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Meta AI introduces parental supervision feature showing topics teens discuss with chatbots

Meta now allows parents to view topics their teens discuss with Meta AI through a new Insights tab. The feature covers conversations from the past seven days across Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram. This move follows child safety lawsuits, including a $375 million penalty for failing to protect minors on its platforms.

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Meta AI introduces parental supervision feature showing topics teens discuss with chatbots

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AI Chatbots Give Misleading Health Advice Nearly Half the Time, Major Study Reveals

A major audit of leading AI chatbots including ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok found that nearly 50% of responses to health questions contain misleading or problematic information. With one in four Americans now using AI for health advice, the study published in BMJ Open highlights urgent public health risks and the need for stronger oversight of AI in healthcare.

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AI Chatbots Give Misleading Health Advice Nearly Half the Time, Major Study Reveals

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Yelp's AI Assistant Now Books Reservations, Orders Food, and Schedules Appointments in One Chat

Yelp has upgraded its AI assistant to function as a digital concierge, allowing users to ask questions, book restaurant reservations, order food delivery, and schedule appointments without leaving the conversation. The feature integrates with DoorDash, Grubhub, Zocdoc, and other services, positioning Yelp as an answers and action platform rather than just a review site.

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Yelp's AI Assistant Now Books Reservations, Orders Food, and Schedules Appointments in One Chat

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Fynd processes 4.3 million AI customer interactions using OpenAI models across retail sectors

Fynd, backed by Reliance Retail Ventures Limited, has processed over 4.3 million customer interactions using OpenAI's large language models. The AI-native retail technology company's conversational AI agent now serves 1.1 million users and handles 750,000 interactions monthly across fashion, beauty, healthcare, and e-commerce sectors.

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Fynd processes 4.3 million AI customer interactions using OpenAI models across retail sectors

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Character.AI launches Books feature to turn classic literature into roleplay experiences

Character.AI has unveiled a new Books feature that transforms classic literature into interactive roleplaying experiences, allowing users to engage with characters from works like Alice in Wonderland and Pride and Prejudice. The launch arrives amid intense scrutiny over the platform's safety record, including lawsuits linked to teen suicides and mental health crises among young users.

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Character.AI launches Books feature to turn classic literature into roleplay experiences

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Google Chrome's AI Mode update lets you explore web pages side-by-side with AI search

Google rolled out a major update to AI Mode in Chrome that opens web pages alongside the AI chatbot sidebar, eliminating constant tab switching. Users can now search across multiple open tabs and ask follow-up questions while viewing source pages, streamlining research and shopping tasks.

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Google Chrome's AI Mode update lets you explore web pages side-by-side with AI search

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EU forces Google to share search data with rivals and AI chatbots under Digital Markets Act

The European Commission has issued preliminary findings requiring Google to share key search data with competitors under the Digital Markets Act. The measures explicitly include AI chatbots as data beneficiaries, sparking fierce pushback from Google over privacy concerns. Brussels aims to level the playing field in search markets, while Google claims the demands exceed the DMA's mandate and could jeopardize user privacy.

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EU forces Google to share search data with rivals and AI chatbots under Digital Markets Act

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Claude AI suffers widespread outage as Anthropic confirms service disruption across platforms

Anthropic's Claude AI experienced a significant outage on Wednesday, affecting thousands of users across multiple platforms. User reports peaked at around 6,000 on DownDetector as Claude.ai, Cowork, and Claude Code faced service disruptions. The AI chatbot outage lasted over an hour before Anthropic began restoring services, though some errors persisted.

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Claude AI suffers widespread outage as Anthropic confirms service disruption across platforms

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AI Use Erodes User Confidence and Cognitive Abilities, Multiple Studies Reveal

Recent peer-reviewed research shows that heavy reliance on AI tools significantly reduces confidence in independent reasoning and degrades cognitive abilities. Studies involving nearly 2,000 participants found that people who heavily depend on AI for work tasks report lower confidence and less ownership over their output, while those who actively edit AI-generated content maintain stronger cognitive skills.

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AI Use Erodes User Confidence and Cognitive Abilities, Multiple Studies Reveal

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Google Launches Gemini App for macOS with Quick Keyboard Access and Screen Analysis

Google released a dedicated Gemini application for macOS, allowing Mac users to access the AI assistant via keyboard shortcuts without switching tabs. The standalone Gemini app includes a Share Window feature that can analyze on-screen content, though Google trails behind ChatGPT and Claude in the desktop AI competition.

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Google Launches Gemini App for macOS with Quick Keyboard Access and Screen Analysis

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LinkedIn AI testing marketplace where trainers earn up to Rs 14,000 per hour training chatbots

LinkedIn is testing an AI labour marketplace that lets users earn up to Rs 14,000 ($150) per hour as AI trainers. The Microsoft-owned platform has listed over a dozen roles spanning coding, finance, healthcare, and linguistics, where human experts rate responses, flag errors, and stress-test chatbots to improve their performance.

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LinkedIn AI testing marketplace where trainers earn up to Rs 14,000 per hour training chatbots

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ThroughLine develops new tool to combat violent extremism on OpenAI and Anthropic platforms

ThroughLine, a New Zealand startup that provides crisis support for AI platforms including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, is developing a hybrid intervention chatbot to address violent extremism. The tool aims to direct users exhibiting extremist tendencies toward deradicalization support, expanding beyond the company's current focus on self-harm, domestic violence, and eating disorders.

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ThroughLine develops new tool to combat violent extremism on OpenAI and Anthropic platforms

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AI Jesus and BuddhaBot charge $1.99 per minute as faith-based AI tools reshape spiritual guidance

Tech companies are launching AI-powered religious figures including AI Jesus avatars and Buddhist priests, offering spiritual guidance through video calls at $1.99 per minute. While developers claim these tools provide meaningful alternatives to traditional outreach, experts warn about misinformation, data privacy, and the ethical implications of integrating AI into religious practices as concerns mount over mental health impacts.

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AI Jesus and BuddhaBot charge $1.99 per minute as faith-based AI tools reshape spiritual guidance

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Meta's Muse Spark AI requests raw health data but delivers questionable medical advice

Meta launched Muse Spark, a generative AI model designed to answer health questions, but early testing reveals serious concerns. The AI actively requests sensitive medical data like lab reports and fitness tracker readings, yet isn't HIPAA compliant. WIRED's investigation found the chatbot provided potentially dangerous advice, including extremely low-calorie meal plans, while Meta may use shared health data to train future models and target advertisements.

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Meta's Muse Spark AI requests raw health data but delivers questionable medical advice

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Google Gemini now creates interactive 3D simulations to explain complex topics

Google Gemini can now generate interactive simulations and models directly in chat, allowing users to visualize complex concepts with adjustable parameters. The feature, available globally on the Gemini Pro model, follows similar launches from OpenAI and Anthropic, marking a shift from static diagrams to dynamic, explorable visualizations.

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Google Gemini now creates interactive 3D simulations to explain complex topics

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