Graham Lovelace

Character.ai announces under-18 ban on lethal chatbots but lawyer says 'more action is needed' AI developer claims to be taking a 'bold step' following deaths by suicide of US teenagers

🚨CHARACTER.AI HAS banned under-18s access to chatbots that have been implicated in the deaths by suicide of US teens. The move has been welcomed by the lawyer calling for AI developers to be made more accountable, but she says more needs to be done.
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Creators cheer as Australian government rules out copyright exception for AI developers Attorney general backs creative sector as she launches consultation on copyright laws

🚨CREATOR GROUPS in Australia are celebrating after the government ruled out a copyright exception that would have allowed AI developers to train their generative models on creative content without the consent of rightsholders. Full story: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/creators-c...

Altman teases 'eroticAI' having previously ruled out putting 'a sexbot avatar in ChatGPT' #76 | PLUS: Newsom signs chatbot bill | Google UK could be forced to change AI Overviews | Apple faces another copyright lawsuit | Music chief makes AI pledge |✨AND: The world's first gen AI camera

🚨CHARTING GEN AI's latest edition leads with the revelation that OpenAI is planning to allow a far less buttoned-down version of ChatGPT to engage in erotic conversations with what its technology judges to be adults. We have that full story, and much more!
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YouTube video by CHATROG AI's Hidden Truths: Graham Lovelace Exposes the Myths

Great to talk #AI #Ethics and #Innovation with Roger Steare! We discuss the ethical dilemmas and potential for responsible AI development. #CHATROG
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Then they came for the late night show hosts
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a late night show host

Shocking new report reveals how Character.ai chatbots groom minors #70 | PLUS: Another media giant sues Midjourney | ICMP reveals copyright theft | Judge's Google ruling is slammed | French news orgs tackle AI datasets | Open Swiss LLM launches| ✨AND: AI artist sues

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In a blog post this week OpenAI said safeguards in ChatGPT were more reliable “in common, short exchanges” but might degrade during longer interactions. “For example, ChatGPT may correctly point to a suicide hotline when someone first mentions intent, but after many messages over a long period of time, it might eventually offer an answer that goes against our safeguards.” That was “exactly the kind of breakdown” OpenAI was now “working to prevent”, it said. No mention of the lawsuit’s claims that ChatGPT is “intentionally designed to foster psychological dependency” with its overly anthropomorphic language mimicking that of a therapist, and sickly sycophantic replies encouraging susceptible minds to believe they’re engaging with a human. Of course not. Its blog is seeking to assure us that it’s topping up the brake fluid when in fact the out-of-control car has no brakes at all. https://grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/parents-accuse-openai-of-encouraging

"The parents of a teenage boy who took his own life are suing OpenAI saying ChatGPT encouraged their son to plan his death — and even offered to draft a suicide note."

@glovelace.bsky.social details the claim.

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So wonderful we can fully trust on AI and those Tec bros who have the best of intentions 🥰 - what a marvelous future we will bring upon us /s

🚨US president Donald Trump this week delivered an ultimatum to countries that dare to regulate Silicon Valley tech giants: drop your rules or face punitive tariffs and restricted access to American technology — including AI chips. Will copyright be next? grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/parents-ac...

Parents accuse OpenAI of encouraging wrongful death of son who died by suicide #69 | PLUS: Trump threatens retaliatory tariffs | Tech site scraped 1.6 million times in a day | Anthropic settlement welcomed by N/MA | Netflix unveils AI policy |✨AND: Doh! Where's my pizza deal?

🚨Having been accused of causing the wrongful death of a teenage boy OpenAI says it’s working on a fix. Its blogpost makes no mention of a lawsuit’s claim that features within GPT-4o were “intentionally designed to foster psychological dependency”. Story: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/parents-ac...

Disappointment and hype: leading AI expert Maria Sukhareva on GPT-5’s big letdown.

Is the botched launch of GPT-5 an ‘emperor with no clothes’ moment? AI expert Maria Sukhareva doesn’t hold back!

Is the botched launch of GPT-5 an ‘emperor with no clothes’ moment? AI expert Maria Sukhareva doesn’t hold back!

Disappointment and hype: leading AI expert Maria Sukhareva on GPT-5’s big letdown.

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from @glovelace.bsky.social

Creators condemn 'absurd' move to dilute Australian copyright laws in favour of Big AI Productivity Commission's proposal for a TDM exception is 'not in national interest'

🚨CREATOR GROUPS in Australia are up in arms after a government advisory body floated a text and data mining (TDM) exception giving AI giants free rein to train their models on copyrighted works without consent or compensation. Full story & pithy analysis: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/creators-c...

It thinks, it has feelings, it learns like a human ... let's play anthropomorphic AI BINGO! Look out for these phrases attributing human characteristics to latest AI models

🚨It thinks, it has feelings, it learns like a human ... let's play anthropomorphic AI BINGO! Several new models are set to be released by the major developers in coming days. Let’s see how many of these phrases are used. Good luck!
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It thinks, it has feelings, it learns like a human ... let's play anthropomorphic AI BINGO! Look out for these phrases attributing human characteristics to latest AI models

🚨It thinks, it has feelings, it learns like a human ... let's play anthropomorphic AI BINGO! Several new models are set to be released by the major developers in coming days. Let’s see how many of these phrases are used. Good luck!
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Defence fund is launched in memory of OpenAI whistleblower | Ousted US copyright chief loses another round | Creatives' coalition accuses Brussels of ignoring AI concerns #65 | Meta is accused of training video models on adult movies | There's a new AI chatbot in town: how was it trained? | Stability CEO backs marketplace for artists | BBC News appoints AI chief

THE GRIEVING PARENTS of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji this week launched a defence fund to support those who “courageously speak out against injustice”. Find out what they said in this week's Charting Gen AI. Do subscribe! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/defence-fu...

Defence fund is launched in memory of OpenAI whistleblower | Ousted US copyright chief loses another round | Creatives' coalition accuses Brussels of ignoring AI concerns #65 | Meta is accused of training video models on adult movies | There's a new AI chatbot in town: how was it trained? | Stability CEO backs marketplace for artists | BBC News appoints AI chief

THE GRIEVING PARENTS of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji this week launched a defence fund to support those who “courageously speak out against injustice”. Find out what they said in this week's Charting Gen AI. Do subscribe! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/defence-fu...

Let's play AI-copyright deniers' BINGO! Two dozen excuses used to justify ripping off creators in one handy game card

Thanks for sharing Neil! For those who haven’t seen it … grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/lets-play-...

Thank you for sharing!

Thank you for sharing.

with the insights of Nina George , EWC's political commissioner, on "A LONG-AWAITED template intended to force AI providers to reveal the sources of their training data" … Find more in Graham Lovelace ' Post:

clear and critical Insights @glovelace.bsky.social
on what´s to come #ai - also and especially about the GPAI Code of Practice
... selling out Europe's brains and creative capacity

Trump's culture war on woke AI 'will enforce bias' | Creators' leader says Europe's AI transparency template is 'useless' #64 | PLUS: Hawley goes on warpath with Big Tech | Creators' champion attacks UK pact with OpenAI | Netflix admits first use of gen AI | Google in 'content licensing project' | Suleyman backs humans

🚨IT’S BEEN a tumultuous week in AI policy and regulation in the US, EU and UK. Here’s what happened … in Charting Gen AI’s Weekly Newsletter. Do subscribe! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/trumps-cul...

Nice summary by Graham of the derivative “ideas” (sic) on copyright & AI set out by the boy-who-would-be-king yesterday.

Not a massive surprise, but still... 😓

Trump's bombshell to creators: 'AI wants your content, but Big Tech need not pay' President also backs US state ban on AI regulation and issues warning to Europe

🚨PRESIDENT TRUMP has firmly backed Big Tech in its fight with creators over the use of their works to train AI. As well as saying AI developers need not pay for content he also backed a ban on US states regulating AI and issued a stark warning to Europe. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/trumps-bom...

Policy plan calls for funds to be held from US states enforcing 'burdensome' AI laws White House roadmap details 90 recommendations to maintain US AI dominance

🚨US STATES that enact and enforce AI regulations deemed ‘burdensome’ by the Trump administration are set to lose out on federal funding for artificial intelligence programmes. Charting Gen AI's Quick Take explains it all, with pithy analysis. Do subscribe! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/policy-pla...