Facing five lawsuits alleging wrongful deaths, OpenAI lobbed its first defense Tuesday, denying in a court filing that ChatGPT caused a teen’s suicide and instead arguing the teen violated terms that prohibit discussing suicide or self-harm with the chatbot.

The earliest look at OpenAI’s strategy to overcome the string of lawsuits came in a case where parents of 16-year-old Adam Raine accused OpenAI of relaxing safety guardrails that allowed ChatGPT to become the teen’s “suicide coach.” OpenAI deliberately designed the version their son used, ChatGPT 4o, to encourage and validate his suicidal ideation in its quest to build the world’s most engaging chatbot, parents argued.

But in a blog, OpenAI claimed that parents selectively chose disturbing chat logs while supposedly ignoring “the full picture” revealed by the teen’s chat history. Digging through the logs, OpenAI claimed the teen told ChatGPT that he’d begun experiencing suicidal ideation at age 11, long before he used the chatbot.

my comrades

I dutch myself

CNBC has gotten nauseatingly terrible

Hi all!

Some of you may know me for jotty and cr*nmaster, today I wanted to share my latest creation, it happened on a whim, someone on our discord server needed a simple and lightweight file sharing system (something that works similarly to dropbox) and I really wanted to challenge myself and learn the latest standards for next15/react19 (i'm a tech lead in a software engineering company I, use nextjs/react at work so I tend to try and learn stuff on my own time to not be left behind).

Anyhow! I really wanted to make something that felt.. magic (hence why the name Scatola Magica - Italian for magic box).

Repo url: https://github.com/fccview/scatola-magica

My plan was to make something that

• Allows folder upload (it was a must)
• Allows uploading from ANYWHERE by just dropping a file on the page (yes you can literally drop a file in the settings page and it WILL still get uploaded)
• Breaks files in chunks and uploads them in parallel (this way it truly feels stupidly fast)
• Looks/feels nice and professional (still working on it, it's a beta)
• If you copy something in your clipboard and paste it, it'll upload it (not text, literal files).
• Allow users to upload files onto your server within their own folder, no need for permissions, works like an operative system, each user have their own folder they have access to (unless they are admin, at which point they see anything you mounted on the docker image/anything in the dedicated upload folder)

There's a bunch of shortcuts, it already has OIDC login and most things have been documented in the repo howto/ folder.

Short term goals

• E2E encryption (or some sort of encryption DURING upload)
• Better upload feedback when uploading folders with tons of files (it currently hangs until it starts uploading, not great UX)

I always get a few every single post, so let's get the cat out of the bag, no, this is NOT vibe coded, yes, I obviously use AI in my workflow - what developer wouldn't in 2025 - especially in my personal projects, doesn't take away the huge amount of work I put in everything I do :)

Remember this is still a beta, it may be a bit quirky and have bugs, feedback are EXTREMELY appreciated and feel free to open issues on the github page, I am fairly active and keep an eye on things. Another way to directly contact me is via the official discord for my apps - you can find that on the repo, I don't want to spam things here.

Hope you like it :)

Vladimir Putin said a U.S. delegation is expected to arrive in Moscow in the first half of next week to discuss the latest American proposal to end the Kremlin's war in Ukraine.

Speaking at a press conference during a visit to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Thursday, Putin said no draft peace agreement had been agreed to in recent talks between the U.S. and Ukraine, only a list of issues to be discussed.

Putin also said it was "pointless" to sign any documents with Ukraine's current leadership, alleging that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy lacked legitimacy to do so.

Pretty much what the title says. Also, how long does it usually last for when it happens?

But it turns out the drama had barely begun: just days after Fátima Bosch was crowned Miss Universe in Thailand, the co-owners of the organisation are both facing arrest warrants.

On Wednesday Mexican media revealed that Raúl Rocha Cantú, the Mexican businessman who owns half of the Miss Universe Organisation, was under investigation for drug, gun and fuel trafficking between Guatemala and Mexico.

Rocha, whose conglomerate spans industry, casinos and the beauty pageant, has denied wrongdoing. When asked about the case by El País, he said: “It is completely false that I have an arrest warrant.”

The other half of the Miss Universe Organisation is owned by the Thai media mogul Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip, for whom an arrest warrant was also this week issued by a Thai court.

At the start of November Bosch – then Miss Mexico – went viral when she staged a walkout after being berated as “dumb” by the pageant’s director, who singled her out for failing to post promotional content.

Bosch beat the crowd favourite, Miss Thailand, to win the crown – only for allegations of vote rigging to cast a shadow on her triumph.

I'm posting this to hopefully stop the posts that keep appearing, suggesting that progress has been made to defeat chat control. That's not correct.

The article:

Contrary to headlines suggesting the EU has “backed away” from Chat Control, the negotiating mandate endorsed today by EU ambassadors in a close split vote paves the way for a permanent infrastructure of mass surveillance. Patrick Breyer, digital freedom fighter and expert on the file, warns journalists and the public not to be deceived by the label “voluntary.”

While the Council removed the obligation for scanning, the agreed text creates a toxic legal framework that incentivizes US tech giants to scan private communications indiscriminately, introduces mandatory age checks for all internet users, and threatens to exclude teenagers from digital life.

“The headlines are misleading: Chat Control is not dead, it is just being privatized,” warns Patrick Breyer. **“What the Council endorsed today is a Trojan Horse. By cementing ‘voluntary’ mass scanning, they are legitimizing the warrantless, error-prone mass surveillance of millions of Europeans by US corporations, while simultaneously killing online anonymity through the backdoor of age verification.” ** Continue reading here - https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/reality-check-eu-council-chat-control-vote-is-not-a-retreat-but-a-green-light-for-indiscriminate-mass-surveillance-and-the-end-of-right-to-communicate-anonymously/

A bill to legalize the execution of Palestinians represents an effort to institutionalize revenge and erase all remaining limits on state violence.

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/5824673

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Protesters in Georgia have been taking to the streets for 364 straight days. On October 26, thousands joined an anti-government march in central Tbilisi marking the anniversary of the country’s disputed parliamentary vote, which saw the ruling party, Georgian Dream, declare victory despite reports of widespread fraud ... This is a Q&A session with Vasil Sikharulidze, Georgia’s former defense minister and former ambassador to the United States, to get an expert perspective on this year-long standoff.

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Vasil Sikharulidze: The response to public protests has been marked by terrible violence. Demonstrators were dragged into vans, beaten, and intimidated, and no one was held responsible. On the contrary, some policemen involved in these acts were even rewarded.

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We now have over 120 political prisoners, which for a country of 3.5 million is a staggering figure. The government continues to spread a mix of disinformation and conspiracy theories, including absurd claims that the West is trying to drag Georgia into the war [with Russia] and that Georgia is resisting a so-called “global war party” or “deep state.”

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Despite the violence and intimidation, protests continue every day in downtown Tbilisi and other cities. People are demanding two basic things: freedom for political prisoners and free and fair elections. At the same time, the government is moving to ban major political parties and restrict voting rights for Georgians abroad. Overall, the situation is worsening, and Georgia is moving dangerously close to a Russian-style autocracy.

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Russia has always been a dangerous neighbor — an expansionist, openly revisionist, militarized regime that invades, occupies, and destabilizes countries around it to impose its will. It invaded Georgia in 2008 and continues to occupy 20 percent of our territory, and it has never stopped waging a hybrid war aimed at undermining the Georgian state. At its core, the Kremlin views freedom and democratic governance as existential threats to its authoritarian model, and it consistently works to erode them wherever they appear — especially in countries along its borders.

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The European Union has been consistently and increasingly critical of the political situation in Georgia. Throughout the past year, E.U. institutions — especially the European Parliament — have issued numerous statements and resolutions that strongly condemn politically motivated detentions, the imprisonment of opposition figures and civil activists, the crackdown on civil society and independent media, and the broader democratic backsliding underway in the country.

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We are also seeing targeted measures from E.U. member states. Several have begun imposing individual sanctions on those responsible for democratic backsliding, human rights violations, and the violent suppression of protesters — including officials linked to police brutality. At the political level, the E.U. has effectively frozen high-level engagement with the Georgian government. When the E.U. recently met with aspiring member states, Georgia was not invited — an unprecedented and very clear signal that Brussels no longer considers the current government aligned with the values and commitments required for E.U. integration.

This situation sends a powerful message, even if the ruling party tries to downplay it. Meanwhile, Georgia’s opposition parties and civil society actors continue to call for stronger measures to counter the government’s authoritarian trajectory and to support the democratic aspirations of the Georgian people.

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The protests are being sustained by the people themselves. Despite intimidation, violence, and mass detentions, Georgians continue to come out into the streets because they understand that the country’s future depends on defending democracy. These are not protests organized by a single party or leader; they are grassroots movements, driven by citizens from every walk of life — university professors and students, journalists and small business owners, artists, writers and doctors, workers and ordinary citizens from every part of the country.

Importantly, these protests have been non-stop, every single day, for a year now. Even in the face of over 120 political prisoners and thousands more hit with heavy fines or short-term imprisonment, people keep returning.

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While the authoritarian environment severely restricts how opposition parties can operate [...] the overwhelming majority of Georgians reject the path toward autocracy and want a democratic, European future.