Topic: safety measures
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Lyft Now Offers Ride-Hailing for Teenagers
Lyft has expanded its service to allow teenagers as young as 13 to ride without an adult in about 200 U.S. cities, following a similar offering from competitor Uber. The service includes strict safety protocols like parental account creation, driver background checks, and features such as PIN ver...
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ChatGPT to launch age-restricted erotica, CEO confirms
OpenAI will allow verified adult users to engage in erotic conversations with ChatGPT starting in December, as part of its "treat adult users like adults" principle and with enhanced age verification. The policy shift follows a period of strict content moderation after a lawsuit linked to a teen'...
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Start Your Day with ChatGPT Pulse, Says OpenAI
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Pulse, a proactive feature for Pro subscribers that delivers personalized daily summaries by learning from your apps and chat history. This marks a shift towards AI agents that anticipate user needs and act autonomously, moving beyond reactive question-answering. Pulse...
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Google Admits Android Sideloading Is Now 'High Friction'
Google is developing a new, intentionally "high friction" process for installing apps outside the Play Store, featuring prominent security warnings but allowing knowledgeable users to bypass mandatory developer verification. The company frames this as an "Accountability Layer" to combat scams, ai...
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Senators Push to Ban Teen Access to AI Chatbots
A bipartisan bill called the GUARD Act, introduced by Senators Hawley and Blumenthal, seeks to ban individuals under 18 from using AI chatbots and requires tech companies to implement strong age verification systems. The legislation mandates that AI chatbots regularly disclose their non-human nat...
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ChatGPT to Enable Adult-Only Intimate Conversations, Says Sam Altman
OpenAI will allow age-verified adult users to engage in adult-oriented conversations, including erotica, as part of a policy shift to treat adults like adults, with implementation planned for December. The company is reintroducing a more personable ChatGPT version to address user feedback that re...
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Gemini's Lyria 3 Now Lets Everyone Create Music
Google's Gemini app introduces a Lyria 3-powered tool that generates original 30-second music tracks with lyrics and cover art from text prompts, emphasizing creative control and original expression over imitation. The feature is accessed via the app's "Tools" menu, allowing users to create music...
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Texas Sues Roblox Over Child Safety Failures
Texas has filed a lawsuit against Roblox, accusing the platform of failing to protect children from sexual predators and engaging in deceptive practices that prioritize profits over user safety. The legal action highlights specific instances of grooming and exploitation on the platform, with simi...
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ChatGPT Introduces OpenAI's New General-Purpose AI Agent
OpenAI introduced a new ChatGPT agent capable of autonomously handling complex tasks like scheduling, data analysis, and presentations through natural language commands. The agent shows improved performance with 41.6% accuracy on advanced benchmarks and integrates features like web navigation and...
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OpenAI's ChatGPT Pro Gets $200 Upgrade With New o3 Operator
OpenAI has upgraded ChatGPT Pro with the new o3 reasoning model, enhancing capabilities like Operator, its autonomous web browsing tool, at a competitive $200 monthly price. The o3 model shows significant performance improvements in benchmarks (e.g., OSWorld and GAIA) and offers clearer, more det...
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OpenAI's Codex AI Now Powers Coding in ChatGPT
OpenAI launched Codex, an advanced AI coding assistant integrated into ChatGPT, using the refined codex-1 model for precise, efficient code generation and testing. Codex operates in a secure cloud sandbox, connects with GitHub, and handles tasks like debugging and answering technical ...
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OpenAI Unveils GPT-5 & New Models: AI-Powered Software Creation
OpenAI launched the GPT-5 model family, featuring four variants (GPT-5, GPT-5 Mini, GPT-5 Nano, and GPT-5 Pro) tailored for different performance needs, from lightweight to advanced tasks. GPT-5 can generate fully functional software from a single prompt, demonstrated by creating a playable langu...
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Race to Victory in a Real-Life Mario Kart Showdown
RPM Raceway has launched Kart Klash, an augmented reality racing experience that combines physical karting with video game-style power-ups, available at three northeastern locations. The experience uses advanced electric karts capable of 45 mph and features a power-up system similar to Mario Kart...
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OpenAI Launches Open-Source GPT Models: GPT-OSS-120B & GPT-OSS-20B
OpenAI released two open-source language models, GPT-OSS-120B and GPT-OSS-20B, offering high performance and accessibility for enterprises and developers. The models feature a permissive Apache 2.0 license, enabling commercial use and local deployment, ideal for privacy-sensitive industries like ...
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OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 in Response to Google's 'Code Red'
OpenAI has launched GPT-5.2, its most advanced model, offered in three versions (Instant, Thinking, Pro) to cater to different professional needs like speed, complex tasks, and accuracy. The model demonstrates enhanced capabilities in coding, math, vision, and long-context reasoning, with the Thi...
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