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ChatGPT introduces new parental controls for teens – CBS News Watch CBS News Parents can now connect their ChatGPT accounts to their children’s and get notifications when sensitive issues are raised. Jo Ling Kent has more from Los Angeles.

YouTube creators whose accounts were banned for violating previous policies against COVID-19 and election misinformation will be given the chance to rejoin the platform, said Alphabet, YouTube’s parent company, on Tuesday. In a letter submitted in response to subpoenas from the House Judiciary Committee, attorneys for Alphabet said the decision to bring back banned accounts…

Microsoft says it has stopped providing some of its cloud and AI services to Israel’s Ministry of Defense following a report in Britain’s Guardian newspaper, which alleged Israel used the services to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The Guardian report, published in August in conjunction with Israeli outlets…

The Oakland Ballers, an independent baseball team in the Pioneer League, allowed an AI manager to call their recent game. While the use of artificial intelligence is controversial in professional sports, Major League Baseball announced last week that it would begin using AI umpires next season.

HSBC on Thursday announced it has successfully used quantum computing in a trial to optimize bond trading, making it the first in the world to prove the value of the powerful emerging technology in the financial services industry. Working with IBM, the bank used a combination of classical computing and the tech giant’s Heron quantum…

For the first time in its history, WIRED is dedicating an issue to politics, citing concerns about the tech industry’s alignment with President Trump. Katie Drummond, the magazine’s global editorial director, explains what this shift means for Silicon Valley and for readers.

The Secret Service has disrupted a sprawling telecommunications network in the New York Tri-State Area that investigators say posed a serious potential disruption to New York’s telecom systems and a possible threat to the United Nations General Assembly meetings this week. In the largest seizure of its kind, the U.S. Secret Service announced Tuesday that…

Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the major leagues in 2026. Human plate umpires will still call balls and strikes, but teams can challenge two calls per game and get additional appeals in…

Amazon faces a court hearing in Seattle this week to face allegations by federal regulators that the e-commerce giant duped customers into signing up for its Prime membership while also making it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions. The case, announced by the Federal Trade Commission in 2023, centers on claims that Amazon engaged in…

Emeline Lakrout, a busy New Yorker with a knack for running, rock climbing and swimming, doesn’t let being legally blind stop her from living an active lifestyle.  Despite being declared blind at 8 years old, Lakrout has taken on challenges, such as running the New York City Marathon and joining the U.S. National Paraclimbing Team….