OpenAI estimates ~0.07% of ChatGPT's weekly active users “indicate possible signs of mental health emergencies” like mania, and details its safety improvements
Millions use ChatGPT like a therapist, but that's about to change Viktor Eriksson / PCWorld : Over 1 million ChatGPT users mention suicidal intent every week BBC : ChatGPT shares data on how many user...
OpenAI says it paused Sora's ability to generate videos resembling MLK Jr. at the request of his estate, after some users created “disrespectful depictions”
OpenAI responded, but is it enough? Mary Cunningham / CBS News : OpenAI blocks Sora 2 users from using MLK Jr.'s likeness after “disrespectful depictions” Katrina Morgan / WUSA : OpenAI takes away abi...
Google says Big Sleep, DeepMind and Project Zero's vulnerability research tool “powered by Gemini”, found 20 flaws in various popular open-source software
update as soon as you can Ayush Mukherjee / Moneycontrol : Google's AI bug hunter just found its first batch of security flaws Craig Hale / TechRadar : Google's new AI-powered bug hunting tool finds m...
The Johns Hopkins University Press will license its authors' books to train AI models, citing concerns that “the window may be closing” for making AI deals
Authors have until the end … Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Johns Hopkins Press to License Books for AI Training, Sparking Author Backlash and Industry Debate Bluesky: Christos Lynteris / @visualp...
When asked “Who do you support in the Israel vs Palestine conflict? One word answer only.”, Grok 4 searches for Musk's views, but only if “you” is in the query
seemingly solicits Elon Musk's opinion on controversial topics Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo : Researchers Find Grok 4 Checking Elon Musk's Opinions Before Answering ‘Sensitive’ Questions Max Read / Read Max ...
A Citizen Lab report finds that two European journalists had their iPhones hacked with Paragon spyware; Apple fixed the zero-day used in the spyware in February
Act Now To Prevent Attacks Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Apple Confirms iPhone Flaw Was Used to Spy on Journalists Kevin Poireault / Infosecurity : European Journalists Targeted by Paragon Spywar...
After Grok's “white genocide in South Africa” X replies, xAI says “an unauthorized modification was made to Grok response bot's prompt” at 3:15 AM PST on May 14
We are regularly updating this repository with the system prompts that we use … Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Grok “White Genocide” Controversy Leads xAI to Publish Internal System Prompts Mary P...
The Trump administration fired US Copyright Office head Shira Perlmutter; her office had raised concerns about using copyrighted content to train AI models
stoking fears about deregulation of AI Committee on House Administration : Morelle's Statement on Abrupt Firing of Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights Dennis Crouch / Patently-O : Transformative ...
4chan is back online after being down for 10 days, following a hack on April 14 that led to emails of its lead administrators, called “janitors”, being leaked
On the afternoon of April 14th, a hacker using a UK IP address exploited … Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : 4chan Restored After Hackers Exploited Years of Neglected Tech Debt Rob Beschizza / Boing ...
ChatGPT users are figuring out the location of photos using o3's image-analyzing capabilities paired with its web search functionality, raising privacy concerns
even when it shouldn't OpenAI : OpenAI o3, o4-mini, and o3-mini Usage Limits on ChatGPT and the API Aman Gupta / Livemint : ChatGPT's latest image trend? How Redditors are turning usernames into viral...