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Family of dead teen say ChatGPT’s new parental controls not enough

OpenAI has introduced new rules in the wake of the family’s allegations that ChatGPT encouraged their child to take his own life.

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A let off or tougher than it looks? What the Google monopoly ruling means

The search giant is not being broken up -so how much will it be affected by the remedies a judge has instead ordered?

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Google keeps browser but must share data with rivals

A case over the US tech giant’s dominance in internet search allows it to hang onto Chrome

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ChatGPT to tell parents when their child is in ‘acute distress’

It’s one of a number of parental controls being introduced by OpenAI, which is being sued over the death of a teenager in the US.

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Jaguar Land Rover production severely hit by cyber-attack

Staff were sent home and the company shut down its IT systems in an effort to minimise the damage done.

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Meta to stop its AI chatbots from talking to teens about suicide

The firm says it will add more guardrails “as an extra precaution” and temporarily limit chatbots teens can use.

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Children at risk of identity theft and fraud from ‘sharenting’

Researchers at the University of Southampton are warning of the dangers of posting your children’s photos online.

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Ticketless train travel to be trialled across cities

The digital ticketing trials will allow passengers to check in and out using a location-identifying app.

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Enforcing Australia’s social media ban on kids is possible but contains risks, report says

However a trial of the technology enforcement options found shortcomings and risks with all of them.

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The first game to feel truly cinematic is back – years after its creator left

The first new game in the series in a decade – a remake – has been released, without involvement of the series creator.

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