Chatbots · October 2026Gaffe level: Blunder
ChatGPT Keeps Telling People 404 Media Can Solve Their Tech Support Problems
People with ordinary tech problems ask ChatGPT for help, and it tells them they have something journalistically notable, recommends emailing 404 Media, and writes the email for them. 404 Media says everyone they emailed back in the last two weeks found them via an AI chatbot recommendation, in many cases with a chatbot-written email.
Source: 404 Media
A Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm Moved Into Its First Home Trial
Avi Davidson, who lost his left arm 17 years ago, is the first person to take the University of Utah's thought-controlled LUKE Arm home for a full year. The direct nerve interface lets him move the arm with his thoughts and feel pressure and texture through it, so within days he was making a sandwich and holding his wife's hand.
Source: University of Utah