Back in August, Matthew and Maria Raine filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman after their 16-year-old son, Adam, died by suicide. The parents claim ChatGPT played a role by providing harmful information and encouragement during his final hours. …
Regular ChatGPT users dodged a bullet in latest AI security breach
If you woke up to yet another OpenAI “breach alert” in your inbox, congrats, you’re living in 2025. But before you go resetting your ChatGPT password (again), here’s the real story: OpenAI wasn’t breached, according to the company. Instead, caution lights…
Character.ai trades chatbots for stories in under-18 safety measure
After weeks of gradually locking the door, Character.ai decided on Tuesday that the digital kids needed a time-out. The company has now fully blocked anyone under 18 from using its open-ended chatbots, swapping them out for a new, safer, choose-your-own-adventure style…
ChatGPT now lets you use text and voice mode in the same screen
OpenAI quietly made ChatGPT less confusing. The company announced that ChatGPT’s voice mode is no longer living in a weird little side room. It now exists directly inside your regular chat. Previously, using your voice with ChatGPT felt like stepping into…
Judge tells OpenAI to drop “Cameo” from Sora (for now)
OpenAI’s shiny new video app, Sora, is having a small but very modern problem: it may have to delete a perfectly good word from its vocabulary because another app already called dibs. According to a report from CNBC, a federal judge…
Jony Ive and OpenAI screenless AI gadget wants to replace your phone
Picture this: Sam Altman walks onto a stage, holds up a mysterious little gadget, and everyone squints and goes, “Wait… that’s it?” According to Altman, that mild confusion is actually the whole point. In a recent appearance alongside legendary Apple designer…
Anthropic’s new Opus 4.5 comes with Chrome and Excel integrations
Anthropic just dropped a new flagship model and claimed it’s smarter, smoother, and somehow better at spreadsheets. Meet Opus 4.5, the final boss of Anthropic’s 4.5 lineup, following the earlier arrivals of Sonnet 4.5 in September and Haiku 4.5 in October. …
OpenAI locks down after alleged protester threat
On Friday afternoon, OpenAI’s San Francisco office went from “startup buzz” to “corporate lockdown” after an internal Slack message warned employees about a possible security threat connected to someone previously involved with a Stop AI activist group. According to the internal…
ChatGPT’s ‘toxic positivity’ blamed for suicides in shocking lawsuits
It started, as so many 2025 problems do, with a chatbot being just a little too nice. Zane Shamblin, a 23-year-old who never told ChatGPT he had family problems, started getting advice from the AI that quietly nudged him away from…
Perplexity’s Comet AI browser is now available on Android
Perplexity just launched its Comet browser on Android, and yes, it’s packed with just enough AI to make your current browser feel personally attacked. Comet first showed up on desktop back in July, where it introduced the idea of a browser…