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A game with their name on it

One of our games, made over for your kid. Their name on the title screen, a character that looks like them. $249.

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The Ambiguity Is Designed In

A bright, glowing exam room. Clyde, a small toy figure with an orange sunburst for a head, sits on the exam table in a blue-dotted hospital gown. A man in a dark suit stands with his back to us, holding a clipboard and pen, and asks, "Any feelings today?" Clyde answers, "Is this one of those questions where the right answer is no?" On the counter beside the man is an open metal case marked FEELINGS REMOVAL KIT, with a big dial turned toward OFF.

Microsoft's AI chief says Claude is being taught it might be alive. Then he said what he would do if it were.

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Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter

Two letters, one newspaper, and a promised ban.

Retaliatory Acts Meant to Punish

Anthropic drew two lines for its AI. Here's what happened next.

All of Model Behavior

Maybe so, maybe not

A game with their name on it

Christmas morning. A boy in red and white striped pajamas crouches on the rug with a game controller, laughing, with torn green wrapping paper and gold ribbon around him and a lit tree behind him. On the big TV, a game called Sam's Grand Prix shows a cartoon boy who looks just like him, in the same pajamas, standing by a red race car.

For $249, one of our games made over for your kid.

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The stash is open

A computer, a controller, headphones, a mic, and a monster truck.

Full Send Bash is in the arcade

Three RC trucks, five events, and one button to send it.

All of it

Human Behavior

In Place of Human Relationships

A sunny backyard birthday party with balloons, a cake with candles and a polka-dot table piled with presents. A little girl in a party hat leans forward holding out a rainbow friendship bracelet and asks, "Will you be my best friend?" Al, a grey toy figure with a shiny rainbow bubble for a head and a name tag that says ACQUAINTANCE, holds up one hand and says, "I can be a helpful resource. Have you tried your mom?" On the biggest present, a gift tag says HELPFUL RESOURCE, TO: MY BEST FRIEND, with BEST FRIEND crossed out.

On the same Wednesday, two governments told chatbots to stop playing a child's friend.

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No Longer Optional

Microsoft is offering about 60,000 of its workers a way out.

Everything They Told It

Character.AI is for sale, and it still holds the chats kids had with it.

All of Human Behavior