:01

Nvidia reports fiscal second-quarter earnings on Wednesday after the bell. Here's how Nvidia is expected to do versus LSEG consensus estimates: Earnings per share : $1.01, adjusted : $1.01, adjusted Revenue: $46.02 billion That would represent 53% year-over-year revenue growth for Nvidia, which carries a market cap of more than $4 trillion and is already the most valuable company in the world. That type of growth would add to a streak of explosive growth for the chipmaker, which has been on

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