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Our kids are being targeted by AI chatbots on a massive scale, and most parents have no idea that this is happening. When you are young and impressionable, having someone tell you exactly what you want to hear can be highly appealing. AI chatbots have become extremely sophisticated, and millions of America’s teens are developing very …
Nvidia has become the first publicly traded company to reach a $4 trillion market capitalization, closing at $164.02 on July 9 after a 2.5% gain. The milestone places Nvidia ahead of Microsoft and Apple, both of which previously topped $3 trillion. The company’s valuation has grown more than fifteenfold in five years, driven by sustained …
API's Been down for 3-4 hours now for only 50%% of users? #ChatGPT https://t.co/MQqIqfHZ99 pic.twitter.com/XwEol6oHiy — Nick Halve (@SynthRealAI) June 10, 2025 OpenAI’s popular AI chatbot ChatGPT was facing significant disruptions as of Tuesday morning — leaving hundreds of millions of users in limbo. The tech unicorn said on its web site that it was …
A grad student in Michigan received a threatening response during a chat with Google’s AI chatbot Gemini. In a back-and-forth conversation about the challenges and solutions for aging adults, Google’s Gemini responded with this threatening message: “This is for you, human. You and only you. You are not special, you are not important, and you …
The city’s Microsoft-powered AI chatbot is giving users false and — in some cases — illegal business advice, the nonprofit investigative outlet The Markup finds. In one example, The Markup asked the chatbot if “landlords have to accept tenants on rental assistance” to which the chatbot responded, “No, landlords are not required to accept tenants …
In a funny twist on artificial intelligence hacking, a GM dealer’s chatbot was recently tricked into agreeing to sell a 2024 Chevy Tahoe for just $1. GM Authority reports that the incident occurred on the Chevrolet of Watsonville website, which featured a custom AI chatbot powered by ChatGPT. The chatbot, designed to assist customers with …
Suumit Shah, founder and CEO of Bangalore-based e-commerce company Dukaan, said that the bot, which was built by one of the firm’s data scientists, could respond to initial queries instantly, compared to staff taking an average of one minute and 44 seconds. Shah, who founded the company in 2020, said the layoffs were ‘tough’ but …