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OpenAI tightens teen safety rules for ChatGPT amid rising scrutiny over AI standards for minors - ctrlf5
OpenAI tightens teen safety rules for ChatGPT amid rising scrutiny over AI standards for minors

OpenAI has updated its safety guidelines for how ChatGPT should interact with users under 18, alongside publishing new AI literacy resources for teens and parents. The changes arrive as lawmakers, educators, and child-safety advocates intensify pressure on the AI industry over concerns that chatbots can negatively affect young people, particularly around mental health. The move […]

  • cisco
Hundreds of Cisco customers exposed in targeted Chinese hacking campaign - ctrlf5
Hundreds of Cisco customers exposed in targeted Chinese hacking campaign

Cisco has confirmed that a group of hackers linked to the Chinese government is actively exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability to compromise enterprise customers using some of its most widely deployed security products. While Cisco has not disclosed how many organizations have already been breached or are still at risk, independent researchers say the number […]

  • emotions
  • OpenAI
ChatGPT users can now fine-tune how enthusiastic the chatbot sounds - ctrlf5
ChatGPT users can now fine-tune how enthusiastic the chatbot sounds

OpenAI has introduced new personalization controls that let users directly adjust ChatGPT’s warmth, enthusiasm, and emoji usage, the company revealed in a recent social media update. The new settings are available in ChatGPT’s Personalization menu, where users can choose More, Less, or Default for each option. Alongside enthusiasm and emoji use, similar controls are available […]

  • deepfake
The Refund Racket: How AI-Faked Damage Is Shaking China’s Beauty E-Commerce - ctrlf5
The Refund Racket: How AI-Faked Damage Is Shaking China’s Beauty E-Commerce

AI-generated images of “damaged” goods are fueling a sharp rise in fraudulent refund claims across China’s e-commerce platforms, with beauty emerging as the hardest-hit category. What started as isolated manipulation in toys and apparel has evolved into a coordinated gray-market practice that now targets cosmetics. Beauty is particularly exposed because of its massive order volumes […]

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  • gartner
Gartner Warns Enterprises to Hold Off on AI Browsers - ctrlf5
Gartner Warns Enterprises to Hold Off on AI Browsers

Organizations considering the use of AI-powered browsers such as Comet or Atlas should proceed with caution. According to a recent report from Gartner, these tools introduce significant security risks that most enterprises are not yet prepared to manage. In the report, Gartner analysts Dennis Xu, Evgeny Mirolyubov and John Watts describe so-called “agentic browsers” as […]

  • Apple
  • Google
Google and Apple push emergency fixes after active zero-day exploits - ctrlf5
Google and Apple push emergency fixes after active zero-day exploits

Google and Apple have issued urgent software updates after uncovering an active hacking campaign affecting an unknown number of users across their platforms. On Wednesday, Google released patches for several security vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser, warning that one of the flaws had already been exploited by attackers before a fix was available. At the […]

  • chatbots
New report finds AI companies’ safety practices lag behind global standards - ctrlf5
New report finds AI companies’ safety practices lag behind global standards

A new edition of the Future of Life Institute’s AI Safety Index, released Wednesday, concludes that major artificial intelligence developers — including OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI and Meta — are still falling “far short of emerging global standards” for safety. According to the nonprofit, an independent panel of experts reviewed the companies’ practices and found that […]