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Military

ChatGPT’s Teen Mode could deprive teenagers of a fundamental need | Robin Kirman

What young students stand to lose is more than cognitive skill: it’s a reliable sense of their own minds In August, OpenAI launched Teen Mode – a version of ChatGPT in which every user under 18 will automatically be enrolled – a year after a lawsuit alleged that ChatGPT had contributed to the suicide of a 16-year-old named Adam Raine. For years, the tech industry has contested any causal link between its products and the harms named in a wave of similar lawsuits, each alleging that the companies had not merely failed to protect children but had deliberately designed products to exploit them. C

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International

China touts tech, AI cred at world Web Summit

China is flexing its technological muscles at the global Web Summit in Lisbon from Tuesday, showcasing dancing robots and low-cost artificial intelligence models as Beijing weathers claims that it spied…

France 24
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Military

Are walking pads worth it? We put the best under-desk treadmills to the test

Want to get your steps in while working or watching TV? Our expert puts walking pads through their paces to find the best for comfort, noise and ease of storage • The best treadmills for your home You don’t necessarily need to walk 10,000 steps a day to improve your health and wellbeing. In fact, the NHS encourages a slightly more manageable target of just 10 minutes of brisk walking daily to introduce more moderate-intensity physical activity and reduce your risk of early death by up to 15%. However, even squeezing in “brisk walks” can be a chore, with busy schedules and increasingly desk-bou

The Guardian
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