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California is moving to restrict AI mental health chatbots, with a bill headed to an Assembly vote that would prevent artificial intelligence from functioning as a therapist. As millions of people quietly turn to tools like ChatGPT for emotional support, the state is asking whether that relationship needs guardrails — or whether banning it does more harm than good.
Meanwhile, a data breach at crypto wallet provider SafePal has exposed the personal order information of nearly forty thousand customers. The company says private keys, seed phrases, and actual crypto assets were untouched, but names and order details are out in the open — a reminder that even security-focused platforms carry real exposure risk in their back-end infrastructure.
And on the lighter side of the tech world, Dell is leaning hard into nostalgia. CEO Michael Dell shared a ten-second spot this weekend reviving the iconic early two-thousands "Dude, you're getting a Dell" campaign — only this time, the Dell Dude is gleefully greeting an AI server rack in the driveway. It is a funny, self-aware moment from a company betting big on enterprise AI hardware.
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