OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced on Tuesday a raft of new user policies, including a pledge to significantly change how ChatGPT interacts with users under the age of 18. “We prioritize safety ahead of privacy and freedom for teens,” the post reads. “This is a new and powerful technology, and we believe minors need significant protection.” The changes for underage …
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ChatGPT developer OpenAI announced new teen safety features Tuesday, including an age-prediction system and ID age verification in some countries. In a blog post, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman described the struggles of balancing OpenAI’s priorities of freedom and safety, saying: “We prioritize safety ahead of privacy and freedom for teens; this is a new and powerful technology, and we believe …
Read More »Teen safety, freedom, and privacy OpenAI A teen contemplating suicide turned to a chatbot. Is it liable for her death? The Washington Post OpenAI to launch ChatGPT for teens with parental controls as company faces scrutiny over safety CNBC ChatGPT teen-safety measures to include age verification, OpenAI says NBC News OpenAI is building a ChatGPT for teens Axios Source link
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Microsoft is adding automatic AI model selection to its Visual Studio Code editor that will automatically pick the best model for “optimal performance.” This new auto model feature will select between Claude Sonnet 4, GPT-5, GPT-5 mini and other models for GitHub Copilot free users, but paid users will “primarily rely on Claude Sonnet 4.” It’s a tacit admission from …
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OpenAI announced Monday that it’s releasing a new version of GPT-5 to its AI coding agent, Codex. The company says its new model, called GPT-5-Codex, spends its “thinking” time more dynamically than previous models and could spend anywhere from a few seconds to seven hours on a coding task. As a result, it performs better on agentic coding benchmarks. The …
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Across 1.1 million conversations dating from May 2024 to June 2025, a full 28 percent dealt with writing assistance in some form or another, OpenAI said. That rises to a whopping 42 percent for the subset of conversations tagged as work-related (by far the most popular work-related task), and a majority 52 percent of all work-related conversations from users with …
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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Lisa Su, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, testify during the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing titled “Winning the AI Race: Strengthening U.S. Capabilities in Computing and Innovation,” in Hart building on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images In a sweeping interview last week, OpenAI CEO …
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Skepticism is mounting about the viability of Oracle’s multiyear deal with OpenAI, a company that has yet to report a profit. Oracle’s stunning results on Tuesday inspired confidence from the market about the longer term viability of AI demand. Oracle shares ripped 36% higher on Wednesday for its best day since 1992 . But doubts are growing about the growth …
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Bret Taylor, board chair at OpenAI and CEO of AI agent startup Sierra, was asked in a recent interview with The Verge whether he agreed with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s declaration that “someone is going to lose a phenomenal amount of money in AI.” Taylor echoed Altman’s sentiments, suggesting that we are indeed in an AI bubble — but like …
Read More »California age verification bill backed by Google, Meta, OpenAI heads to Newsom Politico Article | OpenAI joins Google, Meta in backing California’s online age-checking bill POLITICO Pro California’s age verification bill for app stores and operating systems takes another step forward StartupNews.fyi App Stores Face Age Verification Task in Cleared California Bill Bloomberg Law News Google, Meta back California’s Digital Age Assurance Act Pluribus News …
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