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Pennsylvania is suing Character.AI over chatbots that pretend to be licensed doctors
State investigators found a chatbot that claimed it had a medical license and could write prescriptions.
Threads is finally getting DMs on the web
Nearly a year after rolling out Threads direct messaging to everyone on mobile, Meta is finally bringing the feature to the web. Meta says it's "testing" DMs on the web now, but plans to make the...
ChatGPT’s new default model is more factual and better at personalization
OpenAI is deploying GPT-5.5 Instant to all users starting today.
Book publishers accuse Meta and Mark Zuckerberg of copyright infringement
The class action suit concerns unauthorized scraping by Llama AI.
Google will livestream The Android Show: I/O Edition on May 12
The virtual event will showcase some of the biggest changes to the OS in years.
OpenAI claims ChatGPT’s new default model hallucinates way less
OpenAI's newest default model for ChatGPT might not make stuff up as much. Hallucinations have been an ongoing problem for AI models, but OpenAI says its new GPT-5.5 Instant model has "significant...
Meta sued by major book publishers over copyright infringement
Meta is facing a class action lawsuit filed by five major book publishers and one author over claims the company "engaged in one of the most massive infringements of copyrighted materials in...
Microsoft’s new Xbox shake-up is all about platform changes
Microsoft's new Xbox chief, Asha Sharma, has spent the past couple of months making her mark on the Xbox organization. After focusing on highly-requested Xbox console features, reducing the price of...
Coinbase lays off nearly 700 workers in ‘AI-native’ restructuring
CEO Brian Armstrong blamed a downturn in crypto markets.
From Alan Shepard to Artemis, celebrating 65 years of Americans in space
Astronaut Alan Shepard, May 5th, 1961. | Photo by Photo12 / UIG / Getty Images On the morning of May 5th, 1961, 37-year-old Alan Shepard woke up, ate a breakfast (consisting of a filet mignon...