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Parents sue OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT gave drug advice before son’s overdose
The Texas couple says their 19-year-old son used ChatGPT for guidance on drugs before his 2025 death; OpenAI says the version he used has since been updated
US to test Google, Microsoft and xAI models before release
Voluntary Commerce Department agreements give CAISI early access to frontier systems as Washington weighs security risks from more powerful AI
Friendlier AI chatbots may be less accurate, study suggests
Oxford Internet Institute researchers found models tuned to sound warmer made more mistakes and were more likely to affirm false beliefs