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Lawsuit alleges OpenAI stole childrens user data
Trending Now Say More Look Up In My Bag Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Mashable @Home Mashable Selects Top creators, ranked Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List Creator Playbook AI at School Safety Net All Series The proposed class action suit seeks a share of OpenAI equity for young ChatGPT users. Rebecca Ruiz is a Senior Reporter at Mashable. She frequently covers mental health, digital culture, and technology. Her areas of expertise include suicide prevention, screen use and mental health, parenting, youth well-being, and meditation and mindfulness. Rebecca's experience prior to Mashable includes working as a staff writer, reporter, and editor at NBC News Digital and as a staff writer at Forbes.
Are the ACOTAR leaks real? Here's what we know, without spoilers.
Trending Now Say More Look Up In My Bag Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Mashable @Home Mashable Selects Top creators, ranked Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List Creator Playbook AI at School Safety Net All Series Are the'ACOTAR' leaks real? Here's what we know, without spoilers. 'A Court of Splintered Harmony' is almost here. Getting to release day without seeing alleged spoilers? Olivia Tauber is the deputy editor of digital culture, covering creators, media, movies, beauty, and more.
Reform faces criticism after councillors filmed making racist comments
Warning: This report contains racist and offensive language. Reform UK has said there is no room for racism in its party after ITV News broadcast undercover filming, gathered over a year, of some of its councillors and candidates using racist, violent and sexist language. In the film, Undercover: A Year in Reform,, external a Reform councillor and deputy mayor of Solihull is recorded calling Asian homeowners parasites. Labour described the investigation as truly sickening adding: Nigel Farage can't shrug these latest revelations off as being a few bad apples. A Reform spokesman said: Where members, activists and councillors have clearly behaved inappropriately, investigations have commenced and that in some cases there had been suspensions.
Women Trust AI Less Than Men--But No One's Asking Them
Men are disproportionately likely to be approached as AI experts, Harvard researchers found. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. As our tech overlords continue pumping more resources into AI development and innovation-- responsibly, of course --they're facing a massive trust gap: the people they want to use the tech keep asking who the technology is actually for. Is it for those who clamor for a surveillance state? Is it meant to help us compete with other nations?
Brooklyn novelty shop reeling from 'surreal' row with Kelly Clarkson over mechanical bird
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. On a rainy Wednesday afternoon, a novelty toy and games store in the quiet Brooklyn neighbourhood of Cobble Hill was seeing much busier foot traffic than usual. Inside, the shop was packed with cameramen and customers, while passersby looked inside, asking: Where's the bird? Art of Play has found itself at the centre of a social media storm since the weekend when Grammy-winning musician Kelly Clarkson complained online that the boutique store would not let her buy a singing and dancing mechanical bird that was perched on the wall. The Since U Been Gone singer claimed she was looked at as if I couldn't afford the bird - which she said had a price tag of $15,000 (£11,000).
Global smartphone market sinks to lowest level in 14 years
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I recommend these SwissGear suitcases to anyone who asks -- and theyre up to 35% off on Amazon
Trending Now Say More Look Up In My Bag Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Mashable @Home Mashable Selects Top creators, ranked Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List Creator Playbook AI at School Safety Net All Series I recommend these SwissGear suitcases to anyone who asks -- and they're up to 35% off on Amazon After tens of thousands of miles of travel with me, they still look pristine. Haley Henschel is a Chicago-based Senior Shopping Reporter at Mashable who reviews and finds deals on popular tech, from laptops to gaming consoles and VPNs. She has years of experience covering shopping holidays and can tell you what's actually worth buying on Black Friday and Amazon Prime Day. Her work has also explored the driving forces behind digital trends within the shopping sphere, from dupes to 12-foot skeletons . All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers.
How to watch Practical Magic 2: Where and when the sequel will hit streaming
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This Coleman camping stove is on sale for 65 off -- save 28% with Amazons late-season deal
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Bumble adds social media-esque handles
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