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Men still can’t talk to women, thanks to AI
AI has become more than just a crutch for daters; it's become a trend, research shows.
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Experts warn AI chatbots could rewire young minds in unpredictable ways
ChatGPT recently hit 700 million weekly active users, with many of those interactions involving children whose parents see these tools as educational aids, creativity boosters, and convenient ways to satisfy endless childhood curiosity. But buried beneath the convenience lies a more troubling reality that we're conducting a massive, uncontrolled experiment on developing brains, and nobody knows what the results will be.
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AI chatbots reinforce unhealthy thoughts, violate mental health ethics, study finds
Machines generating text can cause real psychological harm, which calls for regulatory oversight. Researchers at Brown University found that AI chatbots routinely violate core mental health ethics standards and can cause harm.
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Reddit sues Perplexity and others for allegedly stealing data via Google
Social media platform Reddit has officially accused prominent AI startup Perplexity and three other companies of stealing its data by scraping Google search results in which Reddit content appeared.
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Oreo-maker Mondelez takes aim at rival Coca-Cola and uses generative AI to cut marketing costs by half
Snack maker Mondelez is using a new generative AI tool to cut costs for the production of marketing content by 30% to 50%, a senior executive told Reuters.
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Jeff Bezos just made it easier to waste your money on Amazon
Amazon is rolling out its “Help Me Decide” feature that uses AI to tailor preferences based on user history.
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Emojis cover your child’s face in photos, but not their identity
AI tools are not yet capable of removing emojis used to hide children’s faces in photos, but they can easily read the environment to reveal their identities.
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Massive scam campaign lures CometAI users with fake downloads - don't fall for it
From fake domains and download links to AI sidebar attacks, researchers warn Perplexity’s CometAI browser has become ground zero for several new malicious attack campaigns.
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Sexualized surveillance: experts warn against using ChatGPT erotica
Chatbots allowing users to engage in raunchy conversations can be a powerful tool of surveillance, comparable to espionage through intimate partners, an expert says.
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We found out which local AI models tech pros are using, and why
No cloud, no subscriptions, just pure freedom. Some tech pros are ditching proprietary models for local AI, running increasingly capable models on everything from old Nvidia GTX 1070 gaming GPUs and mobile phones to very powerful machines. What do they manage to achieve?
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China's Alibaba integrates AI chatbot into Quark app to bolster consumer reach
Alibaba launched a new AI chatbot assistant service on Thursday, refreshing its push into a consumer-facing space that is dominated by ByteDance and Tencent.
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AI godfathers, Wozniak sign pledge to ban unchecked superintelligence – Musk, Altman, and Zuck are MIA
AI pioneers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio are calling on the world’s most influential power players to sign a statement supporting a pause on the development of superintelligence.
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Anthropic CEO Amodei steps in to defend AI company under attack by Trump allies
After facing criticism from David Sacks, the venture capitalist serving as President Donald Trump’s AI and crypto czar, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei felt the need to defend the fast-growing AI company from accusations that it’s woke.
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“Windows users don't exist within the Silicon Valley tech bubble:” ChatGPT Atlas is out, but not for all
Mac users will be the first to try OpenAI’s new web browser with built-in AI. Nevertheless, some users have already decided to stick to “traditional” web searching.
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AI Influence on crime: cybercrime losses soar as searches for “free Voice AI” surge by 147%
AI is more likely to intensify existing risks than create entirely new ones, although it can speed up and scale...
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From robo refs to gambling addicts: How AI is changing the way we interact with sports
When Billy Beane introduced an analytics-based approach to the 2002 Oakland Athletics, he didn’t know he’d change baseball and sports...
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Yelp rolls out AI receptionist that “genuinely sounds human”
Yelp’s new artificial intelligence (AI) can answer calls and take reservations for “understaffed” restaurants.
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AI Mormons incoming: Utah hopes new tech will improve government efficiency
Forget California or the US federal government. Utah, a deep-red state, has firmly embraced artificial intelligence (AI) in the hopes of modernizing and improving public services.
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Elon Musk’s Grokipedia postponed to weed out propaganda
Elon Musk has delayed the release of xAI’s Wikipedia competitor, Grokipedia, to “purge propaganda” and remove biases.
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Apple's crumbling AI division casts doubt over the future of Siri
The new Siri is expected to be released next year, however, it’s not clear whether that's enough time for the company to pull itself together for an ongoing AI race.
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