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OpenAI expands violence safeguards in ChatGPT
OpenAI is expanding safeguards in ChatGPT and intervening earlier to prevent violence. It also commits to reporting on public safety.
Full story at openai.com ↗ - IT industry & companies
AT&T brings call center work back to the US
AT&T is moving call center operations back to the US. The FCC commends the move and the headline says customers want T-Mobile and Verizon to follow.
Full story at PhoneArena ↗ - Artificial intelligence
OpenAI expands teen safety measures in ChatGPT
OpenAI is adding stronger violence prevention safeguards and earlier interventions to ChatGPT. The company also commits to public safety reporting.
Full story at openai.com ↗ - Artificial intelligence
Study finds low click rate for Google AI search
A small study found Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode produce only about a 0.9% click-through rate. Opting out of these AI features also reduces clicks on regular search results.
Full story at seroundtable.com ↗ - Artificial intelligence · IT law & regulation
OpenAI adopts shared signal for AI training choices
OpenAI will honor a shared robots.txt signal that lets website operators state their AI training preferences. This gives publishers clearer control over how their content is used for training.
Full story at openai.com ↗ - Artificial intelligence · IT law & regulation
Microsoft gives publishers clearer AI usage controls
Microsoft is expanding web publisher choice with separate settings for AI training and grounding on Bing. This does not change eligibility for standard Bing search results.
Full story at bing.com ↗ - Artificial intelligence · IT industry & companies
Google expands AI Search ads to Malaysia and others
Google is rolling out ads in AI Mode to ten new countries, including Malaysia, and launching multiturn ads for follow-up queries in the US. More countries are planned for late 2026.
Full story at SoyaCincau ↗ - Artificial intelligence · IT industry & companies
Bing starts showing ads in AI Overviews
Microsoft has begun displaying ads within Bing AI Overviews powered by Copilot. A user shared a screenshot showing one such ad appearing in search.
Full story at seroundtable.com ↗ - Artificial intelligence · Smartphones & apps
Strava adds Google Gemini integration for insights
Strava is rolling out a Connected Apps feature with Google Gemini, giving subscribers new insights from their activity data. The feature includes AI Performance Prediction, which needs at least 20 tracked activities.
Full story at Android Central ↗ - Cybersecurity
JetBrains responds to eMudhra CA security incident
JetBrains is addressing an industry-wide security incident at certificate authority eMudhra that affects certificate trust in several of its products. The company advises customers to keep their products and systems updated while fixes are released.
Full story at blog.jetbrains.com ↗
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