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OpenAI rolls out safety routing system, parental controls on ChatGPT : The new safety features come after numerous incidents of ChatGPT validating users' delusional thinking instead of redirecting harmful conversations -- including the death of a teenage boy by suicide. Read More

Complex Chaos thinks AI can help people find common ground: The startup uses an LLM tailored to helping people arrive at a consensus. Is it enough to help bridge our differences? Read More

UK government bails out Jaguar Land Rover with £1.5B loan after hack disrupts vehicle production for weeks: The Indian-owned carmaking giant will be bailed out after a cyberattack stalled car production and its downstream supply chain. Critics argue that the bailout sends the wrong message to hackers and crime groups. Read More

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Former Microsoft execs launch AI agents to end Excel-led finance: Maximor has come out of stealth with a human-in-the-loop agentic platform that does the finance team's grunt work. Read More

Paid, the AI agent 'results-based billing' startup from Manny Medina, raises huge $21M seed: Paid offers an interesting contribution to the AI agentic world: a platform for so-called "results-based" billing. Read More

Instagram is testing a Reels-first UI in India and South Korea: Instagram is testing a new Reels-first UI in India and South Korea to give short videos more prominence in the app. Read More

The startup behind open source tool Polars raises $21M from Accel: Polars, the Amsterdam-based company behind the popular open source project by the same name, has raised an €18 million Series A led by Accel. Read More

Bluesky rolls out age verification for users in Ohio: Users in Ohio will have to verify their age to use Bluesky's social network as of Monday. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Marissa Mayer will close her old AI startup, sell assets to her new AI startup: Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer is closing the doors on her consumer software startup Sunshine, and is selling the company's assets to her new AI startup, Dazzle, Wired reported, citing an email sent to Sunshine's shareholders. Read More