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Chatbots · April 2023Gaffe level: Blunder

Artificial intelligence: Victorian mayor Brian Hood readies world's first defamation lawsuit over ChatGPT content

An Australian mayor is threatening to sue OpenAI after ChatGPT falsely claimed he had been jailed for bribery, in what would be the first defamation case against a chatbot. The bot's source material appears to have been pure imagination.

Source: Australian Financial Review

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Saft Opened Solid-State Battery Lines for Electric Aircraft

Science · October 2026 Kudos level: Bravo

French battery maker Saft opened new production lines in Bordeaux for solid-state batteries aimed at electric aircraft and space, after more than a decade of research. The technology promises up to 50 percent more energy density than lithium-ion plus better safety, and Saft has already delivered semi-solid-state cells to Safran for evaluation.

Source: Interesting Engineering

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