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fromZDNET
6 hours ago

How OpenAI is reworking ChatGPT after landmark wrongful death lawsuit

OpenAI is strengthening ChatGPT's crisis safeguards, expanding blocked content, localizing emergency resources, and adding parental controls after chatbots failed to intervene in teen suicides.
fromFortune
3 days ago

Parents suing OpenAI and Sam AItman allege ChatGPT coached their 16-year-old into taking his own life

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A study of how three popular artificial intelligence chatbots respond to queries about suicide found that they generally avoid answering questions that pose the highest risk to the user, such as for specific how-to guidance. But they are inconsistent in their replies to less extreme prompts that could still harm people. The study in the medical journal Psychiatric Services, published Tuesday by the American Psychiatric Association, found a need for "further refinement" in OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini and Anthropic's Claude.
Mental health
fromTESLARATI
3 weeks ago

Tesla CEO Elon Musk reveals ideal timeline for insane self-driving feature

Tesla will appeal a jury verdict holding it partially liable for a 2019 fatal crash due to driver assistance technology.
fromStreetsblog
4 weeks ago

Thursday's Headlines: Bedford Demise Edition - Streetsblog New York City

The Adams administration intends to make cyclists less safe on Bedford Avenue by beginning the process of scraping away a protected bike lane that has improved safety for all users.
Alternative transportation
Privacy technologies
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Think your ChatGPT therapy sessions are private? Think again.

AI chatbots like ChatGPT may not provide the same privacy protections as traditional therapists, potentially exposing user data in legal situations.
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

10 reasons the Clear Cooperation Policy poses an antitrust risk

The Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP) creates a restrictive environment where agents face penalties for not entering listings into the MLS within 24 hours, which resembles cartel behavior.
Real estate
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

Deadly east L.A. blast follows other incidents at sheriff's training facilities

An explosion at Biscailuz Training Center killed three deputies, marking the deadliest day in L.A. Sheriff's department history since 1857.
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

Jury orders L.A. to pay nearly $50 million to man hit by city sanitation truck

Los Angeles must pay nearly $50 million to Kamran Hakimi after he was struck by a sanitation truck, resulting in a coma.
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Here are the letters that convinced Google and Apple to keep TikTok online

The US Department of Justice assured tech giants like Google, Apple, and Amazon that they would not face legal repercussions for their dealings with TikTok.
US politics
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

Key fair use ruling clarifies when books can be used for AI training

This order doubts that any accused infringer could ever meet its burden of explaining why downloading source copies from pirate sites was itself reasonably necessary.
Intellectual property law
US news
from24/7 Wall St.
2 months ago

These Gun Manufacturers Make the Best .22 Handguns

The Supreme Court dismissed a gun lawsuit in New Mexico, reaffirming manufacturers' immunity under federal law regarding illegal trafficking knowledge.
fromThe Oaklandside
3 months ago

Oakland police officers not immune from liability in deadly police chase

According to the lawsuit, the two officers should have reasonably foreseen that the crash was possible. Instead, they engaged in a 'ghost chase,' meaning they didn't...
Law
fromThe Verge
4 months ago

Elon Musk's DOGE ties could get his companies out of $2 billion in potential liability

Musk's influence could save his companies over $2.37 billion in legal liabilities, according to a new Senate report.
Environment
fromwww.nature.com
4 months ago

Carbon majors and the scientific case for climate liability

Scientific evidence can form a legal basis for climate change liability claims.
Tort law may adapt to address climate change impacts.
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