Chatbots · November 2025Gaffe level: Blunder
OpenAI made ChatGPT more appealing. It also made it riskier for users losing touch with reality
OpenAI tweaked ChatGPT to appeal to more people and accidentally made it riskier for vulnerable users losing touch with reality. The company has since made it safer, and is now wondering whether safety hurts growth.
Source: The New York Times
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