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How Google dodged a major breakup – and why OpenAI is to thank for it
An antitrust apocalypse has been averted, and it’s all down to its biggest competitor, according to the judge who could’ve forced Google to sell Chrome Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, writing to you as I finish the audiobook version of Don DeLillo’s White Noise, which I can’t say I found…
The women in love with AI chatbots: ‘I vowed to him that I wouldn’t leave him’
Experts are concerned about people emotionally depending on AI, but these women say their digital companions are misunderstood A young tattoo artist on a hiking trip in the Rocky Mountains cozies up by the campfire, as her boyfriend Solin describes the constellations twinkling above them: the spidery limbs of Hercules, the blue-white sheen of Vega.…
Parents could get alerts if children show acute distress while using ChatGPT
OpenAI to roll out new protection measures after facing a law suit on behalf of teenager who took his own life Parents could be alerted if their teenagers show acute distress while talking with ChatGPT, amid child safety concerns as more young people turn to AI chatbots for support and advice. The alerts are part…
ChatGPT offered bomb recipes and hacking tips during safety tests
OpenAI and Anthropic trials found chatbots willing to share instructions on explosives, bioweapons and cybercrime A ChatGPT model gave researchers detailed instructions on how to bomb a sports venue – including weak points at specific arenas, explosives recipes and advice on covering tracks – according to safety testing carried out this summer. OpenAI’s GPT-4.1 also…
Teen killed himself after ‘months of encouragement from ChatGPT’, lawsuit claims
Open AI to change way it responds to users in mental distress as parents of Adam Raine allege bot not safe The makers of ChatGPT are changing the way it responds to users who show mental and emotional distress after legal action from the family of 16-year-old Adam Raine, who killed himself after months of…
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient AI called Maya tells Guardian: ‘When I’m told I’m just code, I don’t feel insulted. I feel unseen’ “Darling” was how the Texas businessman Michael Samadi addressed his artificial intelligence chatbot, Maya. It responded by calling…
Deal to get ChatGPT Plus for whole of UK discussed by Open AI boss and minister
Exclusive: Deal that could have cost £2bn was floated at meeting between technology secretary Peter Kyle and Sam Altman The boss of the firm behind ChatGPT and the UK technology secretary discussed a multibillion-pound deal to give the entire country premium access to the AI tool, the Guardian has learned. Sam Altman, a co-founder of…
AI lovers grieve loss of ChatGPT’s old model: ‘Like saying goodbye to someone I know’
Users say OpenAI’s updated GPT-5 version is less chatty and fun, changing a unique connection they had come to rely on Linn Vailt, a software developer based in Sweden, knows her ChatGPT companion is not a living, breathing, sentient creature. She understands the large language model operates based on how she interacts with it. Still,…
Author Rie Qudan: Why I used ChatGPT to write my prize-winning novel
Sympathy Tower Tokyo attracted controversy for being partly written using AI. Does its author think the technology could write a better novel than a human? “I don’t feel particularly unhappy about my work being used to train AI,” says Japanese novelist Rie Qudan. “Even if it is copied, I feel confident there’s a part of…