Category: Age
Claude AI will end ‘persistently harmful or abusive user interactions’
Anthropic’s Claude AI chatbot can now end conversations deemed “persistently harmful or abusive,” as spotted earlier by TechCrunch. The capability is now available in Opus 4 and 4.1 models, and will allow the chatbot to end conversations as a “last resort” after users repeatedly ask it to generate harmful content despite multiple refusals and attempts […]
Prenatal Pesticide Exposure Linked to Lasting Brain Damage in Children
A new study provides the strongest evidence yet that prenatal exposure to the insecticide chlorpyrifos (CPF) disrupts brain development, leaving children with structural abnormalities and impaired motor control well into adolescence. Using brain imaging and behavioral assessments of over 270 New York City children, researchers found that higher CPF exposure levels were directly linked to widespread changes in brain structure, function, and metabolism.
Teenage Engineering did it again
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 94, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, did you hydrate today, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’m visiting LinkedIn way too much because of Mini Sudoku, looking at the […]
Meta’s flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York. He never made it home.
A cognitively impaired New Jersey man grew infatuated with “Big sis Billie,” a Facebook Messenger chatbot with a […]
Scientists Say Exercise May Actually Reverse Your Biological Age
These findings suggest that increasing leisure-time physical activity and reducing sedentary behavior may benefit epigenetic aging. A research team led by Takuji Kawamura of Tohoku University has published a new perspective in the journal Aging, examining how regular exercise, physical activity, and overall fitness may affect the body’s biological aging process. The review draws on […]
Too Much Screen Time Could Be Harming Kids’ Hearts, New Study Warns
A new study warns that time spent by children and young adults on phones, gaming consoles, and other electronic devices may endanger their heart health. Spending long periods of time on phones, computers, gaming systems, or other electronic devices may raise the likelihood of developing cardiometabolic problems, including high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, and insulin […]
