Friday: AI reports teen dangers, applause for Samsung’s bug fix

If teenagers talk too often about suicide or self-harm on Instagram with Meta AI, their parents should soon be alerted. If they join in, the prerequisite is that the parents have a meta account and the “parental supervision” function is activated. Other reports have been considered helpful for years. In four years, a security company reported 176 gaps in pre-installed Samsung apps, which Samsung immediately fixed. The security researchers are thrilled, also about the cash rewards, which now total six figures. Meanwhile, an EU court has judged the term OPENAI to be too general, because others should also be able to offer “open AI”. Therefore, it cannot be registered as an EU word mark for relevant areas. But there is still a chance for OpenAI – the most important reports at a glance.

Speak teenage Instagram users with the Chatbot Meta AI above Self-harm or suicidethis should estimate whether real Danger consists. If necessary, one will be Verification by Meta employees initiated. If they cannot dispel the suspicion, alert she the Parents – provided they also have an account with Meta Platforms and use the service “Parental supervision“.Meta Platforms indicates the corresponding Circumstantial evidence together developed with experts to have. If the conversation about suicide or self-harm does not reveal a clear risk, the parents will still be informed. Meta prefers to play it safe and accept false alarms: Meta reports risky AI chats about self-harm and suicide to parents.

messages Samsung to Vulnerabilities however, are received positively. After the security company Oversecured in the years 2022 to 2025 in total 176 vulnerabilities in on Samsung smartphones preinstalled apps has revealed, she now highlights the good cooperation with Samsung. Because the gaps were not only closed immediatelyafter they were reported. The security researchers have through Samsung Bug-Bounty-Programm so far too totaling $163,475 an Cash rewards received for their work. Some gaps would have allowed attackers to access data such as photos, messages, contacts or call lists or to install unwanted apps with admin rights: Security researchers praise Samsung for its handling of reported vulnerabilities.

A decision by the company is less positive for a company Court of the European Union. Because OpenAI tried in vain to get his Name as a trademark in the EU Register for relevant services and products. Accordingly, terms that are from the perspective of the relevant target group are allowed describe relevant offercannot be registered as a trademark. It doesn’t matter whether there are uppercase or lowercase letters or spaces. Because “open AI” is understood in English as “freely accessible artificial intelligence”. freely accessible AI. If registered as a trademark, no one else in the EU can offer freely accessible AI under this easily understandable term. However, OpenAI can still Legal remedies insert and the Protect brand because of celebrity leave: Openai cannot be registered as an EU trademark.

It Shell construction the lattice mast construction of the later largest wind turbine in the world in Schipkau, Brandenburg is completed. The last segments were screwed together at a height of 160 meters. With the Completion of the lattice mast construction is an important one milestone reached. When completed, the high-altitude wind turbine reaches a Size of around 360 m. However, further work is still pending. That’s how it has to be Turbinengondel be raised to a height of 300 m. This is done via the telescopic structure of the tower. In a first step, the turbine is brought to a height of 150 m and installed there. In a second step, it is to be brought into its final position at 300 m: the shell of the lattice mast structure of the world’s largest wind turbine is in place in Germany.

In what has been dragging on for years Dispute over Brenner transit traffic he has Advocate General at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) took a clear position: This Night driving banthe sectoral driving ban and that Winter driving ban on the Inntal motorway A12 and the Brenner motorway A13 in Tyrol violated accordingly against the free movement of goods in the EU. According to the report, only the so-called block processing is legal. A final one Verdict of the ECJ is in Fall 2026 or early 2027 expected. Experts and associations classify the procedure as possible precedent for the conflict between free movement of goods and regional traffic and environmental control, which could have significance far beyond Tyrol: driving bans on the Brenner Pass are about to end – far-reaching consequences for Alpine traffic.

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