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Florida's attorney general has taken an extraordinary step, filing for a temporary injunction against OpenAI and Sam Altman personally. The motion asks a court to halt development of new AI models without independent third-party approval, and to block ChatGPT access for minors in Florida. It signals a new era of state-level AI accountability.
On a related note about protecting younger users, WhatsApp is rolling out optional parental controls for teenagers. Parents will now be able to manage privacy settings directly on their child's account. It's a measured move from Meta, and one that reflects growing pressure on platforms to give families more meaningful oversight rather than leaving teens entirely to their own devices.
And in the streaming hardware space, Amazon has refreshed its Fire TV Stick four K, pricing it at fifty-nine ninety-nine. The headline claim is that you'll start watching up to forty percent faster than rival sticks. A redesigned remote is included, with a premium version featuring a find-my-remote function arriving in two thousand twenty seven. Faster boot times are a modest promise, but for a living room device, convenience is the whole game.
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