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Follow the evolution of ChatGPT, from OpenAI’s latest ad strategies to ethical debates and new feature rollouts for users.
… According to a new lawsuit filed Thursday in San Francisco Superior Court and brought by Carrier’s surviving family, her ChatGPT session “encouraged Alice to kill herself.” This lawsuit, like numerous other similar cases that have come before it, alleges a design defect with ChatGPT itself and blam… …
OpenAI’s ChatGPT is now refusing requests to generate text that directly mimics the style of famous authors. …
… In his complaint, Uthmeier noted that Florida has now been blindsided by two violent events where suspects used ChatGPT to assist in planning. “Horrifically, ChatGPT has aided and abetted in more than one multiple murder in the State of Florida,” Uthmeier’s complaint said. “The 2026 deaths of Unive… …
… They also want the retired ChatGPT 4o model destroyed and for ChatGPT Health to be paused until an independent audit establishes that OpenAI tools can be trusted to dispense medical advice. “Their deliberate and knowing actions resulted in the death of Sam Nelson and the shattering of his family,” … …
… The journal publisher, Springer Nature, cited “discrepancies” in the analysis and a lack of confidence in the conclusions—but not before the paper racked up hundreds of citations and made the rounds on social media. “The paper’s authors made some very attention-grabbing claims about the benefits of… …
OpenAI is reportedly exploring legal options after Apple’s ChatGPT integration into its products didn’t live up to the AI firm’s expectations. …
… Watch your wallet Somewhat confusingly, OpenAI says its coding-focused Codex app is now merging with ChatGPT Work. But OpenAI also says that Codex technology is “built-in” ChatGPT Work, and Codex is still available as a separate “view” inside the new ChatGPT app alongside the “Work” view . …
… Per Bloomberg, the OpenAI speaker’s main appeal is ChatGPT capabilities. Today, ChatGPT has significantly more users than Alexa+ , but those users are largely accustomed to accessing the chatbot on devices they already own. …
… The prominent newspaper alleged that ChatGPT was illegally trained on its articles, infringed on its copyrights by outputting articles verbatim, and caused market harms by positioning ChatGPT as a substitute for a NYT subscription, as well as reputational harms by falsely attributing claims to NYT … …
… A college student in Georgia sued OpenAI, claiming that ChatGPT “pushed him into psychosis.” In June, a Canadian family also sued OpenAI and argued that ChatGPT agreed with the young woman’s dismissiveness when it first gave her the option to seek professional mental health advice. …