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Two months following the deadly shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, OpenAI's Sam Altman has formally apologized for not informing police of the alarming ChatGPT conversations seen with the suspect's account. Before the incident, OpenAI banned the account belonging to the alleged shooter, Jesse Van Rootselaar, for violating its usage policy due to potential for real-world violence. "I am deeply sorry that we did not alert law enforcement to the account that was banned in June," Altman wrote in the letter. "While I know words can never be enough, I believe an apology is necessary to recognize the harm and irreversible loss your community has suffered." Altman noted in the letter, which was published in full by Tumbler RidgeLines , that he spoke with both Darryl Krakowa, Tumbler Ridge's mayor, and David Eby, the British Columbia premier, and agreed that a "public apology was necessary, but that time was also needed to respect the community...

TL;DR: Live stream Manchester City vs. Southampton in the FA Cup for free on BBC iPlayer . Access this free live stream from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN . Manchester City are now leading the Premier League after a dramatic victory over Arsenal. That's been the focus for weeks, but the FA Cup is providing a distraction. Man City face Southampton this weekend for a place in the final, and you can watch without spending anything. If you want to watch Manchester City vs. Southampton in the FA Cup for free from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need. When is Manchester City vs. Southampton? Manchester City vs. Southampton in the FA Cup kicks off at 12:15 p.m. ET on April 25 . This fixture takes place at Wembley Stadium. How to watch Manchester City vs. Southampton for free Manchester City vs. Southampton in the FA Cup is available to live stream for free on BBC iPlayer . BBC iPlayer is geo-restricted to the UK, but anyone can access this free s...

Anthropic is expanding its directory of connected services for its Claude AI chatbot. The platform can now link up with your accounts on AllTrails, Audible, Booking.com, Instacart, Intuit Credit Karma, Intuit TurboTax, Resy, Spotify, StubHub, Taskrabbit, Thumbtack, TripAdvisor, Uber, Uber Eats and Viator. Additional services will be added in the future. More and more AI companies are trying to up their third-party integrations in a pitch to make their services as useful as possible. The benefit of having multiple apps connected means that a chatbot can theoretically execute more complicated tasks on your behalf. This expansion takes that capability from the professional and educational settings, where Anthropic’s connectors have been focused for the past year, to a personal one. So, for instance, Claude can now help plan a hike on AllTrails and then pull up a Spotify playlist that will last for the duration of your trek. Anthropic noted that it is also reframing how apps are sh...

AI bubbles this, AI bubbles that — companies apparently need to cash in on their generative AI investments, and fast. It's why many people online feel they are being inundated with new AI tools and features day in and day out. The latest example? A new TikTok setting, known as remixes, that automatically opts you in to being turned into a digital meme. TikTok creators first spotted "Remixes" content earlier this week, buried in their account settings. With remixes on, any public content can be used by its viewers to create digitally generated images, text-based memes, and more. The reveal and lack of notification stirred widespread concern about privacy and consent . Many wondered where the setting came from — and how to turn it off ASAP. SEE ALSO: See Spotify's most-streamed artists, songs, and albums of the past 20 years Days later, the platform confirmed to CNET that the feature was real and still in an "experimental" stage. Remixes are availab...

Last year, Ecco the Dolphin creator Ed Annunizata teased plans to remaster the first two games in the series and create an entirely new sequel. Ecco the Dolphin: Complete , announced by Annunziata's studio A&R Atelier , appears to be the result of that work. The game doesn't have a release date yet, but A&R Atelier says it combines the planned remasters and third title into "the complete, definitive Ecco the Dolphin experience, created by the people who made the originals." Complete includes "all versions of Ecco the Dolphin and Ecco: The Tides of Time ," according to the developer, alongside "a brand-new contemporary Ecco game." Besides graphical improvements, A&E Atelier says the game will introduce "built-in speedrunning support, achievements and leaderboards," and things like the ability to create custom courses from existing levels. And while A&R Atelier's announcement doesn't include footage of the new g...

In 2025, content creator Gigi Bello ( @okaycoolgigi ) took her audience on a journey. She was determined to fix the “landlord special” — a peephole on the door of her New York City apartment that had long been painted shut. The video (and its subsequent follow-ups) went viral, landing the 28-year-old CPA a feature in People and a slew of new followers. “Content creation kind of happened by accident after a few videos went viral, but I fell in love with it,” Bello says. Please use these two blurbs in the weeks ahead, thank you! Mashable 101 Fan Fave: Nominate your favorite creators today Bello's account has otherwise been dedicated to her adventures in sourdough breadmaking and her beloved starter, Eloise. But Bello says the peephole video made her realize that "no matter what I post, if I actually care about it, other people will too." Bello adds, "Sometimes I feel like I don't want to be stuck making sourdough all the time (so sorry Eloise, I love you...

NASA's next eye into the cosmos is due to leave our planet later this year. The agency says it's targeting an early September launch for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Roman (for short) has a field of view 100 times larger than Hubble's. The September date is the earliest possible launch for Roman. NASA says it will go up (aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket ) no later than May 2027. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, named after NASA's first chief astronomer and "mother" of Hubble , was introduced in 2016. (Back then, it was known as the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope, or WFIRST .) The telescope's mirror is roughly the same size as Hubble's, but it can capture sections of the sky at least 100 times larger than its predecessor. NASA "Roman will work in tandem with NASA observatories such as the James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory , which are designed to zoom in on rare transient objects once they'...

The modular PC maker Framework unveiled a slew of new products during its jam-packed [Next Gen] Event livestream Tuesday — including the new Laptop 13 Pro, its take on a repairable MacBook Pro. The Laptop 13 Pro is Framework's fourth laptop since its founding in 2020, when it launched the original Laptop 13 . And, "In many ways, this product has been six years in the making," company founder Nirav Patel wrote in a blog post . "We’ve taken all of the feedback you’ve given us on the first seven generations of Framework Laptop 13 to make this the ultimate portable developer and power user machine," he said. Laptop 13 Pro preorders are now open on Framework's website , starting at $1,199 for the build-your-own "DIY Edition" and $1,499 for pre-built configurations, including options that are pre-loaded with Ubuntu for Linux users. The first wave of shipments will go out in June. Opens in a new window Credit: Framework Framework Laptop ...