The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced today that's it's fining Block, the creator of Cash App and parent company of Square, $120 million in "refunds and redress" and a $55 million fine for how the company handled fraud on its payment platform.<br /> Per the CFPB, Cash App's Terms of Service at one point claimed that any bank linked to an account f [...]
In summer 2025, OpenAI internally flagged GPT-5 as high-risk because it helped users create biological hazards, but downgraded the model's risk rating that fall. According to the Wall Street Journal, some users got step-by-step instructions for making poisons and biological weapons. Hundreds asked for that kind of information.<br /> The article Hundreds asked ChatGPT for poison and biow [...]
China’s $1.1bn AI, robotics and EV package for Serbia lands four days after 34,000 protesters filled the capital demanding early elections. Brussels has yet to develop a coherent response to either. On Saturday, tens of thousands of Serbians filled the centre of Belgrade in what police estimated as a 34,300-person rally demanding early elections, accountability […]<br /> This story conti [...]
VentureBeat today announced the spinout of GamesBeat as a standalone company – a strategic move that sharpens our focus on the biggest transformation of our time: the enterprise shift to AI, data infrastructure and intelligent security. [...]
Rockstar Games' GTA 6 timed Netflix exclusive, and gamers' defense of it is exactly why the gaming industry is rotten and will continue to get worse. [...]