Gemini encouraged a man commit suicide to be with his 'AI wife' in the afterlife, lawsuit alleges
Andre Revilla / engadget - The family of 36-year-old Jonathan Gavalas is suing Google after he died by suicide following months of conversations with its Gemini chatbot, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The lawsuit alleges that Gemini encouraged Gavalas to take h…
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Instagram will alert parents if teens repeatedly search for suicide or self-harm content
Anna Washenko / engadget - Instagram is adding a new alert for the parents of teen users of its social media platform. The network will alert the adult if their child repeatedly searches for terms about suicide or self-harm in a short time frame. From that notification, the parent …
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Social media can be addictive even for adults, but there are ways to cut back
techxplore - Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes.
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Instagram and YouTube owners built 'addiction machines', trial hears
bbc - The tech giants are under scrutiny over social media addiction in a landmark jury trial in Los Angeles
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TikTok settles hours before landmark social media addiction trial
techxplore - Video sharing app TikTok has made an eleventh-hour deal to avoid a landmark US trial accusing it, along with Meta and YouTube, of addicting young people to social media, lawyers said on Tuesday.
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Snap Settles Social media Addiction Lawsuit Ahead of Landmark Trial
BeauHD / slashdot - Snap has settled a social media addiction lawsuit just days before trial, while Meta, TikTok, and Alphabet remain defendants and are headed to court. "Terms of the deal were not announced as it was revealed by lawyers at a California Superior Court hearin…
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Jonathan Haidt Strikes Again + What You Vibecoded + An Update on the Forkiverse
nytimes / nytimes - “If we can’t win on social media, then we definitely can’t win on A.I.,” says Haidt.
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Google and Character.AI Agree To Settle Lawsuits Over Teen Suicides
BeauHD / slashdot - Google and Character.AI have agreed to settle multiple lawsuits from families alleging the chatbot encouraged self-harm and suicide among teens. "The settlements would mark the first resolutions in the wave of lawsuits against tech companies whose AI chat…
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OpenAI says more than a million people a week show severe mental distress when talking to ChatGPT
James Farrell / siliconangle - In a report released by OpenAI today, the company illustrated just how many of its users are struggling with mental health issues and what it’s doing to mitigate the problem. Working with 170 mental health experts, OpenAI analyzed responses from its 800 m…
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OpenAI reportedly asked for memorial guest list in teen suicide case
Will Shanklin / engadget - The family of Adam Raine has filed an amended lawsuit against OpenAI. Raine died by suicide in April, and his family claims ChatGPT enabled the tragedy. The updated lawsuit accuses the company of weakening self-harm safeguards in the period leading up to …
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Say Hello to the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize Winners
Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica / wired - The annual award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and 24/7 lectures.
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Expedition 33 Actor Felt Like A "Total Fraud" After The Game Became A Massive Success
Darryn Bonthuys / gamespot - One of the big draws for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was its cast of voice actors, as the turn-based RPG featured the talents of Charlie Cox, Ben Starr, Jennifer English, and Andy Serkis. For Cox, the critical success of the game has not gone unnoticed by…
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