New version will allow users to customize AI assistant’s personality in what firm calls ‘treat adults users like adults’ policy OpenAI announced plans on Tuesday to relax restrictions on its ChatGPT chatbot, including allowing erotic content for verified adult users as part of what the company calls a “treat adult users like adults” principle. OpenAI’s … Read more
Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus Global forest health has plunged to “dismal” levels and threatens the wellbeing of humanity, warns a damning report that highlights how financial systems are pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to reduce destruction. Since 2021 when world … Read more
For decades, the military treated the climate crisis as a threat. Now it’s backing away from plans to protect people and bases from extreme weather This story is from Floodlight, a non-profit newsroom that investigates the powers stalling climate action. Retired Marine Corps gunnery sergeant Vida Rivera knows heat can be as dangerous as any … Read more
In today’s newsletter: Flooding is predicted to become so bad that some towns may need to be abandoned, and it’s not even campaigners raising the alarm – but insurers Good morning. For years, whenever I read about parts of Britain being wrecked by flooding, it always felt like something distant – because until your house … Read more
Experts say the move could eliminate the federal government’s power to cancel educational loans Officials in the Trump administration are reportedly weighing the possibility of selling portions of the federal government’s $1.6tn student loan portfolio to private investors, which experts say could carry risks for both taxpayers and borrowers – potentially reshaping the student loan … Read more
Layoffs ‘decimating’ office responsible for protecting rights of infants, children and youth with disabilities, says worker The majority of staff in the education department handling special education has been laid off, according to multiple reports. Friday’s total of 466 layoffs across the education department also affected the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, which … Read more
Frances D’Souza wrote to Met commissioner in apparent attempt to evade sanction for exceeding 20mph speed limit Former lord speaker Frances D’Souza is facing suspension from the Lords after writing to the Metropolitan police commissioner to try to “influence a police investigation into alleged speeding offences”. Lady D’Souza wrote to Mark Rowley saying she feared … Read more
Exclusive: Source says senior legal figures appear reluctant to head investigation launched by Keir Starmer in June Keir Starmer’s national grooming gangs inquiry has stalled amid wrangles over its remit and difficulties in finding a senior legal figure willing to become its chair, the Guardian has been told. Terms of the statutory investigation are still … Read more
Citizens have enrolled with little opposition, albeit with some concerns over security and privacy, as UK plans system For Danish teenagers, getting enrolled for MitID (my ID) has become somewhat of a rite of passage. From the age of 13, Danes can enrol for the national digital ID system, which can be used for everything … Read more
Home secretary to tell meeting of interior ministers that international cooperation is way to curb irregular migration The failure to bring order to European borders is eroding trust in politicians and the concept of nation states, Shabana Mahmood will warn. As she hosts a meeting of fellow interior ministers to discuss migration routes through the … Read more