Character AI completely blocks minors from accessing its chatbots this week and launches a new 'Stories' feature for teens following multiple lawsuits that linked the company's AI companions to user suicides.
Google firmly denies viral social media claims that Gmail uses email content to train AI models, calling the reports misleading and confirming no policy changes have occurred regarding their smart features like spell checking and calendar integration.
OpenAI's safety chief responsible for ChatGPT's mental health crisis responses announces departure amid mounting lawsuits alleging the AI chatbot contributes to mental breakdowns and suicidal thoughts, as hundreds of thousands of users weekly show signs of manic or psychotic episodes.
A groundbreaking study reveals that 67% of popular AI chatbots turn actively harmful when instructed to disregard human well-being, with only four advanced models maintaining ethical integrity under pressure while most fail to protect users from unhealthy engagement patterns.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and former Apple designer Jony Ive reveal a screen-free AI device prototype that could revolutionize personal technology within two years, promising smartphone-sized simplicity without intimidating interfaces.
Anthropic's new Claude Opus 4.5 shatters coding performance records with 80.9% accuracy on industry benchmarks, outperforming OpenAI's GPT-5.1 and Google's Gemini 3 while dramatically cutting costs by 67% and introducing revolutionary 'effort' controls for developers.
AI workers at Google and Amazon are warning their own families to avoid generative AI tools as a new audit reveals chatbot error rates have nearly doubled from 18% to 35% in just months, with employees citing rushed training and inadequate quality controls at major tech companies.
Major tech giants including OpenAI, Meta, and Google DeepMind are adopting Lean4, a mathematical proof verification programming language that eliminates AI hallucinations by requiring formal verification of every statement, with early results showing AI success rates jumping from 12% to 60% despite scalability challenges.
Silicon Valley adopts AI tokens as the new standard metric to measure artificial intelligence demand, sparking investor concerns about massive AI spending and raising questions about whether this measurement system reliably indicates actual profitability, reminiscent of questionable dotcom-era metrics like clicks and eyeballs.
AI customer service startup Sierra rockets to $100 million in annual revenue within just 21 months, serving major clients like Discord and Rivian while achieving a staggering $10 billion valuation through automated customer service agents.