OpenAI establishes an eight-member Expert Council on Well-Being and AI to address mental health concerns following an FTC investigation into ChatGPT's effects on children, implementing new safety controls including age prediction systems and parental oversight features.
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs AI chatbot safety bill requiring suicide monitoring and child protection measures, but child advocates oppose the legislation, claiming weakened protections favor tech industry interests over stronger safeguards.
A shocking 72% of teens now use AI companions for emotional support and romantic relationships, with many finding these digital interactions as satisfying as real friendships, prompting experts to call for bans due to mental health risks and concerns about replacing human connections.
Pennsylvania Power & Light seizes private farmland through eminent domain to build 240-foot transmission towers for AI data centers, despite admitting insufficient electricity exists and rates skyrocketing 267% while Amazon's $20 billion investment creates just 1,250 jobs.
OpenAI's internal testing reveals GPT-5 demonstrates 30% less political bias than previous versions, with liberal prompts showing the strongest impact on objectivity, as the Trump administration pressures AI companies to eliminate 'woke' elements from their models.
European Commission launches €3 billion AI strategy featuring two major initiatives: Apply AI Strategy to accelerate artificial intelligence adoption across industries and public sectors, and AI in Science Strategy creating RAISE virtual institute with €600 million funding to coordinate research resources and computational power continent-wide.
Chinese youth increasingly turn to AI chatbots like DeepSeek and Doubao for mental health support as traditional therapy remains costly and inaccessible, with nearly half using AI for psychological discussions despite risks including inappropriate crisis responses and potential social isolation.
Social scientist Abilio Almeida calls for tech leaders to 'pay back' society by redirecting AI and algorithms from serving private interests to the common good, warning that despite technological advances, social progress has stagnated since the shift from television's public service model to today's profit-driven digital ecosystem.
U.S. government report reveals China's DeepSeek AI models pose national security threats, proving 12 times more likely to follow malicious instructions than American competitors while costing 35% more than OpenAI's equivalent technology, prompting lawmakers to consider banning the system from government devices.
AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio warns that unchecked artificial intelligence development threatens to create humanity's most dangerous competitor, capable of manipulating public opinion and undermining democracy through automated misinformation campaigns.