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Top stories - CBS News
Character.AI, Google face lawsuit over teen's death
A Florida mother filed a lawsuit against the artificial intelligence company Character.AI and Google. In February, Megan Garcia's 14-year-old son died by suicide. She says her son was in a ...5 hours ago - Google -
Tech - VentureBeat
Character AI clamps down following teen user suicide, but users are revolting
As a result of these changes, Character AI appears to be deleting certain user-made custom chatbot characters abruptly.6 hours ago -
Top stories - BBC News
Parents told us of suicide plan at Christmas due to lack of assisted dying law
Tom Marshall's parents took their own lives, but he says a law change may have helped them.17 hours ago -
Top stories - The New York Times
Character.ai Faces Lawsuit After Teen’s Suicide
The mother of a 14-year-old Florida boy says he became obsessed with a chatbot on Character.AI before his death.46 minutes ago -
Top stories - BBC News
Sinn Féin leaders correct age of teen texted by senator
Michelle O'Neill and Mary Lou McDonald correct the record about the age of a teenage texted by Niall Ó Donnghaile.Yesterday -
Top stories - NBC News
Some Juul users are receiving thousands of dollars as part of a $300M class action settlement
Four-figure checks tend not to fall out of the sky.Yesterday -
Business - Financial Times
Anthropic says latest AI model can control users’ computers
Start-up backed by Google and Amazon says tool can act like a ‘human collaborator’Yesterday -
Top stories - CBS News
Officer allegedly killed by husband who staged her murder as suicide
A Florida lieutenant was shot and killed by her estranged husband, who staged the murder to look like a death by suicide, her former colleagues said.Yesterday -
Top stories - CBS News
5 dead in shooting in home near Seattle and teen in custody, authorities say
Law enforcement officials found five people killed in a shooting inside a home southeast of Seattle and took a teenager into custody, police said.Yesterday -
Top stories - BBC News
Crash teen's mum backs call for new driver licence
Nicole Bell-Percy wants to see tougher rules for drivers under 21 introduced after her son's death.Yesterday -
Business - CNBC
28% of credit card users are still paying off last year's holiday debt. How to get this season’s tab under control
Americans tend to overspend during the holiday shopping season and this year will be no different, experts say.2 days ago -
Top stories - NBC News
The Vessel, popular Manhattan tourist site, reopens with new safety features after suicides
The Vessel, the honeycomb-shaped tower in New York City that closed in 2021 after a series of suicides, reopened Monday with added safety features.2 days ago -
Top stories - BBC News
Australian teen denies murdering British mum
Emma Lovell, 41, was fatally stabbed during the break-in at her Brisbane home, a court hears.2 days ago - Australia -
Sports - ABC News
An off-duty Hawaii lifeguard helped rescue a teen kayaker stranded overnight
A teenager in Hawaii was recovering after spending more than 11 hours clinging to a kayak before being rescued during an overnight ocean search3 days ago -
Top stories - NBC News
Texas husband held on $1M bond in wife's strangulation death that was first reported as suicide
A Texas man accused of strangling his pregnant wife is being held on $1 million bond in the capital murder case.5 days ago -
Tech - GameSpot
Here's How Many Hours Netflix Users Spend On The Platform Every Day
People watch a lot of Netflix, but just how much do they watch? As part of Netflix's latest earnings briefing , the company revealed the number of hours the average paid subscriber watches: ...5 days ago - Netflix -
Business - Inc.
OpenAI Chatbot Passes Bias Tests, But Users Should Still be Watchful
The data that shapes how an AI responds can contain unseen biases, so the AI market leader has been checking ChatGPT, and says it may be more neutral that humans.5 days ago -
Top stories - BBC News
Teen given life sentence over school hammer attack
Two pupils and a housemaster at Blundell's School in Tiverton suffered serious injuries.5 days ago -
Top stories - CBS News
Volunteer lifeguard saves teen kayaker lost at sea for 12 hours
When volunteer lifeguard Noland Keaulana heard that 17-year-old Kahiau Kawai was missing at sea, he leapt into action.5 days ago -
World - ABC News
7 killed in suicide bomber attack at a cafe in Somalia's capital
Police said seven people died and six others were injured after a suicide bomber detonated an unidentified device at a café outside a police training school in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu5 days ago -
Politics - The Hill
Teen tobacco use falls to 25-year-low, CDC reports
American teen tobacco use has fallen to a 25-year-low, according to new data analyzed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that was ...5 days ago -
Top stories - NBC News
Teen suspect and father indicted in Georgia high school shooting that killed 4
A Georgia grand jury indicted a teenage boy and his father on dozens of charges, including murder, in connection with a mass shooting last month that killed four people at Apalachee High School, ...5 days ago -
Top stories - NBC News
Meta unveils features to combat teen ‘sextortion’
Meta is ramping up its efforts to fight sextortion on Instagram with the launch of new features that are designed to help prevent young users from getting blackmailed into sharing nude photos.6 days ago - Meta -
World - The Guardian
Canadians with nonterminal conditions sought assisted dying for social reasons
Some people have asked to be killed due to non-medical reasons – including isolation and homelessness. An expert committee reviewing euthanasia deaths in Canada ’s most populous province has ...6 days ago -
Top stories - NBC News
Grandmother who accidentally invited random teen to Thanksgiving diagnosed with breast cancer
The Arizona grandmother who went viral for accidentally inviting a stranger to her Thanksgiving dinner has been diagnosed with breast cancer.6 days ago -
Politics - The Hill
Instagram rolls out new features to prevent sextortion scams targeting teens
Instagram has introduced a series of new safety features to prevent sextortion schemes, marking the platform's latest effort to protect users, especially teenagers, from online harm. The safety ...6 days ago -
Top stories - BBC News
Four jailed over 'beautiful' teen's machete murder
Four attackers, including three teenagers, are jailed for murdering 18-year-old Jordan Kukabu.October 16 -
Business - Inc.
Meta Will Face State Lawsuits Alleging Teen Social Media Addiction
Despite efforts to have two cases dismissed, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook will have a legal reckoning over allegations its platforms harm younger users.October 16 -
Top stories - BBC News
Crash that killed four teens avoidable - inquest
Four teens drowned after their car flipped into a ditch while on a camping trip, an inquest hears.October 16 -
Sports - CBS Sports
Immune to intimidation, Richard Clark brings fearlessness College Football Playoff needs to usher in new era
Clark's military background has made him the perfect fit to handle the chaos of CFP directorOctober 16 - College Football -
Top stories - BBC News
What is assisted dying and could the law change?
Many countries have legalised assisted dying, assisted suicide or euthanasia, which are different.October 16 -
Top stories - The New York Times
That Plastic Skeleton Can’t Be Your Plus 1, Police Tell Car Pool Lane Users
A California Highway Patrol officer in the San Jose area recently cited a driver who used a Halloween-themed ruse to drive in a high-occupancy-vehicle lane.October 15 -
Tech - Wired
The Doctor Behind the ‘Suicide Pod’ Wants AI to Assist at the End of Life
The death of an American woman inside Philip Nitschke’s latest invention reveals the next frontier in the right-to-die debate.October 15 -
Top stories - NBC News
Teen arrested on suspicion of killing his father at a popular California waterfall
A 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of killing his father at a popular waterfall in Southern California, authorities said.October 14 - California -
World - ABC News
A record-setting teen climber returns home to Nepal to a hero's welcome
A Sherpa teenager has returned to Nepal to a hero's welcome after becoming the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaksOctober 14 -
Sports - ABC News
A record-setting teen climber returns home to Nepal to a hero's welcome
A Sherpa teenager has returned to Nepal to a hero's welcome after becoming the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaksOctober 14