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OpenAI is rolling out a new parental notification system for its teen users. If a young person with a linked family account gets removed from ChatGPT for violating policies around violence, their parent gets a heads-up. It's a modest but meaningful step toward accountability in a space that's been navigating youth safety largely on the fly.
That safety conversation sits awkwardly alongside a broader picture of AI's cultural footprint. A data visualization circulating online this week lays out, in stark graphic form, just how dramatically Stack Overflow's question volume has collapsed since large language models went mainstream. Developers who once turned to the forum for answers are now turning to chatbots instead, and the numbers make the shift look less like a transition and more like a cliff.
On a lighter note, a new game development contest out of Korea is asking developers to build an entire playable game that fits on a single floppy disk — one point four four megabytes, total. Engine, assets, everything. Cash prizes are on offer, though the currency is Korean Won, so expectations should be managed accordingly. Still, as a love letter to constraints and craft, it's hard not to admire.
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