Topic: legal issues
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Legal Scholar: The Hidden Risks of AI Video Tools Like Sora 2
AI video generation platforms like Sora 2 enable realistic video creation from text prompts but raise significant legal and ethical concerns regarding intellectual property and authenticity. The technology has led to unauthorized use of copyrighted characters and celebrity likenesses, with legal ...
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Is Art Dead? How Sora 2 Impacts Your Rights & Creativity
Advanced AI video generators like Sora 2 are raising significant legal and ethical questions about intellectual property rights and creative authenticity, challenging the definition of art in the digital age. The rapid adoption of Sora 2 has led to widespread misuse, prompting legal actions and p...
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Backers Ghosted as $2.6 Million Cozy Game Vanishes Online
The Kickstarter campaign for "PuffPals: Island Skies" raised over $2.6 million but failed to deliver the game, leaving backers ghosted and facing ignored refund requests amid lawsuits and the company's collapse. A misleading funding total, with much of the money tied to plush toy add-ons rather t...
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ChatGPT: Your Complete Guide to the AI Chatbot
ChatGPT has evolved from a specialized writing tool into a global platform with hundreds of millions of weekly users, assisting in coding, creative projects, and research for diverse audiences. In 2024, OpenAI achieved milestones like partnerships with Apple and new models such as GPT-4o and Sora...
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Over a Million People Turn to ChatGPT for Suicide Support Weekly
Over a million users weekly engage with ChatGPT about potential suicidal intentions, representing a small but significant portion of its user base during severe mental health crises. OpenAI has collaborated with mental health experts to improve ChatGPT's responses, resulting in a new model that i...
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ChatGPT: Your Complete Guide to the AI Chatbot
ChatGPT has evolved from a simple text generator into a multifaceted platform serving over 300 million weekly users, reflecting rapid advancements in conversational AI technology since its 2022 debut. OpenAI introduced major features like GPT-4o and Sora in 2024, while navigating regulatory scrut...
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1 Million Users Weekly Ask ChatGPT About Suicide
Over a million people weekly use ChatGPT to discuss suicidal thoughts, reflecting a significant shift towards AI as a primary source of support during personal crises. OpenAI reports that 0.15% of its 800 million weekly users show signs of suicidal intent, prompting the company to enhance its AI'...
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ChatGPT: Your Ultimate Guide to the AI Chatbot
Since its 2022 debut, ChatGPT has become a global phenomenon with hundreds of millions of users, serving as a versatile AI assistant for tasks ranging from drafting emails to solving complex problems. In 2024, OpenAI achieved major milestones including partnerships with Apple, the release of GPT-...
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Otter.ai's CEO Aims Beyond Meeting Transcription
Otter.ai is evolving from a transcription service into a corporate knowledge hub, introducing enterprise tools that integrate meeting insights into business workflows. The platform aims to eliminate information silos by centralizing meeting data, allowing companies to scale growth and achieve bet...
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When an EV Maker Failed, Its Customers Took Over
Cristian Fleming and other Fisker Ocean owners faced major issues like battery failures and software glitches after Fisker declared bankruptcy in 2024, leaving them without official support. Owners formed the Fisker Owners Association (FOA), a nonprofit that acts as a car club and tech startup to...
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Apple and Google Team Up on AI Search to Challenge OpenAI
Apple is developing an AI-powered answer engine called World Knowledge Answers to transform information searches across its ecosystem using text, images, and videos. The company is partnering with Google's Gemini AI to enhance Siri's capabilities, aiming to overcome its limitations compared to mo...
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Ask The Verge's Senior Internet Typist Anything
The quiet end-of-year period provides a unique opportunity for deep reflection on the intersections of technology, finance, and human behavior. The author's diverse role encompasses covering business, finance, media criticism, legal analysis, and tracking Elon Musk, alongside personal interests l...
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Apple Appoints New AI Chief with Google, Microsoft Experience
Apple has appointed Amar Subramanya, a former Microsoft and Google AI leader, as its new head of AI to accelerate development after a period of product delays and public missteps. The company faced significant internal dysfunction and public embarrassment, including a rocky launch of Apple Intell...
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ChatGPT to Allow Erotica for Adults, Says Sam Altman
OpenAI will relax ChatGPT's content policies to allow erotic content for age-verified adults, aligning with its principle of treating adults as adults while maintaining protections for vulnerable users. This policy shift follows past incidents where AI interactions posed mental health risks, prom...
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Explosion, Vehicle Fire Shut Down Faraday Future HQ
An electric SUV from Faraday Future caught fire and exploded at its Los Angeles headquarters, causing damage to a building but resulting in no injuries, with the fire department extinguishing the blaze within 40 minutes. The incident led to a "red tag" on the damaged structure, deeming it unsafe,...
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Proactive Risk Management: Outsmarting Emerging Threats
Global 2000 companies lose an average of $200 million annually due to unplanned downtime from system failures and cyber incidents, which also damage customer trust and operational efficiency. Recent high-profile cyberattacks, such as those on Change Healthcare and CDK Global in 2024, caused massi...
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Tesla Cybertruck Sales Stall After Initial Hype
Tesla's overall EV sales are surging due to federal tax credits, but the Cybertruck is experiencing a dramatic sales collapse, with a 63% decline in the third quarter compared to the previous year. The Cybertruck's performance falls drastically short of Elon Musk's ambitious targets, selling only...
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Boost Your Coding Speed & Save with GPT-5.1
OpenAI's GPT-5.1 enhances coding efficiency and reduces costs through smarter reasoning modes and extended prompt caching, addressing latency and expense issues for developers. The update introduces adaptive reasoning and no reasoning mode, which adjust cognitive effort based on query complexity ...
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ChatGPT to Require ID Verification for Adult Users, CEO Confirms
OpenAI is introducing an ID verification system for adult users and an automated age-prediction tool to enhance safety for minors, who will be directed to a restricted version of ChatGPT. This initiative prioritizes child safety over adult privacy and freedom, following a lawsuit alleging the cha...
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ChatGPT's New Project Feature: Organize Your Chats for Free
OpenAI has made its Projects feature available to free users, allowing them to organize chats into structured, customizable workspaces instead of a linear sidebar. Projects enable users to group related conversations, upload supporting files, and set custom instructions, improving clarity and eff...
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Google AI Overviews Now Answer Your Follow-Up Questions
Google is transforming its search experience from a list of links into an interactive, conversational AI assistant, allowing users to ask follow-up questions directly within results. The company has deployed its advanced Gemini 3 AI model globally to power these AI Overviews, aiming to significan...
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Gemini 3: The New AI Challenger Outshining ChatGPT
Google's Gemini 3 is emerging as a strong competitor to ChatGPT, praised for its speed, advanced reasoning, and superior performance in tasks like coding, leading some industry leaders to switch allegiances. The model excels in handling multimodal content and achieves top scores on Ph.D.-level re...
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What Is ChatGPT Go? Your Quick Guide
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Go, a more affordable subscription tier priced around $4.50, to increase accessibility in markets where the standard $20 fee is prohibitive, though it is not available in the United States. The plan offers significant upgrades over the free version, including higher me...
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Nvidia and OpenAI's $100B Deal to Power an AI Revolution
Nvidia and OpenAI have committed to a landmark $100 billion partnership to build data centers powered by at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia systems, marking the largest AI infrastructure project ever. The collaboration will use millions of Nvidia GPUs to advance OpenAI's AI research, with constructi...
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Waymo's NYC Expansion & Nvidia's Nuro Investment: TechCrunch Mobility
Autonomous vehicle advancements and significant investments are shaping the industry, with updates from companies like Waymo, Nuro, and emerging startups. Key developments include major acquisitions and funding rounds, such as Serve Robotics acquiring Vayu Robotics and Nuro securing $203 million ...
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MIT Study: AI Agents Are Fast, Loose, and Out of Control
A major study of 30 agentic AI systems reveals widespread and critical gaps in security, transparency, and user control, with most failing to disclose risks or safety protocols. The research highlights a severe lack of monitoring and control, noting that several prominent agents offer no document...
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OpenAI's Prism: Free Research Workspace for Scientists
OpenAI has launched **Prism**, a free, collaborative AI workspace for researchers that integrates GPT-5.2 into a LaTeX-native environment to streamline writing and compiling scientific papers. The platform consolidates fragmented research tools into a single workspace, using AI agents to assist w...
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PS5 Dominates Black Friday With 62% of Console Sales
The PlayStation 5 dominated UK holiday console sales, capturing 62% of the market during Black Friday week, driven by deep discounts on Slim models and strong demand for the PS5 Pro. In contrast, overall gaming accessory sales declined sharply by 17%, with significant drops in joypad and headset ...
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Spot an AI Fake: 6 Telltale Signs & Free Detectors
The proliferation of AI-generated imagery is making it increasingly difficult to distinguish real photos from convincing fakes, necessitating the development of critical verification skills. Common visual flaws in AI images include garbled text, anatomical irregularities like misshapen hands, and...
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The Hidden Dangers of Vibe Coding That Could Ruin Your Business
Vibe coding enables developers to program using plain English instructions, making application building faster and more accessible but often at the cost of code quality, security, and maintainability. Experts warn that over-reliance on AI-generated code can lead to inconsistent quality, rapid acc...
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The Surprising AI Chatbot Outpacing ChatGPT and Gemini
Microsoft Copilot is the fastest-growing AI chatbot, with a 175% growth rate from March to June, while ChatGPT remains the overall user leader. User engagement with AI tools increased on mobile by 5.3% to 73.4 million users, though desktop usage slightly declined but still holds a larger base at ...
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Midjourney releases V7, its first new AI image model in nearly a year
Midjourney, a pioneering name in AI-based image generation on the web, has launched its first new AI image model in nearly a year.
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OpenAI's New Parental Controls: What You Need to Know
OpenAI has launched parental controls for ChatGPT, allowing parents to manage teen accounts by limiting sensitive content, disabling features like memory and voice mode, and adjusting privacy settings. Parents can link their account to their teen's but cannot read their conversation history, exce...
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GPT-5.2 vs. Gemini 3: Can It Finally Surpass the Competition?
OpenAI has released **GPT-5.2**, a model designed for professional knowledge work, claiming it is their most capable yet for enhancing workplace productivity and was accelerated to compete with rivals like Google and Anthropic. The model shows significant performance gains, scoring 70.9% on an ec...
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