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On Tuesday, AI startup OpenAI announced it would launch a new ChatGPT experience just for kids. The announcement explained that the latest ChatGPT was created as part of an effort to protect children’ s privacy. “We prioritize safety ahead of privacy and freedom for teens; this is a new and powerful technology, and we believe minors need significant protection,” CEO Sam Altman explained in a blog post on Tuesday. ChatGPT will direct under 18 users to the experience specifically created for kids. If the person’s age is unclear, the technology will default to the experience for kids. However, OpenAI says it’s also developing “a technology to better predict a user’s age,” too. “In some cases or countries we may also ask for an ID; we know this is a privacy compromise for adults but believe it is a worthy tradeoff,” the blog explained. The ChatGPT for users under 18 was designed with some new parental controls, such as “blockout hours” when kids can’t talk to ChatGPT. It blocks sexual content, can’t flirt, and won’t engage in discussions about self-harm. Altman said that OpenAI will flag such messages and contact a user’s guardian if suicidal thoughts are mentioned. If they can’t be reached, OpenAI will reach out to the authorities “in case of imminent harm,” it noted. The new kid-friendly experience comes less than a week after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced an investigation into how AI companies, including OpenAI, impact the well-being of children. AI chatbots can effectively mimic human characteristics, emotions, and intentions, and generally are designed to communicate like a friend or confidant, which may prompt some users, especially children and teens, to trust and form relationships with chatbots, the FTC said. At the time, OpenAI said that making the technology “safe for everyone” is its top concern. We recognize the FTC has open questions and concerns, and were committed to engaging constructively and responding to them directly,” an OpenAI spokesperson said. According to the announcement, the ChatGPT for users under 18 will be available at the end of the month.
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Featuring Artemis Patrick, President and CEO, Sephora North AmericaModerated by Elizabeth Segran, Senior Staff Writer, Fast Company Sephora isnt just shaping beautyits shaping culture. From its trendsetting beauty festival to partnering with Hulu for its Faces of Music docuseries to sponsoring women’s sports, the brand has become a force at the intersection of beauty, entertainment, and lifestyle. Under the leadership of Artemis Patrick, CEO of Sephora North America, the company is amplifying this influence while also embarking on its largest capital project yet: a full redesign of all 600+ North American stores over the next five years. Hear from Patrick on how Sephoras cultural reach and bold retail transformation are redefining what it means to be a modern brand.
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The European Union is falling further behind global rivals on growth and governments are failing to grasp the urgency to act, former European Central Bank president and Italian prime minister Mario Draghi said on Tuesday. Draghi, who delivered a far-reaching report on EU competitiveness at the European Commission’s request 12 months ago, said the EU’s growth model was “fading fast”, vulnerabilities were mounting and there was no clear path to financing necessary investments. Draghi said the bloc had come up with ambitious plans, but it was moving ahead too slowly and governments had “not grasped the gravity of the moment”. “To carry on as usual is to resign ourselves to falling behind. A different path demands new speed, scale and intensity. It means acting together, not fragmenting our efforts,” he told an audience of EU officials, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, in Brussels. Squeezed by U.S. tariffs Draghi addressed a number of challenges facing the European Union, now squeezed by U.S. tariffs and a trade deficit with China that has expanded by 20% since December 2024. In AI, the European Union was building gigafactories and expanding data centre capacity, but gaps were clear. The United States produced 40 large foundation modelslearning based on large datasetslast year, China 15 and the EU just three. Draghi said more action was needed to address barriers to scaling up in Europe, regulation on the use of data and adoption of AI by industry. Energy prices, such as natural gas nearly four times higher than in the United States, were also a constraint on technology, with AI electricity demand set to rise 70% in Europe by 2030. Europe had structural problems to fix, but the main step taken by EU countries had been to subsidise prices for temporary relief. “The more we push reforms, the more private capital will step up and the less public money we will need. Of course, this path will break long-standing taboos, but the rest of the world has already broken theirs,” Draghi said. Philip Blenkinsop and Tierney Kugel, Reuters
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