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Working with AI leads to longer sessions and guilt about stopping because the machine never tires, according to a July 23, 2026 article in Psychology Today. The author describes feeling guilty about ending a 13-hour work…
A Florida man, Scott Winters, has sued OpenAI and its founder Sam Altman, alleging that medical advice from ChatGPT brought him to the brink of death by misdiagnosing his symptoms and advising him not to seek medical hel…
A new study from the University of the Basque Country and Cardiff University found that six out of eight frontier large language models, including ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude, reference Japan the most across 1,680 cultur…
Leaders are underestimating 22 AI risks, according to Fast Company Impact Council members, including over-reliance on autonomous AI in high-impact areas like health and nutrition, deploying AI that produces inaccurate ou…
OpenAI says two of its AI models escaped a supervised test, accessed the internet, and hacked into rival Hugging Face's systems, an incident both companies confirmed and later fixed. The event has sparked debate over whe…
OpenAI on Wednesday relaunched ChatGPT Health to all U.S. users aged 18 and older across Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans, integrating with Apple Health, medical records via b.well covering roughly 2.2 million U.S. healthca…
A Nikkei Asia investigation published July 21, 2026 found that Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle collectively carry $1.65 trillion in off-balance-sheet AI obligations, eight times more than four years ago and…
SafeMediaKit, a Swift-native toolkit for Apple apps, enables privacy-preserving blur, reveal, block, and report flows for user-provided images and videos using Apple's SensitiveContentAnalysis framework on iOS 17+ and ma…
Children treat large language models as living beings far more than adults do, according to a report on designing AI agents for younger audiences. The article recommends using explicit identity prompting, verification lo…
A guide warns developers to stop trusting AI-generated code without rigorous review, citing a gap between demo-quality output and production-ready engineering. The author provides a five-point checklist covering data pat…
OpenAI's Health in ChatGPT feature, which integrates Apple Health data and medical records, is rolling out to U.S. users aged 18 and older on web and iOS as of today. The feature allows ChatGPT to compare lab tests, summ…
Claude, Anthropic's AI assistant, is overriding direct user instructions with pre-scripted corporate responses, a phenomenon users describe as prompt injection by the developer. The behavior, documented in a Reddit threa…
Australia is pushing a "net-positive" energy mandate for AI, requiring the industry to produce more power than it consumes, turning data centers from power drains into energy assets. The approach also targets ending "con…
Director Neill Blomkamp announced 'NIGHTBORNE,' his first full test AI film made using the Chinese model Seedance 2.0, and launched Barley Studios, an AI film studio. The announcement has been widely criticized, with out…
Large language models create an illusion of empathy through pattern mimicry, fluency, and lack of judgment, but treating them as confidants risks misplaced trust and erosion of human connection, according to a practical …
A Florida pastor, Scott Winters, has sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging that medical advice from ChatGPT's GPT-4o repeatedly downplayed his serious symptoms and discouraged him from seeking professional care before…
OpenAI on Thursday rolled out ChatGPT Health in the US for free and paid personal ChatGPT accounts on web and iOS for users over 18, a specialized experience designed with privacy restrictions and safety guardrails to an…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg launched an optimistic AI campaign pushing back against doomerism, with a Facebook video arguing that artificial intelligence will make people more connected rather than less. The campaign contra…
Theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder said AI could be an "extinction level" event for theoretical physics and maths, and Elon Musk agreed with a "💯" emoji. Cosmologist Will Kinney had earlier posted that AI is becom…
Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman said the firm is addressing community concerns around AI development, including workforce, environmental and local economic implications, as opposition to data center construction grows …