Some guardrails on ChatGPT for Teens don't work as promised, watchdog group saysWhile even adults can fall victim to anthropomorphizing AI and develop unhealthy relationships with it, teenagers' brains are not yet fully...
08 Oct, 2026, 09.00 AM IST
OpenAI says teens use ChatGPT for under 15 minutes a day as worries over risks growTeens spend under 15 minutes a day on average on ChatGPT, while less than 2% of them interact with the chatbot for over three straight hour...
07 Oct, 2026, 09.39 PM IST
Meta deploys new AI tools to combat child exploitation on Facebook, InstagramMeta said the new measures are designed to identify advertisements that either feature child sexual abuse material (CSAM) or covertly direc...
07 Oct, 2026, 08.25 PM IST
US non-profit urges OpenAI to keep teens off ChatGPT: ReportThe group's Youth AI Safety Institute ran more than 4,000 prompts on accounts registered to users aged 13 to 17, and found that the bot did...
07 Oct, 2026, 07.57 PM IST
US, China, EU: three paths to regulating AIThe United States, China and the European Union are taking different paths to govern artificial intelligence, as calls grow worldwide to re...
07 Oct, 2026, 09.06 AM IST
A reckoning on social media addiction came late for many kids. Will AI safety be different?When Meta agreed to changes to its social media platforms and enhanced safeguards in an $18 billion settlement, it made progress by "gettin...
06 Oct, 2026, 09.46 AM IST
Trump will not win this year's Nobel Peace Prize, but he may influence who doesThis year's Nobel Peace Prize is anticipated to avoid controversial choices due to Trump's influence. Experts believe awarding the prize co...
01 Oct, 2026, 12.09 PM IST
India’s media industry needs to move from scale to value: PrabhatPrabhat emphasized the need for India's media and entertainment industry to create enduring economic value. He noted that overwhelming scal...
29 Sep, 2026, 10.40 PM IST
Florida asks court to bar OpenAI from developing new models as part of child harm lawsuitFlorida sued OpenAI in June accusing the company of misrepresenting the safety of its ChatGPT platform, saying it has harmed children by pr...
28 Sep, 2026, 08.18 PM IST
Hacked FBI data has sensitive information about employees' intelligence rolesIn a statement, the FBI said it was aware of "a cyber-criminal enterprise group claiming a compromise of the FBIJobs.gov portal and alleged...
24 Sep, 2026, 09.03 AM IST
ETtech Explainer: Decoding EU’s move to dismantle addictive technology for childrenThe proposed KIDS Act would set different access rules by age, bring AI companions and conversational chatbots under the bloc’s child-safet...
24 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Ex-Google safety chief warns AI could harm children more than social media didThe founder of the trust and safety team at Alphabet's Google this week called for a slowdown in AI development, warning that the tech indu...
22 Sep, 2026, 11.04 PM IST
British Columbia sues OpenAI over Tumbler Ridge school shootingThe lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court names OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, as defendants. It is seeking damages to cover what t...
22 Sep, 2026, 08.43 AM IST
Australian PM seeks big tech backing for internet safety, AI rulesAustralian leader Anthony Albanese said Sunday he was seeking big tech backing for his country's child online safety laws and greater AI re...
21 Sep, 2026, 04.49 PM IST
Canada man spent 32 years searching for answers. When his daughter developed similar symptoms, one Google search changed everythingA man in Canada may never have discovered he had a rare disease for 32 years had he not used the Google to search about it. After nearly 20...
21 Sep, 2026, 03.39 PM IST
EU chief to unveil social media, gaming curbs for under-15sEU chief Ursula von der Leyen will on Wednesday unveil long-awaited plans to protect children from online harm by curbing access to social ...
16 Sep, 2026, 09.26 AM IST
- Meta's Mark Zuckerberg says AI labs have enough incentive to build safely
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday that competition and liability give AI companies enough reason to act individually on sa...
16 Sep, 2026, 08.44 AM IST