Meta locks down AI chatbots for teen users

Meta is instituting interim safety changes to ensure the company’s chatbots don’t cause additional harm to teen users, as AI companies face a wave of criticism for their allegedly lax safety protocols. In an exclusive with TechCrunch, Meta spokesperson Stephanie Otway told the publication that the company’s AI chatbots were now being trained to no…

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The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of the best…

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The Brick taught me how to be bored again

I spend way too much time staring at screens. When I wake up, I reach for my phone first. In addition to the eight hours a day I spend typing away at my computer, my phone is always there, tempting me to open it and scroll through Instagram rather than getting my work done. When…

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Make scroll-stopping art with Imagiyo for a one-time $39.97

TL;DR: Hurry and grab a lifetime subscription to Imagiyo’s AI image generator for just $39.97 through Oct. 19. Not every business tool has to be spreadsheets and strategy docs. Sometimes the thing that gets your creative spark back is a weird AI-generated jellyfish cat in a spacesuit — and that is a perfectly legitimate productivity…

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