Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Getty Images “If you’re not comfortable, don’t let your kids be on Roblox”: with that advice in an exclusive BBC interview, the hugely popular gaming platform’s CEO Dave Baszucki ignited a fierce debate among parents. Mr Baszucki also stressed the company took protecting its users extremely seriously and pointed out that […]
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Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporter Reuters A Norwegian man has filed a complaint after ChatGPT told him he had killed two of his sons and been jailed for 21 years. Arve Hjalmar Holmen has contacted the Norgwegian Data Protection Authority and demanded the chatbot’s maker, OpenAI, is fined. It is the latest example of so-called “hallucinations”,
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Hope Rhodes Education producer Getty Images A bill which had suggested banning smartphones in schools and addictive algorithms aimed at young teenagers has been watered down to gain government support. Labour MP Josh MacAlister, who is bringing the private members’ bill, told BBC News it was now focused on areas where campaigners could “actually get
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Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Getty Images More than 80% of Australian children aged eight to 12 use social media or messaging services that are only meant to be for over-13s, according to new research. It comes as Australia plans to implement a total social media ban for under-16s that is expected by the end of
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