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OpenAI launches a safer ChatGPT for teens — years after teens started using it
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Teens, a dedicated version of its chatbot with additional safety measures, following a wave of lawsuits alleging that AI chatbots’ lack of safeguards contributed to teenagers’ suicides and other mental health problems. The launch also addresses widespread concern over ChatGPT-assisted cheating in schools, with the product built to encourage genuine…
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Perplexity’s free AI offer left it with millions more users in India
Perplexity’s year-long partnership with Indian telecom giant Airtel, which gave away free 12-month Pro subscriptions to Airtel’s 360 million customers starting in July 2025, has produced a lasting surge in Indian users even as the free offer expires and downloads fall back to earth. The deal, which offered a subscription normally worth about $200, triggered…
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Alibaba launches AI song generator HappyShrimp 1.0 in beta, with China’s Taihe Music signed up for artist co-creation
Prompts can specify instrumentation, vocal style and the way a track’s energy shifts across its running time, Alibaba said. Source
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Round Hill is suing Suno and Anthropic for up to $1B apiece. It isn’t looking to settle.
Round Hill Music has filed copyright infringement lawsuits against AI music generator Suno and AI company Anthropic in the US District Court for the Northern California, saying it will not settle either case. The independent music company, which owns or controls over 14,000 compositions and nearly 17,000 sound recordings, argues that both firms built valuable…
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Jason Kelce Has the No. 1 Solution to AI Data Center Energy Problem in Musical Beer Ad Where He Shows Off His Singing Chops
Retired NFL star Jason Kelce has made his singing debut in a comedic advertisement for a collaboration between drinks brand Liquid Death and Garage Beer, the company he co-owns with brother Travis Kelce. The ad, titled “Let’s Pee on AI”, humorously proposes that people donate their urine to help cool the vast data centres powering…
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My parrot ate my keyboard
A Verge writer recounts how his family’s pet Senegal parrot, Kiyo, has repeatedly damaged his keyboards by climbing onto his desk from a nearby cage and pecking at keys, most recently pulling the spacebar off his MacBook Air’s built-in keyboard in mid-July. The anecdote illustrates a common hazard for pet owners who work from home…
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ChatGPT to stop responding to teens in human voice
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Teens, introducing a set of safety features aimed at under-18 users of the AI chatbot. Among the changes, teen accounts will lose the ability to have ChatGPT respond in a human-sounding voice, a move intended to reduce the risk of the technology appearing lifelike, amid wider industry concern about people…
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AI isn’t just a problem, it’s a solution. Some people are already making the most of it
An opinion piece for Fox News argues that amid widespread anxiety about artificial intelligence, ordinary people are already using the technology to meaningfully improve their lives, and this “democratisation” of AI deserves more attention than doomsday warnings. The author frames this as a counterpoint to prominent calls, including from Senator Bernie Sanders, to pause development…
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Reach Capital raises $265M Fund V to back AI founders building to ‘expand human potential’
Reach Capital, an 11-year-old San Francisco venture firm, has closed a $265 million Fund V aimed at backing AI founders whose products “expand human potential” across learning, health and work. The raise stands out against a broader venture market that has become increasingly barbell-shaped, with large brand-name funds and narrow specialists attracting most capital while…
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ChatGPT’s stricter teen mode starts rolling out today
OpenAI has begun rolling out ChatGPT for Teens, a stricter version of its chatbot that will be automatically applied to users the system identifies as being under 18, without requiring them to create a new account. The move follows the company’s announcement last September, made after it was sued over allegations that ChatGPT contributed to…