Peter Vandermeersch admitted using AI to'wrongly put words into people's mouths'. Peter Vandermeersch admitted using AI to'wrongly put words into people's mouths'. Mediahuis suspends Peter Vandermeersch, who says he'fell into trap of hallucinations', after investigation by newspaper where he was once editor-in-chief The publisher of the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf and the Irish Independent has suspended one of its senior journalists after he admitted using AI to "wrongly put words into people's mouths". Peter Vandermeersch, the former head of the Irish operations at Mediahuis, said he "fell into the trap of hallucinations" - the term for AI-generated errors - when using the technology . Vandermeersch, a fellow of "journalism and society" at the European publishing group, has been suspended from his role.

The app reads your email inbox and your meeting calendar, then gives you a short audio summary. It can help you spend less time scrolling, but of course, there are privacy drawbacks to consider.

Instant to reduce annoying "if you want" and teaser-style phrasing that users found intrusive. This change addresses widespread user complaints about persistent, clickbait-like follow-up prompts that negatively impacted the AI interaction experience. The update aims to create more natural, direct conversations by making ChatGPT less chatty and eliminating the bothersome response teasers. It wasn't all that long ago that ChatGPT was a constant nag, persistently dropping "Would you like me to?"-style questions at the end of its responses. OpenAI eventually tweaked the phrasing, dropping the question marks and going for "if you want"-style teasers that invited users to extend their chat sessions. Now, OpenAI has acknowledged that it went too far with the clickbaity follow-ups, noting in a recent update for one of its newest models that it's now cutting back on the teasers. "We're rolling out an update to GPT-5.3 Instant that improves follow-up tone and reduces teaser-style phrasing," reads a recent ChatGPT release note, which adds that users should soon see fewer follow-ups like "if you want," "you'll never believe," and "I can tell you three things that " Those teasers are, of course, a way for ChatGPT to keep subscribers chatting, but users have been complaining that the persistent follow-ups are more annoying than they are intriguing. "I hated it with a passion and hope it's completely gone," wrote one user on Reddit .

The Fight to Hold AI Companies Accountable for Children's Deaths After a series of suicides allegedly linked to AI chatbots, one lawyer is trying to hold companies like OpenAI accountable. Cedric Lacey relied on a camera to check on his kids while he was working as a commercial van driver going to and back from Alabama. Each morning, he would tune into the feed of his living room to make sure his teenage son, Amaurie, and his 14-year-old daughter were packing up their bags and getting ready to leave for school. But one morning last June, Lacey didn't see Amaurie up and about. Concerned, he called home, only to find out that his 17-year-old had hanged himself.

After OpenAI's Instant Checkout feature fell short, Walmart is instead embedding its Sparky chatbot directly into ChatGPT and Google Gemini. Since November, Walmart has let some ChatGPT users order a limited selection of products without ever leaving OpenAI's chatbot interface. Sales have been disappointing, a Walmart executive vice president exclusively tells WIRED. The results suggest that a future where chatbots and AI agents take over ecommerce is still a way off, if it ever materializes. Last year, OpenAI made a bet that it could boost revenue by charging a commission on purchases made through ChatGPT.

Three years on from the release of ChatGPT, two broad camps have formed: those people who refuse to use it, and those who use it every day. Three years on from the release of ChatGPT, two broad camps have formed: those people who refuse to use it, and those who use it every day. We asked experts about the most responsible ways to use AI tools - here's what they said Three years on from the release of ChatGPT, two broad camps have formed: those people who refuse to use it, and those who use it every day. A 2025 survey by the Pew Research Center found that one-third of US adults say they have been using ChatGPT. This includes 58% of US adults under 30 - roughly double the share two years ago.

Why can't language models write well? I n a certain, strange way, generative AI peaked with OpenAI's GPT-2 seven years ago. Little known to anyone outside of tech circles, GPT-2 excelled at producing unexpected answers. "You could be like, 'Continue this story:,' and GPT-2 would be like, ','" Katy Gero, a poet and computer scientist who has been experimenting with language models since 2017, told me. "The models won't do that anymore." AI leaders boast about their models' superhuman technical abilities.

Plus: China has approved the world's first commercial brain chip. Where OpenAI's technology could show up in Iran OpenAI has controversially agreed to give the Pentagon access to its AI. But where exactly could its tech show up, and which applications will its customers and employees tolerate? There's pressure to integrate it quickly with existing military tools. One defense official revealed it could even assist in selecting strike targets. OpenAI's partnership with Anduril, which makes drones and counter-drone technologies, adds another hint at what is to come.

A U.S. judge has ordered South Korean game developer Krafton to reinstate the head of one of its video game studios after ruling that he had been improperly removed as part of a takeover plan hatched by ChatGPT. WILMINGTON, DELAWARE - A Delaware judge on Monday ordered that South Korean game developer Krafton reinstate the head of one of its video game studios, ruling he had been improperly removed as part of a takeover plan hatched by ChatGPT. Krafton CEO Changhan Kim had largely followed the advice of artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT during a $250 million dispute with the leaders of the Subnautica game maker Unknown Worlds Entertainment, which Krafton had acquired, according to the ruling by Vice Chancellor Lori Will of the Court of Chancery in Delaware. Businesses and governments are scrambling for new ways to use AI, and the technology has been blamed for mass layoffs, fears of autonomous weapons and concerns about civil rights. Companies caught in takeover-related legal battles often spend millions of dollars on teams of attorneys and advisers from top-flight Wall Street firms. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.

OpenAI's adult mode reportedly won't generate pornographic audio, images or video The company's own council on wellbeing and AI appears to be against the feature. OpenAI's forthcoming adult mode will allow users to engage in lewd conversations with ChatGPT, but not use the chatbot to generate explicit images, audio or video. In response to reporting from an OpenAI spokesperson characterized the upcoming release as capable of producing smut rather than pornography. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman first floated the idea of allowing people to use ChatGPT for erotica, saying the company wanted to treat adult users like adults. OpenAI originally planned to release adult mode at the start of 2026.