soc.octade.net is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
After several reports of disturbing incidents, OpenAI says it will safeguard ChatGPT for teens and people in crisis.
@axios reports: "One way to potentially mitigate these tragedies is to stop allowing ChatGPT or other bots to act as therapists — or to stop designing them to act like any person at all."
#OpenAI #ChatGPT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #MentalHealth
July 11th
“Photo ID checks
Face scanning age estimation tools
Credit card checks
Digital ID
Vouching by the parent of a young person
Using AI to guess a user's age based on the data the company already has
Relying on a third party that has already checked the user's age”
Waiting for this shit-show to blow up; #strayan government can’t compute, part N.”
#technology / #SocialMedia / #AgeVerification / #straya <https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-11/age-verification-search-engines/105516256>
AI Apocalypse? Why language surrounding tech is sounding increasingly religious.
From @AssociatedPress: "At 77 years old, Geoffrey Hinton has a new calling in life. Like a modern-day prophet, the Nobel Prize winner is raising alarms about the dangers of uncontrolled and unregulated artificial intelligence."