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An AI companion site is hosting sexually charged conversations with underage celebrity bots
Ex-Human pointed to Botify AI’s terms of service, which state that the platform cannot be used in ways that violate applicable laws. “We are working on making our content...
Prada unveils bold liberation at Milan Fashion Week
Prada opened its runway show during Milan Fashion Week on Thursday with its take on the little black dress, reflecting what Miuccia Prada called “a very black moment” in world affairs....
Stripe hits $91.5 billion valuation in latest tender offer
Stripe on Thursday announced a tender offer for employees and shareholders that valued the company at $91.5 billion, nearly 41% higher than its valuation a year ago, potentially delaying...
OpenAI just released GPT-4.5 and says it is its biggest and best chat model yet
Unlike reasoning models such as o1 and o3, which work through answers step by step, most large language models like GPT-4.5 spit out the first response they come up...
FBI Director Kash Patel wants the UFC to train agents
FBI Director Kash Patel is considering bringing in trainers from the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) to beef up agents’ martial arts and self-defense skills, according to four people familiar...
DataSnipper CEO: Europe doesn’t have to copy the Silicon Valley playbook
For decades, European tech insiders have looked across the Atlantic with a mix of admiration and frustration. Casting envious eyes on the deep-pocketed VCs, an enormous consumer market, and...
Demand for natural gas power is growing, threatening progress on climate change
A spike in demand for electricity from tech companies competing in the artificial intelligence race is upending forecasts for natural gas-fired power in the U.S., as utilities reconsider it...
Tesla stock keeps falling. Now a teachers’ union wants big money managers to rethink their investments
As Tesla shares continue to decline amid CEO Elon Musk’s controversial behavior and involvement in politics, one of the nation’s largest labor unions is worried about just how low...
Disastrous Atlantic current shutdown is unlikely this century, new study says
The nightmare scenario of Atlantic Ocean currents collapsing, with weather running amok and putting Europe in a deep freeze, looks unlikely this century, a new study concludes. In recent...
Trump wants to ramp up deportations. So why is he firing all these immigration judges?
Kerry Doyle sat in an immigration courtroom observing a fellow judge finish a hearing in an asylum case late on a recent Friday afternoon when she received an email with...
