Parents of a teenager who died by suicide have sued OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, on Tuesday. The lawsuit alleges the organisation knowingly prioritised profit over safety when it launched the GPT-4o version of its artificial intelligence chatbot last year. Adam Raine, 16, died on April 11 after discussing suicide with ChatGPT for months. This information comes from the lawsuit filed by Raine's parents, Matthew and Maria Raine, in a San Francisco state court.

A flexible robotic sheet, capable of grasping objects and moving across surfaces, has been developed by researchers. Jung Kim, from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, led the team behind this advancement.

China's independently developed 6,000-metre-level deep-sea remotely operated vehicle (ROV) successfully completed its maiden trial in the South China Sea on Aug. 23. The trial fully validated the performance and functionality of the entire system.

BYD announced plans on Aug. 22 to construct its fourth electric vehicle plant in Southeast Asia. This new facility in Perak, Malaysia, is expected to commence production in 2026.

LinkedIn is expanding its video advertising program, adding new publishers and creator-led shows to draw marketing dollars. The number of creators on LinkedIn has nearly doubled since 2021, the company told Reuters.

A subsidiary of Taiwanese consumer electronics giant Asus is developing a supercomputer, powered by Nvidia chips, expected to increase the island's computing capacity by at least 50%. The project is a collaboration between Taiwan AI Cloud and the National Centre for High-Performance Computing.

China has proposed draft rules for internet platform pricing, seeking public comment on the measure. The proposal follows numerous complaints from merchants and consumers regarding unfair or misleading pricing practices by large platforms.

Google has reportedly completed the development of its first artificial intelligence-enabled glasses, with manufacturing rumoured to take place in Taiwan. The US search giant has not yet selected a contract manufacturer for the devices.

Artificial intelligence firm xAI has open-sourced its Grok 2.5 model. Elon Musk announced the move on his social media platform X on Saturday.

Chinese smartphone maker Vivo unveiled a mixed-reality headset that resembles Apple’s Vision Pro in name, design, and interface. The Vivo Vision is controlled with intuitive eye tracking and hand gestures, according to information published on Vivo’s website on Thursday. The Vivo Vision weighs 398 grams, which is approximately 35% less than Apple's Vision Pro, which weighs at least 600 grams.

Music streaming organisation Spotify plans to raise prices as it invests in new features and targets 1 billion users, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing Co-President and Chief Business Officer Alex Norstrom. The price increases will accompany planned new services and features.

Meta has partnered with generative artificial intelligence lab Midjourney to license the startup's "aesthetic technology" for its future...