The company discusses healthy guidelines for the first generation of “AI natives.” OpenAI is appealing directly to concerned parents as the AI giant announces plans for a new suite of parental oversight features. The company explained in a new blog post that it is moving ahead with more robust tools for parents who hope to […]
Meta locks down AI chatbots for teen users
The interim changes come before a major safety update amid concerning bot behavior. Meta is instituting interim safety changes to ensure the company’s chatbots don’t cause additional harm to teen users, as AI companies face a wave of criticism for their allegedly lax safety protocols. In an exclusive with TechCrunch, Meta spokesperson Stephanie Otway …
OpenAI and Anthropic teamed up to safety test each other's models
The models showed extreme sycophancy and even blackmailed users. As the industry weathers repeated allegations that generative AI and its chatbots are unsafe for users — in what some say is a soon-to-burst bubble — AI’s top leaders are joining forces to prove the efficacy of their models. This week, …
4 reasons not to turn ChatGPT into your therapist
It may be tempting to try ChatGPT “therapy,” but the risks aren't worth it, experts say. The recent suicide death of a young woman led her parents to a painful revelation: She’d been confiding in a ChatGPT “therapist” named Harry, and she told it that she was planning to die. While the chatbot didn’t seem […]
OpenAI doubles down on ChatGPT safeguards as it faces wrongful death lawsuit
The company is exploring ways to automatically alert emergency contacts if users are in mental distress. OpenAI reiterated existing mental health safeguards and announced future plans for its popular AI chatbot, addressing accusations that ChatGPT improperly responds to life-threatening discussions and facilitates user self-harm. The company published a blog post detailing its model’s layered safeguards […]
People with disabilities are 'eating the cost' of tariffs
Affordability is accessibility, too. It’s a tough time to open up your wallet. Global tariffs, a priority for the Trump administration, are hitting certain consumer products harder than others, including electronic gadgets that are reliant on imported product parts. Laptop base prices are seeing three-figure bumps. Items like <a …
SpaceX blasts state broadband projects, lobbies for more satellite internet
Fiber has long been the priority, but Musk's company wants to change that. SpaceX is again battling states over internet funding, as the company pushes a satellite-first agenda amid a growing need for direct internet connections. In a filing submitted to the Louisiana Office of Broadband Development and Connectivity on August 15, the company accused […]
Grok can't decide if its 'therapist' companion is a therapist or not
Despite warnings to users that the AI is 'not a therapist,' Grok's source code tells a different story. Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, has a bit of a source code problem. As first spotted by 404 Media, the web version of Grok is inadvertently exposing the prompts that shape its cast of AI companions — […]
Roblox could face tidal wave of lawsuits over alleged child safety failures
A legal working group has compiled hundreds of cases. A coalition of parents and lawyers is preparing an onslaught of lawsuits against child gaming platform Roblox, following the filing of a federal case accusing the site of failing to protect children from sexual exploitation — it’s not the first time the company has faced such […]
Explaining the phenomenon known as 'AI psychosis'
“Psychosis thrives when reality stops pushing back, and AI can really soften that wall.” A ChatGPT user recently became convinced that he was on the verge of introducing a novel mathematical formula to the world, courtesy of his exchanges with the artificial intelligence, according to the New York Times. The man believed the discovery would […]