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> Children’s toymaker says it’s pulling its AI-powered teddy bear after the cuddly companion was giving wildly inappropriate and even dangerous responses, including tips on how to find and light matches, and detailed explanations about sexual kinks.
"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
> Children’s toymaker says it’s pulling its AI-powered teddy bear after the cuddly companion was giving wildly inappropriate and even dangerous responses, including tips on how to find and light matches, and detailed explanations about sexual kinks.
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Border agent seen in viral arrest of U.S. citizen fatally overdosed, lawyer says
“Everyone just f****** hates me here."
ktla.com/news/local-n...
“Everyone just f****** hates me here."
ktla.com/news/local-n...
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Border agent seen in viral arrest of U.S. citizen fatally overdosed, lawyer says
“Everyone just f****** hates me here."
ktla.com/news/local-n...
“Everyone just f****** hates me here."
ktla.com/news/local-n...
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
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Chaya is on a bender about me. Glad she likes my leather tie.
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Chaya is on a bender about me. Glad she likes my leather tie.
Seems like the 24 is coming off the overhead wires at least twice per trip between Castro and Geary lately.
Anyone know if something happened over the last few weeks? /cc @sfmta.bsky.social
Anyone know if something happened over the last few weeks? /cc @sfmta.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Seems like the 24 is coming off the overhead wires at least twice per trip between Castro and Geary lately.
Anyone know if something happened over the last few weeks? /cc @sfmta.bsky.social
Anyone know if something happened over the last few weeks? /cc @sfmta.bsky.social
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Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seek’
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seek’
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A fun aspect of browsing Bay Area craigslist is you also get lore and failed startup stories.
November 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
A fun aspect of browsing Bay Area craigslist is you also get lore and failed startup stories.
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I can’t even
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I can’t even
Incredible framing.
Green bins clog L.A. curbs as city's organic waste program goes into overdrive
Green bins clog L.A. curbs as city’s organic waste program goes into overdrive
L.A. residents are seeing a glut of green bins invading their neighborhoods. The city says they're vital to keep up with laws on diverting organic waste.
www.latimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Incredible framing.
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to safely dispose of these hats, eat them. natural fibers — such as cotton, wool, silk, and linen — breakdown in the digestive track. synthetics do not. thus, if you eat your hat, the synthetics will pass through the other side. smush through the poop to find the synthetic fibers and recycle them.
November 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
to safely dispose of these hats, eat them. natural fibers — such as cotton, wool, silk, and linen — breakdown in the digestive track. synthetics do not. thus, if you eat your hat, the synthetics will pass through the other side. smush through the poop to find the synthetic fibers and recycle them.
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Never won’t be funny having someone scream “F*GGOT!” at you on the street minutes before dialing into a meeting designing something incredible. Like, “yes? sorry man - can’t talk now tho.”
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Never won’t be funny having someone scream “F*GGOT!” at you on the street minutes before dialing into a meeting designing something incredible. Like, “yes? sorry man - can’t talk now tho.”
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It cannot be remembered enough that these were the same people who got worked up about drag brunches
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It cannot be remembered enough that these were the same people who got worked up about drag brunches
oh man 🫠
LOL she was texting others about how she paid people under the table and wrote off personal life as business expenses. Classic small business owner malarkey.
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 AM
oh man 🫠
Wiki edits going crazy but seven days feels like a short run to anchor an identity.
Beya Alcaraz Wikipedia article edited by Eureka640 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1322080664&oldid=1322080613
November 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Wiki edits going crazy but seven days feels like a short run to anchor an identity.
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Not very often you see a new product that feels like major religions should issue edicts specifically forbidding it
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Not very often you see a new product that feels like major religions should issue edicts specifically forbidding it
Now, Daniel Lurie has an opportunity to do the funniest thing …
Holy shit that was fast. What a mess www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...
San Francisco’s newest supervisor agrees to resign amid pet store controversies
Beya Alcaraz agreed to resign at Mayor Daniel Lurie's request. Leaked text messages showed she paid for her business by paying employees under the table and writing off personal expenses.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Now, Daniel Lurie has an opportunity to do the funniest thing …
“iconic mountain view chase bank”
Jeanine is right! Why would should we allow a historic Chase Bank on El Camino Real in Mountain View to be destroyed for housing when "no one can afford housing in MV anyways!"
Haven't you heard? There's a housing crisis... so why are we building more housing?!
Haven't you heard? There's a housing crisis... so why are we building more housing?!
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 AM
“iconic mountain view chase bank”
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¡El fin! After 50 days of Speaker Johnson delaying her swearing in, we can finally welcome our new Democratic colleague to the House, Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
¡El fin! After 50 days of Speaker Johnson delaying her swearing in, we can finally welcome our new Democratic colleague to the House, Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
To put this in perspective, this $5.8B windfall from the world’s most valuable company is just over half the $10.3B that SoftBank lost in WeWork.
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
To put this in perspective, this $5.8B windfall from the world’s most valuable company is just over half the $10.3B that SoftBank lost in WeWork.
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The 3 types of build systems:
- "Run configure, make, make configure, autoconf, & automake in precisely the right order. Oh, it's broken? Skill issue."
- "Have you ever wanted to murble your Flumps? At enterprise scale? Now you can, with Xooply."
- "Categorically speaking, what IS a dependency?"
- "Run configure, make, make configure, autoconf, & automake in precisely the right order. Oh, it's broken? Skill issue."
- "Have you ever wanted to murble your Flumps? At enterprise scale? Now you can, with Xooply."
- "Categorically speaking, what IS a dependency?"
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The 3 types of build systems:
- "Run configure, make, make configure, autoconf, & automake in precisely the right order. Oh, it's broken? Skill issue."
- "Have you ever wanted to murble your Flumps? At enterprise scale? Now you can, with Xooply."
- "Categorically speaking, what IS a dependency?"
- "Run configure, make, make configure, autoconf, & automake in precisely the right order. Oh, it's broken? Skill issue."
- "Have you ever wanted to murble your Flumps? At enterprise scale? Now you can, with Xooply."
- "Categorically speaking, what IS a dependency?"
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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This is one of the most remarkable academic debacles I've ever seen.
A large RCT got published in BMJ. There are currently 44 Pubpeer comments, mostly about the data, including...well. Read for yourself.
pubpeer.com/publications...
A large RCT got published in BMJ. There are currently 44 Pubpeer comments, mostly about the data, including...well. Read for yourself.
pubpeer.com/publications...
PubPeer - Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart fail...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart failure by intracoronary infusion of mesenchymal stem cells: phase 3 randomised clinical trial (P...
pubpeer.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This is one of the most remarkable academic debacles I've ever seen.
A large RCT got published in BMJ. There are currently 44 Pubpeer comments, mostly about the data, including...well. Read for yourself.
pubpeer.com/publications...
A large RCT got published in BMJ. There are currently 44 Pubpeer comments, mostly about the data, including...well. Read for yourself.
pubpeer.com/publications...