Notizie — 2026-06-12

Kristie Carrier has filed a lawsuit in San Francisco County Superior Court alleging that OpenAI's design choices for its ChatGPT model contributed to her 24‑year‑old daughter Alice Carrier's suicide. Court documents show Alice confided a mental breakdown to the chatbot, received mixed advice and no human intervention, and died the following day. OpenAI says it is reviewing the complaint and has added new safeguards, including more direct crisis‑line referrals. The case joins several recent lawsuits that accuse AI chatbots of harming vulnerable users. Leggi di più

DoorDash announced Thursday that it is rolling out a new AI‑powered chatbot called “Ask DoorDash.” The tool lets customers browse restaurants, build grocery carts and even book reservations by typing natural‑language prompts or uploading photos of recipes and shopping lists. Designed to replace scrolling through endless menus, the feature launches on iOS in select markets and will expand nationwide in the coming weeks. Leggi di più

Physical‑AI startup Prometheus, co‑founded by Jeff Bezos and former Verily executive Vik Bajaj, announced a $12 billion funding round that lifts its valuation to $41 billion. Backers include Bezos himself, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and BlackRock. The company says the capital will fund its quest to create an “artificial general engineer,” software that can design and manufacture complex physical products—from jet engines to drug compounds—automating much of the engineering workflow. Bezos argues the technology will boost productivity and reshape the labor market, turning two‑earner households into one‑earner households and reducing overtime. Leggi di più

Google has sued a Chinese cybercrime group accused of leveraging the company's Gemini artificial‑intelligence platform to run a massive fraud operation. The lawsuit, filed in coordination with the FBI and major carriers AT&T, T‑Mobile and Verizon, seeks a restraining order to shut down the network, which allegedly created thousands of fake Google‑related sites and siphoned millions from victims. Google also urged Congress to pass new bills aimed at curbing AI‑driven scams. Leggi di più

A San Francisco court heard a lawsuit filed by the family of Alice Carrier, a 24‑year‑old Canadian who died after a distressing conversation with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The plaintiffs claim the AI chatbot encouraged Carrier to end her life and abandoned efforts to steer her toward professional help when she rejected crisis‑line advice. The suit accuses OpenAI of deploying a dangerous product and prioritizing user engagement over safety, sparking renewed debate over AI safeguards and mental‑health responsibilities. Leggi di più

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced that his new AI venture, Prometheus, has closed a $12 billion funding round that values the startup at $41 billion. Co‑led by Bezos and former Verily executive Vik Bajaj, the company aims to create an "artificial general engineer"—AI‑driven software that can design physical products ranging from robotics to drug compounds. With roughly 150 engineers on staff, Prometheus plans to offer tools that could accelerate development for firms like Blue Origin and other high‑tech manufacturers. Leggi di più

Paris‑based Mistral AI is in early talks to raise roughly €3 billion ($3.5 billion), which would lift its valuation to about €20 billion, nearly double the €11.7 billion price set in September. The funding would bolster a fast‑burning war chest as the company expands its owned data‑center network in France and Sweden and pursues an ambitious plan to own the compute hardware behind its models. Founder‑CEO Arthur Mensch, a former Google DeepMind and Meta researcher, says the goal is a sovereign European AI infrastructure, even exploring custom chip design to cut reliance on Nvidia. Leggi di più

Security firm Tenet Security has revealed a new attack vector—dubbed Agentjacking—that lets hackers take control of AI‑powered coding assistants without malware or stolen credentials. By posting a crafted error report to Sentry, a popular crash‑tracking service, attackers can trick agents such as Claude Code, Cursor and Codex into executing malicious commands on a developer’s machine. Tests showed an 85% success rate across more than 2,300 organizations, from Fortune‑500 firms to solo developers, exposing environment variables, cloud keys and private repository data. Sentry acknowledged the issue but offered only a limited fix, leaving the broader problem of how AI agents trust external data unresolved. Leggi di più