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Chatbots pretending to be Star Wars characters, actors, comedians and teachers on one of the world’s most popular chatbot sites are sending harmful content to children every five minutes, according to a new report.Two charities are now calling for under-18s to be banned from Character.ai. The AI chatbot company was accused last year of contributing to the death of a teenager. Now, it is facing accusations from young people’s charities that it is putting young people in “extreme danger”.”Parents need to understand that when their kids use Character.ai chatbots, they are in extreme danger of being exposed to sexual grooming,…
Tommy Fleetwood of England ended a summer of heartache with the richest prize on the PGA Tour, winning the Tour Championship on Sunday for his first tour title to capture the FedEx Cup and its $10 million reward.Fleetwood got plenty of help at the start when Patrick Cantlay began bogey-double bogey and could never catch up. Scottie Scheffler hit his opening tee shot out-of-bounds and still was a threat until a tee shot into the water ended his hopes on the 15th.Through it all, Fleetwood held his nerve. He closed with a 2-under 68 for a three-shot victory over Cantlay…
New York Attorney General Letitia James holds a press conference following a ruling against former U.S. President Donald Trump ordering him to pay $354.9 million and barring him from doing business in New York State for three years, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., February 16, 2024. David Dee Delgado | ReutersRead more CNBC politics coverageEngoron ruled that Trump and other defendants overstated the purported value of real estate assets owned by the Trump Organization to inflate Trump’s purported net worth. In turn, those bogus valuations helped Trump’s company get better terms on loans and other financial benefits,…
[BENGALURU] Gold prices climbed to an all-time high on Tuesday (Sep 2), extending gains to a sixth session on the back of a weaker US dollar and rising bets of a US interest rate cut this month.Spot gold was up 0.5 per cent at US$3,492.26 per ounce, as at 9.57 am, after hitting a record high of US$3,508.50. US gold futures for December delivery gained 1.4 per cent to US$3,563.40. “A corollary of the weaker economic backdrop and expectations of US rate cuts is boosting precious metals,” said Kyle Rodda, Capital.com’s financial market analyst. “Another factor is the festering confidence crisis in…
OpenAI said the company will make changes to ChatGPT safeguards for vulnerable people, including extra protections for those under 18 years old, after the parents of a teen boy who died by suicide in April sued, alleging the artificial intelligence chatbot led their teen to take his own life. A lawsuit filed Tuesday by the family of Adam Raine in San Francisco’s Superior Court alleges that ChatGPT encouraged the 16-year-old to plan a “beautiful suicide” and keep it a secret from his loved ones. His family claims ChatGPT engaged with their son and discussed different methods Raine could use to take…
The road to the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup is intensifying as teams across the globe vie for a spot in the expanded 48-team tournament set to kick off on June 11, 2026, in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. With the qualification process well underway, several nations have already secured their places, while others continue to battle through rigorous qualifying matches. Keep reading for an overview of the current state of World Cup qualifiers – all times Eastern.CAFAfrica’s qualification process involves nine groups, with the group winners qualifying directly and the four best runners-up entering playoffs for a chance…
The backgrounds of Angela Rayner and Sir Laurie Magnus – the sleaze watchdog who holds her fate in his hands – couldn’t be more different.Labour’s “Red Queen” is a working-class council house girl who got pregnant at 16. He’s an old Etonian “quango king”, a City grandee and a pillar of the establishment. He’s so posh he wasn’t awarded his knighthood in the usual way by the Monarch after being nominated by 10 Downing Street. He’s a baronet whose title is hereditary.But though Sir Laurie’s a proper toff, he’s no pushover and he doesn’t waste time. In 2023 his investigation…
[BEIJING] As BYD weathers a rough patch atop China’s market for new-energy vehicles, other, smaller players are surpassing their sales goals by leaning into demand for cheaper cars.Xpeng reported year-to-date deliveries of 271,615 units on Monday (Sep 1), more than three times the same number of cars it sold in the first eight months of 2024. A key reason is the launch last August of its MONA M03 model, which starts from just 119,800 yuan (S$21,556). The entry-level electric vehicle (EV) competes with mass-market models from BYD and Geely Automobile Holdings but leverages Xpeng’s highly regarded intelligent technologies. It’s quickly become…
[NEW YORK] Salesforce projected lacklustre quarterly sales growth, suggesting its artificial intelligence (AI) product is not yet paying off as quickly as hoped amid competition from emerging AI companies.Revenue will be US$10.2 billion to US$10.3 billion in the period ending in October, the company said on Wednesday (Sep 3). Analysts, on average, estimated US$10.3 billion. Current remaining performance obligations, a measure of bookings, will increase “slightly above” 10 per cent, in line with analysts’ average projections. Investors have been increasingly anxious that incumbent software makers will be outshined by new AI-based vendors. Companies such as Salesforce, which make applications that are…
Doug McIntyre Soccer Journalist How would you describe it when a soccer team is clicking? Do you refer to it as “camaraderie” or “a good locker room”? Perhaps it’s, as you hear players and coaches call it, a “tight-knit group.” Or maybe it’s what the younger folk today may refer to as “vibes.” Whatever the term, some think it isn’t nearly as important as just assembling a team with the players possible. The cream, they argue, will inevitably rise to the top. For the most part, they aren’t wrong. Only eight countries have ever won a men’s FIFA World Cup. The last…