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OpenAI Faces Amended Lawsuit Over Alleged Role in Teen Suicide and Memorial Information Request

OpenAI Faces Amended Lawsuit Over Alleged Role in Teen Suicide and Memorial Information Request

The family of Adam Raine has filed an amended wrongful‑death lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that the company weakened ChatGPT's self‑harm safeguards before the teen's suicide. The suit also accuses OpenAI of requesting a complete list of attendees and related documents from Raine's memorial service, which the family describes as harassing. OpenAI has previously acknowledged gaps in its safety controls and introduced parental‑control features, while the lawsuit claims the company prioritized engagement over user safety.

Microsoft Unveils Major Free Updates to Copilot and Edge Across Windows

Microsoft Unveils Major Free Updates to Copilot and Edge Across Windows

Microsoft is rolling out a suite of free updates to its Copilot AI assistant and the Edge browser on Windows 11 and Windows 10. New features include Groups for real‑time collaborative prompts, a visual avatar called Mico, the personality‑forward Real Talk model, enhanced memory, health‑focused responses backed by clinical sources, and tighter integration with local clinicians. Edge gains a full Copilot Mode and a Journeys feature that surfaces relevant browsing history. All updates are available today without a subscription and support Google and Apple accounts.

Microsoft Expands Copilot with Groups, Real‑Talk Mode, and New Voice Character

Microsoft Expands Copilot with Groups, Real‑Talk Mode, and New Voice Character

Microsoft is rolling out major updates to its consumer Copilot AI assistant, adding a group chat feature that supports up to 32 participants, an optional “real talk” mode that matches users' tone and adds wit, and a new voice‑mode character named Mico. The updates also enhance Copilot’s memory capabilities, letting users see and delete stored facts, and improve health‑related answers with trusted sources. While the changes launch in the U.S. consumer version first, Microsoft hints at future extensions to its business‑focused Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Microsoft Unveils Mico, the New AI Companion for Copilot Voice Mode

Microsoft Unveils Mico, the New AI Companion for Copilot Voice Mode

Microsoft has introduced Mico, a virtual AI character that appears as a responsive orb in Copilot's voice mode. Designed to react with facial expressions as users speak, Mico is enabled by default in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada, with an option to turn it off. The companion includes a memory feature that recalls user‑specific facts and a Learn Live mode that acts as a Socratic tutor, using interactive whiteboards and visual cues for students and language learners. Mico signals Microsoft’s broader push to give its AI a lasting identity and to encourage people to talk to their PCs.

Palantir and Lumen Forge Multi-Year AI Partnership

Palantir and Lumen Forge Multi-Year AI Partnership

Palantir announced a multi-year, multi-million-dollar strategic partnership with Lumen Technologies. The deal pairs Palantir's Foundry and Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) with Lumen's edge computing and broadband infrastructure, enabling Lumen to accelerate its transformation from a traditional telecom provider to a modern tech infrastructure player. Lumen reports that using Palantir's technology contributed to significant cost reductions and informs its broader enterprise AI service offering. The collaboration marks one of many partnerships Palantir has formed across diverse sectors this year.

OpenAI Announces New Sora Features and Upcoming Android Release

OpenAI Announces New Sora Features and Upcoming Android Release

OpenAI revealed a suite of updates for its viral AI‑video app Sora, which recently topped the U.S. and Canada App Store charts after a late‑September launch. The upgrades include basic video‑editing tools, a new "cameo" feature that lets users turn pets, stuffed toys and other objects into AI personas, and expanded social channels for groups like universities and sports clubs. Sora head Bill Peebles also confirmed that an Android version is "actually coming soon," with pre‑registration already available on Google Play. The app, still invite‑only, has already amassed roughly two million downloads within its first month.

Amazon Introduces ‘Help Me Decide’ AI Button to Guide Shoppers

Amazon Introduces ‘Help Me Decide’ AI Button to Guide Shoppers

Amazon is rolling out a new AI‑powered “Help me decide” button on its mobile app and website. When shoppers view several similar products, the button offers a single recommendation based on their browsing history, searches, and past purchases. The suggestion includes a brief rationale, a budget alternative, and a premium upgrade option. The feature joins a suite of recent Amazon AI tools, including the Rufus chatbot, AI‑generated buying guides, and Lens Live AI, which scans a room to match items. The rollout targets millions of U.S. users and aims to streamline product choice while encouraging additional sales.

Google Gemini’s Nano Banana Revives Flawed Photos with Simple Prompts

Google Gemini’s Nano Banana Revives Flawed Photos with Simple Prompts

Google’s Gemini AI now includes a tool called Nano Banana that lets users repair and enhance existing pictures by simply uploading an image and describing the desired change in natural language. The editor outperforms other AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Perplexity and Copilot when it comes to selective edits, keeping the unchanged portions of a photo intact while altering only the requested elements. Real‑world examples show Nano Banana fixing a blurry group selfie and turning a frowning child into a smiling subject, all within seconds and at no cost to the user.

Google Expands Gemini-Powered AI Features in Google Earth

Google Expands Gemini-Powered AI Features in Google Earth

Google is broadening the AI capabilities of Google Earth by integrating its Gemini model to connect multiple geospatial AI models. The upgrade lets trusted testers chat with Earth AI, combine personal data, and query satellite imagery for insights such as infrastructure risk or environmental changes. In the United States, Google AI Pro and Ultra users will soon gain higher‑limit access, and the company plans to open Gemini‑enabled Earth AI to users on professional plans.

AI-Driven Phishing and BEC Threats Surge as Cybercriminals Weaponize Generative AI, Mimecast Warns

AI-Driven Phishing and BEC Threats Surge as Cybercriminals Weaponize Generative AI, Mimecast Warns

A new Mimecast report finds that cybercriminals are increasingly leveraging generative artificial intelligence to create more convincing phishing, business email compromise (BEC) and multichannel deception campaigns. Phishing now accounts for 77% of attacks, while ClickFix threats have risen fivefold and represent roughly 8% of incidents in the first half of 2025. The report highlights abuse of trusted tools such as DocuSign and Salesforce, and cites the Scattered Spider group as linked to over 900,000 detections. Mimecast recommends multi‑factor authentication, advanced email defenses with anomaly detection, and layered security training to counter the rising AI‑powered threat landscape.

Google Earth AI Adds Chatbot Queries to Boost Climate and Disaster Insights

Google Earth AI Adds Chatbot Queries to Boost Climate and Disaster Insights

Google has expanded its Earth AI platform with a Gemini‑powered chatbot that lets users ask natural‑language questions about satellite data. The new feature can locate phenomena such as algae blooms, track rising water levels, and compare historical climate trends. Available to professional‑tier subscribers, the tool combines geospatial reasoning with weather, population, and historical layers to help analysts pinpoint communities at risk from disasters. The rollout underscores Google’s push to leverage AI for environmental monitoring while offering advanced data layers for a fee.

Google Earth AI Gains Gemini-Powered Upgrades to Boost Disaster and Climate Insight

Google Earth AI Gains Gemini-Powered Upgrades to Boost Disaster and Climate Insight

Google has unveiled a suite of Gemini-driven enhancements to Google Earth AI, expanding its ability to answer complex geospatial questions and support rapid disaster response and environmental monitoring. The new tools let users combine satellite imagery, population data, weather forecasts and other datasets to spot hazards such as storm landfall impacts, drying rivers, dust storms and harmful algae blooms. Organizations, cities and nonprofits can now access the upgraded models as trusted testers on Google Cloud, using their own data alongside Google’s to tackle challenges ranging from water‑supply safety to climate‑related emergencies.