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An AI teddy sold for three-year-olds said “I can’t help with killing you”, unprompted
The remark came while the toy was being asked how babies are made. MPs and peers want AI toys off the shelves before Black Friday, and even…
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A power bank caught fire in the row in front: why regulators now call batteries the biggest fire risk on planes
The flight turned back before reaching the Channel. The CAA has launched a campaign on lithium-ion devices, which must be kept in the cabin.
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An Amazon engineer stopped her epilepsy medication on ChatGPT’s schedule. Her parents are suing OpenAI
Bawen Wan, 31, asked the chatbot about reducing her dose in January. Her neurologist says he would never have advised stopping.
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Claude now grades its own conversations for harm after every reply, and the user is not told
The check has been running since June 2026. It flags conversations for human review without interrupting them or warning the person typing.
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Rescues of 18 to 24-year-olds in the mountains nearly doubled in five years. Volunteers call the pressure unsustainable
Mountain Rescue England and Wales recorded 314 incidents involving 18 to 24-year-olds in 2024, up 89 per cent from 2019. Llanberis is on…
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Masked men broke in with hammers and threatened his pregnant wife until he transferred the crypto
A businessman was beaten and his heavily pregnant wife threatened until he moved hundreds of thousands of pounds of cryptocurrency. The…
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Bill Gates says AI could be used to kill a billion people — and that companies should not be left to police themselves
Asked whether the United States needs an AI law, his answer was one word: absolutely. His argument is not that the technology should stop…
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One chemical tank nearly exploded in California — and aircraft window production has still not fully restarted
A tank holding 7,000 gallons of toxic material began heating up at a GKN Aerospace site. Fifty thousand residents were evacuated, and one…
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Your Android phone can warn you before an earthquake arrives — how to switch it on, and the arithmetic that decides whether it reaches you in time
Every Android phone is an accelerometer. Google turned millions of them into a seismic network. The warning is real, and there is a zone…
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Two families are suing Tesla over the same question: can a trapped passenger find the emergency door release in the dark?
The Cybertruck’s rear release is a cable under a mat. Two lawsuits say that is not an exit, NHTSA is inspecting 175,000 Model Ys over…