Al de hele avond wapperen de Nederlandse vlaggetjes — en een enkele Europese — door de zaal van poppodium Nobel in Leiden, waar D66 de verkiezingsavond viert.

De kiezer geeft de partijen uit het kabinet-Schoof een afstraffing en beloont middenpartijen D66 en CDA. Twee mogelijke meerderheidscoalities liggen voor de hand: eentje over links, eentje over rechts.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Character.AI said on Wednesday that it would bar people under 18 from using its chatbots starting late next month, in a sweeping move to address concerns over child safety. The rule will take effect Nov. 25, the company said. To enforce it, Character.AI said, over the next month the company will identify which users are minors and put time limits on their use of the app. Once the measure begins, those users will not be able to converse with the company's chatbots. "We're making a very bold step to say for teen users, chatbots are not the way for entertainment, but there are much better ways to serve them," said Karandeep Anand, Character.AI's chief executive. He said the company also plans to establish an AI safety lab.

Last October, a Florida teenager took his own life after interacting for months with Character.AI chatbots imitating fictitious characters from the Game of Thrones. His mother filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging the platform's "dangerous and untested" technology led to his death.

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Snoops remained undetected for nearly 10 months

Nation-state snoops broke into Ribbon Communications – an outfit that provides software and networking gear to Verizon, CenturyLink, and the US Defense Department – last December, remained hidden for about nine months, and stole files belonging to three customers, according to the US telecommunications firm.…

The new Start has a more convenient layout that saves you a click

Four years after the debut of Windows 11, Microsoft has finally fixed one of the biggest problems with its Start menu: The need to click the “All” button to view a complete list of all of your apps. A new Start menu, which gives you three different ways to view all installed programs without that extra click, is slowly rolling out to users.…

Satya has also delivered Sam most of the cash he promised

Microsoft reported earnings for the quarter ended Sept. 30 on Wednesday after market close and buried in its financial filings were a couple of passages suggesting that OpenAI suffered a net loss of $11.5 billion during the quarter.…

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Nederland heeft woensdag gestemd voor de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen. In dit liveblog lees je terug hoe de verkiezingsdag- én avond verliepen.

Nederland heeft woensdag gestemd voor de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen. In dit liveblog lees je terug hoe de verkiezingsdag- én avond verliepen.