
The rollout of ChatGPT age prediction is now underway, according to an announcement OpenAI made Tuesday.
Last fall, the company indicated it would introduce age prediction as a safety measure for teens. OpenAI has been sued by parents of teens who died by suicide after ChatGPT allegedly coached them to end their lives or didn't respond appropriately to their discussions of psychological distress.

Only a couple weeks removed from seeing a bunch of weird robots at CES, scientists have unveiled a new innovation in the world of creepy robotics — the detachable crawling robotic hand.
Of course, one person's creepy is another person's awesome, and it's an impressive little bot that invites an instant comparison to Thing, the sentient, crawling hand from The Addams Family.
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- Netflix reported fourth-quarter results that were slightly above Wall Street estimates.
- Netflix stock dipped in after-hours trading after its first-quarter 2026 guidance fell short.
- Netflix generated record viewership in December and is expanding into areas such as podcasts.
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- Ukraine fired nearly $100 million worth of missiles in a single night defending against Russian strikes.
- The figure, shared by President Zelenskyy on Tuesday, reveals the growing cost of the air defense fight.
- He said Ukraine needs more missile batteries and interceptors to keep pace with Russia's attacks.
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- X is revamping the algorithm that ranks posts in the "For You" feed.
- The engineering team said it will post changes to the algorithm on GitHub every four weeks, including explainers on changes.
- The move comes after years of complaints from Musk about the algorithm, which he said
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- Elon Musk has been quarreling with Ryanair and its CEO about Starlink for the past few days.
- He started a poll about buying the Irish airline, though EU regulations would most likely prevent him from acquiring it.
- In response, Ryanair said it was launching a "Great Idiots" seat sale