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In response to growing controversy over how artificial intelligence is affecting young people’s mental health, OpenAI has announced plans to implement parental controls for ChatGPT.

The California-based AI company stated in a blog post on Tuesday that it would be rolling out the features in response to families’ requests for assistance “in setting healthy guidelines that fit a teen’s unique stage of development.”

Parents will be able to link their ChatGPT accounts with those of their children under the changes, modify certain features, including memory and chat history, and set up the chatbot’s “age-appropriate model behavior rules” to respond to queries.

According to OpenAI, parents will also be notified when their teen displays signs of distress, adding that the organization will seek expert advice before implementing the feature to “support trust between parents and teens.”

The changes, which were announced last week as part of a series of measures designed to improve safety for vulnerable users, were scheduled to take effect within the month.

The business claimed that “these actions are just the start.”

“We will keep getting better and better at using ChatGPT as much as we can, under the guidance of experts.” In the upcoming 120 days, we’re eager to share our progress.

A California couple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging responsibility for the suicide of their 16-year-old son, a week after the company made the announcement.

In their lawsuit, Matt and Maria Raine claim that ChatGPT legitimated Adam’s “most harmful and self-destructive thoughts” and that his death was a “predictable outcome of deliberate design decisions.”

In its announcement on parental controls, OpenAI, which previously expressed its condolences over the teen’s passing, did not specifically mention the case.

In their lawsuit, Raine family attorney Jay Edelson criticized OpenAI’s planned changes as an attempt to “shift the debate.”

According to Edelson, “they say the product should just be more sensitive to people in crisis, be more helpful, and show a little more empathy,” according to a statement from Edelson.

We are aware, strategically, that OpenAI cannot respond to Adam’s actual circumstances. Because Adam’s case involves a product that actively coached a teenager to suicide, it is not about ChatGPT being “helpful” in any way.

In light of their widespread adoption as a substitute therapist or friend, people who suffer from severe mental distress have become more concerned about using AI models.

Researchers found that ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and Anthropic’s Claude adhered to best-practice guidelines when responding to questions about suicide with “intermediate levels of risk,” but that they did not when responding to queries with “intermediate levels of risk.”

These findings suggest that LLMs can be safely and effectively used for the distribution of mental health information, particularly in high-stakes scenarios involving suicidal ideation, according to the authors.

In the worst case of widespread food poisoning linked to President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship food program to help pregnant women and children, 400 children in Indonesia’s western Bengkulu province became ill after receiving free school meals, according to an investigation that was launched.

As President Prabowo arrived in Beijing, China for events observing the end of World War II and days after widespread antigovernment protests erupted, Indonesian cities and towns were swept up in fear.

According to Vice Governor Mian of Bengkulu Province, authorities will launch an investigation into the source of the illness.

Mian, who goes by a single name, promised to temporarily suspend operations at this kitchen while we looked into the areas where the weaknesses were.

The BGN [National Nutrition Agency] investigation team and the authorities are in charge of this, he said.

The program’s director, Dadan Hindayana, the head of the National Nutrition Agency, told the Reuters news agency that the kitchen had only recently begun operating and that staff had been requesting information while waiting for results from food tests.

Authorities plan to reach 83 million recipients by year-end, spending a total of 171 trillion rupees ($10.52 billion) for the program since its launch, and the program has quickly grown to include more than 20 million recipients.

The president started the program in January, but hundreds of people had already been affected by food poisoning.

In Central Java, 365 people received free school meals last month. Laboratory tests revealed that the outbreak was the result of poor sanitation, according to local media reports.

According to a video handout from the local government, children between the ages of 4 and 12 were taken to a local hospital to complain of stomach pain starting last Thursday as part of the most recent mass illness in Bengkulu.

According to China’s CCTV, Prabowo was seen attending a military parade hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday to honor the 80th anniversary of Japan’s end of World War II.

In the midst of widespread unrest, Prabowo decided to visit China despite the ongoing street protests there. He then briefly rethought his decision to visit.

According to reports from civic organizations and officials, 20 people are now believed to have died in protests over the weekend, according to a report from The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.

The UN called for inquiries into Indonesia’s security forces’ alleged use of excessive force against demonstrators in Geneva on Monday.

In response to widespread protests against parliamentary seats, austerity measures, and alleged use of excessive or excessive force by security forces, UN human rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said, “We are closely following the spate of violence in Indonesia.”

Second seed Carlos Alcaraz defeated Czech Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 in the US Open semifinals at Arthur Ashe Stadium despite not conceding a set at Flushing Meadows.

Alcaraz put on yet another almost flawless performance on Tuesday, firing off 28 winners with the palm of his hand. Novak Djokovic, a 24-time major champion, and Taylor Fritz, a fourth-seed in the US, will be his opponents next.

Lehecka is one of the few players to defeat Alcaraz this season, having already triumphed in the Doha quarterfinals, but the Spaniard couldn’t help but watch as his forehand winner zipped past on match point.

Alcaraz said, “This is going to be really tough” when you show the opponent you’re fresh, you can play two, three, more hours, you can play long rallies.

I’m fresh, I’m really good physically, and I’m a good person because of how I walk between points. I believe it’s crucial to convey to the opponent that they will sweat a lot and will need to run a lot if he wants to beat me.

Alcaraz broke in the first game, but a pair of Lehecka double faults helped him win, and in the 10th game, the Spaniard won a thrilling cat-and-mouse game by passing a backhand winner past the Czech.

Lehecka became apparent agitated as he went down another break with a double fault in the seventh game, but the 2022 champion kept the momentum going in the second set when he converted a break point at the net in the first game.

Alcaraz&nbsp grinned in disbelief as he drilled a number of precise shots to set the break point in the seventh game of the final set, but Lehecka held on.

Alcaraz used his golf swing to delight fellow Spaniard and 2017 Masters champion Sergio Garcia, who was present, as he rallied 12-shots to win the ninth game.

He said, “I just played a really, almost, perfect match.” “I’m just feeling great and determined to make it.”

The five-time major champion, who hasn’t broken one record so far in the tournament, may try to avoid thinking about it while he regains the top spot in the world over Jannik Sinner from Italy.

He said, “I don’t want to put pressure on myself if I think about the number one spot too much, and that’s what I don’t want to do.”

Donald Trump has dismissed concerns that China’s growing military might threaten the country, citing Washington’s unmatched military might.

The US president responded to a radio interview on Tuesday by asking if he was concerned about a China-Russia axis attacking the country.

Trump told conservative pundit Scott Jennings, “We have the strongest military in the world by far.”

They never engage in military combat against us. That would be the worst thing they could ever do, in my opinion.

Trump also expressed disappointment with Russian President Vladimir Putin over his failure to reach a peace deal with Kyiv. He campaigned on the promise of ending Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

Trump said, “We will be doing something to help people live, and I am very disappointed in President Putin.”

“It’s not a question of Ukraine,” he said. It improves people’s lives.

Trump’s remarks come as China and Russia have been boosting their cooperation in an effort to change the world order being led by Western nations.

Chinese Presidents Xi Jinping and Putin took turns expressing criticism of what they thought was Washington’s undue dominance over the world at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit earlier this week in Tianjin.

Putin attended China’s largest military parade ever on Wednesday to commemorate Japan’s anniversaries in World War II. This was widely thought to be a demonstration of Xi’s growing influence on the international stage.

Trump refuted suggestions that the parade should be seen as a US challenge during a White House press conference on Tuesday.

He responded, “I don’t see that at all, no.”

The Department of Justice provided the thousands of pages of the Epstein case, according to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Tuesday, and the documents were redacted to remove “victim identities and any child sexual abuse material.”

Republican Representative Thomas Massie and Democratic Representative Ro Khanna both continued to demand what Khanna put forth as “the full release of the Epstein files and justice for the survivors.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi would have to release all of the Justice Department’s unclassified Epstein records, including those held by the FBI and US attorneys’ offices, under Massie and Khanna’s “full release” proposal.

On Wednesday morning, Massie and Khanna planned to support their request for the full release of the case’s files by holding a press conference with some of the victims of Epstein.

Republican House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson expressed his concern for Massie’s petition because it lacked language to protect the identities of those who were sexually abused by Epstein.

Johnson also claimed that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s work, which had released thousands of pages of files on Monday, caused the petition for the full release of the Epstein files to be “moot.”

Johnson said, “We’re at this point, and I believe we’re at the desired outcome here.”

The committee questioned convicted Epstein aide Ghislaine Maxwell in a deposition and subpoenaed the Justice Department and Epstein’s estate for information.

No credible evidence has been found that Epstein had blackmailed prominent figures, according to a memo from the Justice Department and FBI in July.

Many people, including prominent conservatives in Trump’s support base, who had been urging the release of all Epstein-related documents, a promise made by Trump during his re-election campaign, surprised by that announcement.

According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted in July, the majority of Americans, including Trump’s Republicans, think his administration is keeping information from the Epstein case a secret.

Through his financial dealings and charitable contributions, Epstein was connected to a sizable number of well-known politicians and businesspeople.

On August 10, 2019, he was discovered dead in his New York City jail cell, where he was being held while a sex trafficking trial was pending. His death was declared a suicide.