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OpenAI talks about not talking about goblins
- Emma Roth
- Apr 30, 2026
OpenAI is opening up about its goblin problem. After a report from Wired revealed instructions to OpenAI's coding model to "never talk about goblins,...
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Verified by Spotify badge lets you know this artist isn’t AI
- Terrence O’Brien
- Apr 30, 2026
Spotify is launching a new verification program to combat spam, fakes, and AI. Some artists will now have a "Verified by Spotify" badge and a green ch...
- Technology
Here’s what Netflix’s new vertical video feed is like
- Jay Peters
- Apr 30, 2026
Netflix is starting to roll out a big revamp of its mobile app, and a central feature is a new vertical video feed called "Clips" where you can scroll...
- Technology
Is this ‘de-extinction’ project actually onto something?
- Tom Hawking
- Apr 30, 2026
Dallas-based genetics and biotech startup Colossal has raised hundreds of millions of dollars from venture capitalists, the CIA, and Peter Thiel, amon...
- Technology
Instagram says it doesn’t want your tweet round ups
- Mia Sato
- Apr 30, 2026
The internet is full of copycat, stolen, reposted, and low-effort content - and Meta, at least publicly, has said it is working to cut off some of the...
- Technology
Meta lost 20 million users last quarter
- Jess Weatherbed
- Apr 30, 2026
Meta is planning to pump billions more into AI investments this year, despite noting that millions of users have seemingly started to abandon its plat...
- Technology
OpenAI’s new security model is for ‘critical cyber defenders’ only
- Robert Hart
- Apr 30, 2026
OpenAI is preparing to launch a new frontier cybersecurity model, GPT-5.5-Cyber. CEO Sam Altman said the model will not be available to the general pu...
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DJI’s Osmo Pocket 4 is a better camera in every respect
- Dominic Preston
- Apr 30, 2026
First they came for the drones, and now the vlogging cameras. DJI's Osmo Pocket 4 is the first of its compact steadicams not to launch in the US, foll...
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The more young people use AI, the more they hate it
- Janus Rose
- Apr 30, 2026
It's been almost three years since Silicon Valley started aggressively pushing large language model-based chatbots like ChatGPT as the supposedly inev...
- Technology
PlayStation now requires a ‘one-time online check’ to confirm you own a game
- Jess Weatherbed
- Apr 30, 2026
Sony has finally stepped in to clear up the growing confusion around a new DRM (Digital Rights Management) system on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 c...
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Elon Musk’s worst enemy in court is Elon Musk
- Elizabeth Lopatto
- Apr 30, 2026
About five hours into Elon Musk's testimony, I typed the following sentence into my notes: "I have never been more sympathetic to Sam Altman in my lif...
- Technology
Grindr — yes, Grindr — won the WHCD party circuit
- Tina Nguyen
- Apr 29, 2026
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about technology, politics, and technology learning how to politick. If you're not...