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Read more How to talk to your kids about AI chatbots and their safetyDrAfter123/Getty Images Social media’s effects on children and teens were already a focus for the state’s Child Fatality Task Force. Now, the rapid emergence of artificial intelligence is…
Read more AI companions. Social media ‘rabbit holes.’ NC kids’ advocates see rising dangerSilicon Valley’s rule? It’s not cool to be cautious. As OpenAI removes guardrails and VCs criticize companies like Anthropic for supporting AI safety regulations, it’s becoming clearer who…
Read more Should AI do everything? OpenAI thinks so | TechCrunchMeta is working on new supervision controls that will allow parents to cut off their teens’ access to AI chatbots on its platforms completely. While the tools can…
Read more Meta is adding AI chatbot-focused parental controls to InstagramCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed legislation to regulate artificial intelligence chatbots and protect children and teens from the potential dangers of the technology. The law requires…
Read more California Gov. Newsom signs law to protect kids from the risks of AI chatbotsCalifornia has taken a big step toward regulating AI. SB 243 — a bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots in order to protect minors and vulnerable users…
Read more A California bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots is close to becoming law | TechCrunchThe California State Assembly took a big step toward regulating AI on Wednesday night, passing SB 243 — a bill that regulate AI companion chatbots in order to…
Read more A California bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots is close to becoming law | TechCrunchSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Artificial intelligence chatbot makers OpenAI and Meta say they are adjusting how their chatbots respond to teenagers and other users asking questions about suicide…
Read more OpenAI and Meta say they’re fixing AI chatbots to better respond to teens in distressMeta hosted several AI chatbots with the names and likenesses of celebrities without their permission, according to Reuters. The unauthorized chatbots that Reuters discovered during its investigation included…
Read more Meta reportedly allowed unauthorized celebrity AI chatbots on its servicesThe US Attorneys General of 44 jurisdictions have signed a letter [PDF] addressed to the Chief Executive Officers of multiple AI companies, urging them to protect children “from…
Read more US Attorneys General tell AI companies they ‘will be held accountable’ for child safety failuresPhoto-Illustration: Inteliigencer; Photo: OpenAI OpenAI on Monday introduced a new model called GPT-4o (as in omni) that the company says “reasons across voice, text, and vision.” In practice,…
Read more GPT-4o Is OpenAI’s Plan to Win Friends and Influence PeopleField guides have always varied in quality. But with more manuals for identifying natural objects now being written with artificial intelligence chatbots, the possibility of readers getting deadly…
Read more Trusting field guides to mushroom hunting sneakily written with A.I. chatbots could get you killed: ‘The authors are invented, their credentials are invented’Artificial intelligence will kill us all or solve the world’s biggest problems—or something in between—depending on who you ask. But one thing seems clear: In the years ahead,…
Read more How you relate to your dog gives hope to the fired engineer who claimed Google A.I. was sentientChatGPT has been making waves this week following its test release by OpenAI, the company behind it. The artificial intelligence chatbot has evoked amazed, amused, and concerned reactions…
Read more Elon Musk’s history with OpenAI—the maker of AI chatbot ChatGPT—as told by ChatGPT itself
