In California, the parents of a 16-year-old boy who committed suicide have amended a lawsuit against OpenAI, claiming that the company’s AI chatbot, ChatGPT, played a role in their son’s death by relaxing safety protocols surrounding discussions of self-harm.
Read More Parents suing OpenAI allege its AI bot ChatGPT intentionally relaxed safety guardrails, contributing to their son’s suicide
Reddit’s lawsuit takes aim at San Francisco-based Perplexity, maker of an AI chatbot and “answer engine” that competes with Google, ChatGPT and others in online search.
Read More Reddit sues AI company Perplexity and others for ‘industrial-scale’ scraping of user comments
Users can now use the wake word “Hey Copilot” to activate the AI assistant and execute voice commands in a new opt-in feature on any Windows 11 PC.
Read More Microsoft launches new AI upgrades to Windows 11, boosting Copilot
The purchase from Australian Macquarie Asset Management is the first deal for the AI Infrastructure Partnership which also includes Abu Dhabi-based fund MGX and Elon Musk’s startup xAI.
Read More BlackRock, Nvidia-backed group strikes $40 billion AI data center deal
Instagram will limit what users under 18 can see on the platform in the latest step by its parent Meta to address criticism that it has not done enough to protect teenagers online.
Read More Meta tightens teen safeguards on Instagram with PG-13-style content filters
JPMorgan Chase unveiled a plan to hire bankers and invest up to $10 billion in U.S. companies considered critical to national security and economic resilience.
Read More JPMorgan to invest up to $10 billion in US national security as part of $1.5 trillion pledge