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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced a deal with the Pentagon in February.
  • OpenAI agreed to a deal with the Pentagon in February.
  • Staffers have quit in opposition, and customers are uninstalling ChatGPT.
  • CEO Sam Altman said OpenAI amended the deal following public criticism.

For OpenAI, securing a high-profile deal with the Pentagon would normally be grounds for




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Here comes another disappointment for ChatGPT users. As first reported by Sources' Alex Heath, OpenAI is yet again delaying its "adult mode" for ChatGPT. A company spokesperson told Heath that "we're pushing out the launch of adult mode so we can focus on work that is a higher priority for more users right now."

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When NASA crashed a spacecraft into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in 2022, it altered both Dimorphos' orbit around its parent asteroid, Didymos, and the two objects' orbit around the sun, according to new research. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said in a press release that this "marks the first time a human-made object has measurably altered the path of a celestial body around the Sun."



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Celina Myers's mom has been collecting miniatures for 50 years.
  • Celina Myers' mom has collected miniatures since she was 14 years old.
  • Their entire basement is filled wall-to-wall with tiny treasures.
  • Now disabled, her mom still finds joy in adding to her collection.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Celina Myers. It has been edited for length and clarity.

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OpenAI is going to need to find a new head of robotics. Caitlin Kalinowski, OpenAI's now-former head of robotics, posted on X that she was resigning from her role, while criticizing the company's haste in partnering with the Department of Defense without investigating proper guardrails.

Kalinowski, who previously worked at Meta before leaving to join OpenAI in late 2024, wrote on X that



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A site called PSprices has been tracking prices on Sony's digital game store and noticed something unusual: some games were being offered at different prices to different users. What's more, those offers are tracked in the PlayStation API with experiment identifiers like IPT_PILOT and IPT_OPR_TESTING.

Dynamic pricing is nothing new and is used across a number of industries. But it's often


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Following in the footsteps of Australia, Indonesia will be the latest country to limit social media usage for children under 16. Meutya Hafid, Indonesia's communication and digital affairs minister, announced that a new government regulation will require "high-risk" platforms to delete any accounts from Indonesia that are under 16, starting on March 28.

Hafid said in the announcement that the