A developer’s AI pain experiment produced distress-like responses and sparked ethical debate, but it does not establish that models consciously suffer.

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The FTC is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI firms over potential consumer harms, safety claims and risks tied to increasingly autonomous AI systems.

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Google, OpenAI and Anthropic reportedly plan an AI safety standards body. See what the proposed testing and audits could mean for enterprise IT buyers.

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OpenAI's MentalHealthBench tests responses to 1,215 synthetic mental health conversations, revealing gaps in how AI models seek context and gauge urgency.

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Trump dismisses AI extinction warnings and says beating China is the priority as researchers and lawmakers call for stronger safeguards on advanced systems.

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Anthropic says researchers used Claude for biological work that could support weapons development, exposing new challenges for AI safeguards.

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See what you missed in Daily Tech Insider from Sept. 7–11.

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UN rights chief Volker Türk warns advanced AI could threaten humanity without binding safeguards, independent oversight and firm global limits.

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ChatGPT for Teens adds stronger protections for users ages 13 to 17, but parents still face limits around monitoring, age prediction, and AI safety.

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See what you missed in Daily Tech Insider from Aug. 17–21.

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OpenAI has doubled its top bio bounty to $50,000 for researchers who can develop a universal jailbreak against its biological safety challenge. The ongoing private program begins with GPT-5.6 and keeps GPT-5.5 in scope through July 27, 2026.

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