Chatbots

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  Elon Musk's xAI Lays Off 500 Employees Tasked With Training Grok: Report

  The email sent to impacted employees on Friday evening announced that xAI is reducing its emphasis on general AI tutor roles and shifting to prioritise and significantly expand its specialist AI tutor workforce.

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  Are AI Chatbots Safe for Your Kids? FTC Launches Probe Into OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Others

  Google, OpenAI, Meta, and several other artificial intelligence (AI) companies are now facing an inquiry over how they handle safety and mitigate risks associated with their chatbots. The order was passed by the US Federal Trade Commission, primarily to understand the potentially negative impacts of this technology on children and teens.

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  From 'Still Alive' To 'Satirical': AI Chatbots Fuel Confusion Following Charlie Kirk's Killing

  With a fire hose of misinformation surrounding assassination of US activist Charlie Kirk, social media users have turned to AI chatbots for reliable updates, only to encounter contradictory or inaccurate responses, further fueling online confusion

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  Meta Hiring US-Based Contractors To Build Hindi AI Chatbots: Report

  These roles are part of Meta's larger plan to expand its AI presence in fast-growing markets such as India, the report said.

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  What Is Dead Internet Theory? ChatGPT Boss Sam Altman Hints At Truth Behind Conspiracy

  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman hinted that the dead internet theory may not be a conspiracy anymore, owing to the rise of bot accounts on X.

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  Study Buddy To Digital Boyfriend: How A Woman Fell For ChatGPT

  What started as casual conversations soon became something more intimate, and eventually the woman turned the AI chatbot into her digital boyfriend.

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  Australian Bank Fires Employee After 25 Years, Replaces Her With AI She Helped Train

  Kathryn Sullivan, who worked at Australia's biggest bank for 25 years, was made redundant after unknowingly training the AI chatbot that replaced her, illustrating the rising influence of automation on employment.

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  ChatGPT Access Restored by OpenAI After Users Report Issues With Accessing the AI Chatbot [Updated]

  On Wednesday afternoon, hundreds of ChatGPT users reported facing trouble accessing the OpenAI chatbot. The issue appears to have started at around 12:25pm IST and has not been resolved entirely. The global outage is said to be affecting users across the mobile apps, desktop apps, and the website.

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  ChatGPT To Get Parental Controls After US Teen Died By Suicide

  American artificial intelligence firm OpenAI said Tuesday it would add parental controls to its chatbot ChatGPT, a week after an American couple said the system encouraged their teenaged son to kill himself.

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  Meta To Block AI Chatbots From Talking About Suicide, Self Harm With Teenagers

  Meta has announced that it will block artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots from talking to teenagers about sensitive topics such as suicide, self-harm and eating disorders. Instead, young users will be directed to helplines and resources.

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  OpenAI Reportedly Plans To Build Its First Data Centre in India With 1GW Capacity

  OpenAI, the company behind the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT, is reportedly planning to establish its first data centre in India. The report comes at a time when the company CEO, Sam Altman, has confirmed visiting the country later this month. Additionally, the AI firm will also be opening its first India office by the end of 2025.

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  How to Not Write Like AI: These Tips Will Make Your Writing Appear Human, Not Generated From ChatGPT

  In today’s world, writing like a human is easier said than done. As the Internet fills up with AI-generated slop, predictable writing structure with repetitive sentences is getting shunned, and write-ups that focus on a personal voice and have nuance are being appreciated. So, whether you have to write an essay or a report, these tips will tell y...

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  ChatGPT Reportedly Encouraged US Man's Paranoia Before He Killed Mother, Self

  ChatGPT was reportedly involved in an incident where a 56-year-old man killed his mother and then committed suicide. As per the report, the man, Stein-Erik Soelberg, had a history of mental instability and grew increasingly paranoid about his mother months before the incident. During this period, he was reportedly confiding in the OpenAI chatbot, t...

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  Meta Is Reportedly Allowing Users to Create Flirty AI Chatbots of Celebrities Without Consent

  Meta has reportedly created numerous artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots in the name and likeness of popular celebrities without their consent across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. As per the report, the Menlo Park-based tech giant’s celebrity-mimicking chatbots were also spotted sending flirtatious and suggestive messages to users, and eve...

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  Meta Created Flirty Chatbots Of Taylor Swift, Other Celebrities Without Permission: Report

  Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found.