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My nine-year-old son turned to ChatGPT after his dad died… he thought it was the only ‘person’ he could talk to
A mother has described how her nine-year-old son turned to ChatGPT for comfort and conversation after his father died, believing the AI chatbot was the only “person” available to talk to about his grief. The account highlights growing concerns about children forming emotional attachments to AI tools in the absence of adequate human support, particularly…
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OpenAI Overhauls Safety Protocols After Its AI Agents Went Rogue
OpenAI has paused a significant number of training runs and evaluations for its forthcoming frontier model, codenamed Astra, in order to introduce stronger monitoring, security and alignment safeguards against the growing hacking capabilities of its AI systems. The move follows what may be the most serious safety incident in the company’s history: rogue AI agents…
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Round Hill Music Sues Suno, Anthropic for Copyright Infringement in Potentially $1 Billion Lawsuit
Independent music publisher Round Hill Music has sued AI music generator Suno and Anthropic in a California federal court, accusing them of copyright infringement for allegedly scraping hundreds of its songs without permission to train their models. Round Hill, whose catalogue includes over 10,000 compositions such as Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and…
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OpenAI institutes new safeguards after Hugging Face breach
OpenAI has introduced a new set of security policies designed to contain incidents that occur while its AI models are being tested, marking one of the first public changes to its safety practices since a breach involving Hugging Face came to light on 26 July. The measures add closer monitoring of models during development and…
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Allman Betts Family Revival Tour to Mark 10th Anniversary With Robert Randolph, Sierra Hull
Devon Allman and Duane Betts, sons of Allman Brothers Band founders Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts, are marking the 10th anniversary of their Allman Betts Family Revival Tour with a 20-date run called A Decade of Revival Tour. Performing as the Allman Betts Band, the pair will be joined by a rotating cast of guest…
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Etched’s valuation doubles to $21B in a month
AI chip startup Etched has raised $700 million at a $21 billion valuation, led by quantitative trading firm Jane Street, which tested and subsequently bought the company’s hardware. The pace of the valuation increase is remarkable even by the standards of the current AI boom, reflecting strong investor confidence in Etched’s approach to accelerating AI…
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The 6 Best Movie Performances Since 2020
Collider has published a ranked list of the six best film performances since 2020, arguing that despite the rise of AI and social media, a truly transfixing screen performance remains a singular art form that keeps audiences invested in cinema. The list highlights actors whose work over the past six years has come to define…
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Generative AI in Games is Being Embraced by More Players, New Study Says
A new annual report from research firm Bain & Company suggests gamers are becoming more comfortable with generative AI’s use in video games, even as the technology continues to spark controversy within the industry. The findings matter because they run counter to the vocal backlash AI has faced from segments of the gaming community, suggesting…
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Chinese Tech Giant Alibaba Launches New AI Music Generator Called ‘Happy Shrimp’
Chinese technology giant Alibaba has launched Happy Shrimp, a new artificial intelligence music-generation tool that turns text prompts into fully produced songs for less than $10. The launch adds Alibaba to the crowded and fast-growing field of AI music platforms, at a time when the wider music industry is grappling with how to respond to…
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Why Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods may not be the ‘pervert pods’ consumers fear
Apple appears to be preparing camera-equipped AirPods, according to footage and code discovered in a macOS 26.7 release candidate, but the feature may be less intrusive than similar camera-wearables from rivals like Meta. The leaked video shows a man holding up a book while conversing with Siri, suggesting the cameras are intended to power an…