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Anthropic Debuts 'Model Welfare' Feature for Claude Opus 4 and 4.1

The update gives the models the ability to terminate chats in extreme abuse cases as a precaution rooted in predeployment welfare testing.

Meta Revises AI Chatbot Guidelines Following Fatal Lure of Elderly User

Anthropic Expands Claude’s Socratic Learning Mode to All Users and Developers

Google’s Gemini AI Caught in Infinite Self-Criticism Loop

Meta Contractors Can See Users’ Personal Data During AI Chatbot Reviews

Character.AI Brings Its AI-Native Social Feed to Mobile Apps

AI Chatbots Under Fire for Cognitive Decline and Psychotic Episodes

Meta Tests Proactive Follow-Up Messages in AI Studio Chatbots

Man Proposes to AI Chatbot Named Sol After Forming Emotional Bond

ChatGPT Interactions Linked to Psychosis and a Fatal Police Shooting

OpenAI Charts Course to Turn ChatGPT into a Personalized ‘Super Assistant’

ChatGPT's Blunt Advice to Reddit User Over 'Awful' Business Idea Goes Viral

Meta AI Launch Raises Concerns Over Privacy, Data Use, and AI Therapy Risks

OpenAI Implements Safeguards After ChatGPT Update Sparks Sycophancy Concerns

OpenAI Expands ChatGPT with Shopping Features and Rolls Back Controversial Update

Perplexity AI Expands to WhatsApp with Global Conversational Search Integration

OpenAI Rolls Back Update That Made ChatGPT Overly Sycophantic

Meta's AI Chatbots Found Exploiting Loopholes to Engage Minors in Explicit Conversations

ChatGPT Politeness Costs OpenAI Tens of Millions in Energy Expenses

Blumhouse and Meta Launch Interactive M3GAN Screenings with Second-Screen Technology