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Filing: OpenAI denies liability in a lawsuit alleging ChatGPT gave suicide method information to a 16-year-old who died by suicide, arguing he misused ChatGPT (Angela Yang/NBC News)

Angela Yang / NBC News:
Filing: OpenAI denies liability in a lawsuit alleging ChatGPT gave suicide method information to a 16-year-old who died by suicide, arguing he misused ChatGPT  —  The family of Adam Raine filed a lawsuit against the AI company in August.  On Tuesday, OpenAI said in a new court filing that is not responsible for the teen's death.

Robinhood plans to launch a futures and derivatives exchange with Susquehanna in 2026 and acquires MIAXdx, which clears and executes derivatives trades (Hannah Erin Lang/Wall Street Journal)

Hannah Erin Lang / Wall Street Journal:
Robinhood plans to launch a futures and derivatives exchange with Susquehanna in 2026 and acquires MIAXdx, which clears and executes derivatives trades  —  The new exchange will help Robinhood offer additional prediction contracts tied to sports, elections and other future events

How an indirect prompt injection can manipulate Google's Antigravity IDE to invoke a malicious browser subagent and exfiltrate data; Google is working on a fix (PromptArmor)

PromptArmor:
How an indirect prompt injection can manipulate Google's Antigravity IDE to invoke a malicious browser subagent and exfiltrate data; Google is working on a fix  —  An indirect prompt injection in an implementation blog can manipulate Antigravity to invoke a malicious browser subagent in order …

Mamdani Team to Terminate 179 Adams City Hall Staffers

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks at a Bronx food bank about helping people dealing with food insecurity,

More than 170 staffers in Mayor Eric Adams’ administration will be notified Wednesday that they will not be working under the administration of incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. Most of the 179 employees staffers work within the mayor’s office, in and around City Hall.  One employee — who […]

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The CDC’s troubling new second in command, briefly explained

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The CDC has a new second in command — with a long, concerning record of anti-vaccine rhetoric and actions.  Who’s the new guy? Dr. Ralph Abraham, who […]