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For a player who has spent most of his career wrestling with injuries, every match feels like both a chance at redemption and a gamble against his own body. On a warm afternoon in Playford, that fragile balance was shattered once again for Jason Kubler. The 32-year-old Aussie tennis player walked onto the court with […] The post 32-Year-Old Aussie Tennis Pro Suffers Painful Blow, Retires Mid-Match at Playford appeared first on EssentiallySports.

On Wednesday evening at PlayGround Global in Palo Alto, some very smart people who are building things you don’t understand yet will explain what’s coming. This is the final StrictlyVC event of 2025, and truly, the lineup is ridiculous. The series has bounced around the globe under the auspices of TechCrunch. Steve Case rented a […]

OpenAI’s response to a lawsuit by the family of Adam Raine, a 16-year-old who took his own life after discussing it with ChatGPT for months, said the injuries in this “tragic event” happened as a result of Raine’s “misuse, unauthorized use, unintended use, unforeseeable use, and/or improper use of ChatGPT.” NBC News reports the filing cited its terms of use that prohibit access by teens without a parent or guardian’s consent, bypassing protective measures, or using ChatGPT for suicide or self-harm, and argued that the family’s claims are blocked by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. In a blog post published Tuesday, OpenAI said, “We will respectfully make our case in a way that is cognizant of the complexity and nuances of situations involving real people and real lives… Because we are a defendant in this case, we are required to respond to the specific and serious allegations in the lawsuit.” It said that the family’s original complaint included parts of his chats that “require more context,” which it submitted to the court under seal. NBC News and Bloomberg report that OpenAI’s filing says the chatbot’s responses directed Raine to seek help from resources like suicide hotlines more than 100 times, claiming that “A full reading of his chat history shows that his death, while devastating, was not caused by ChatGPT.” The family’s lawsuit, filed in August in California’s Superior Court, said the tragedy was the result of “deliberate design choices” by OpenAI when it launched GPT-4o, which also helped its valuation jump from $86 billion to $300 billion. In statements before a Senate panel in September, Raine’s father said that “What began as a homework helper gradually turned itself into a confidant and then a suicide coach.” According to the lawsuit, ChatGPT provided Raine “technical specifications” for various methods, urged him to keep his ideations secret from his family, offered to write the first draft of a suicide note, and walked him through the setup on the day he died. The day after the lawsuit was filed, OpenAI said it would introduce parental controls and has since rolled out additional safeguards to “help people, especially teens, when conversations turn sensitive.” If you or someone you know is considering suicide or is anxious, depressed, upset, or needs to talk, there are people who want to help. In the US: Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741-741 from anywhere in the US, at any time, about any type of crisis. 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988 (formerly known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline). The original phone number, 1-800-273-TALK (8255), is available as well. The Trevor Project: Text START to 678-678 or call 1-866-488-7386 at any time to speak to a trained counselor. Outside the US: The International Association for Suicide Prevention lists a number of suicide hotlines by country. Click here to find them. Befrienders Worldwide has a network of crisis helplines active in 48 countries. Click here to find them. View Link

Military contractors are trying to thwart a widely-supported right-to-repair provision in the annual defense policy bill — and their efforts may pay off. A source familiar with the negotiations tells The Verge that there are significant concerns that the bill’s right-to-repair language will be replaced by a “data-as-a-service” model, potentially requiring the Department of Defense to pay for access to equipment repair information. The move, which right-to-repair advocate and YouTuber Louis Rossmann also highlighted last week, would go against the Trump administration’s stance on access to repair materials. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in May that he wants to build right-to-repair provisions in contracts with military equipment manufacturers, something the Army and Navy have both expressed support for. Language from Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Tim Sheehy (R-MT) Warrior Right to Repair Act even made it into the Pentagon’s annual policy bill, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which passed the Senate in October. The provision would give all branches of the military the ability to fix their own equipment, while requiring contractors to provide the information needed to perform repairs. Sen. Warren began sounding the alarm on potential outside influence earlier this month. The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), a trade group for major DoD contractors, published a white paper that includes support for data-as-a-service, which it says could “allow the DoD to contract for access to a contractor’s full technical data library on a ‘pay-per-use’ basis” to protect the contractors’ intellectual property. The proposed language apparently mirrors what Reps. Mike Rogers (R-AL) and Adam Smith (D-WA), who head up the House Armed Services Committee, outlined in their SPEED Act, requiring the DoD to negotiate “data-as-a-service solutions to facilitate access” to repair tools and information. We’ve already seen car manufacturers implement this kind of setup, forcing independent repair shops to pay for access to proprietary software, tools, and information. John Deere also launched an Operations Center Pro Service, an online hub that includes the information farmers need to repair their equipment, starting at $195 per machine. Eric Fanning, the president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) — a trade group that backs companies that make aircraft — similarly argued in a November op-ed that the right-to-repair provision would harm contractors by forcing them to “hand over their intellectual property,” as reported earlier by Roll Call. Defense contractors represented by trade groups like the NDIA and AIA are lobbying heavyweights. As pointed out by Rossmann, Rep. Rogers received more than $535,000 from the defense industry in 2024, while Rep. Smith received over $310,550. The final version of the NDAA is expected to be released early next week.