safety and compliance

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a landmark state law on October 13, 2025, that for the first time imposes specific safety guardrails on “companion” chatbots with the stated aim of protecting minors from self-harm, sexual exploitation, and prolonged emotional dependence on AI systems...

ChatGPT users around the world woke up to error messages and stalled replies as OpenAI’s flagship chatbot suffered a partial outage that left many unable to view responses in the web interface — an incident that again raises hard questions about reliability, vendor lock-in, and how to architect...

OpenAI’s GPT‑5 has landed inside Microsoft’s Copilot family, but the change feels more like a careful upgrade than a dramatic reinvention — a set of real-world refinements that tilt Copilot toward deeper reasoning, longer context, and smarter routing rather than a radical, immediately...

In recent years, a silent crisis has been brewing within industrial organizations around the globe. Seasoned engineers, control room veterans, and plant operators—those who have spent decades mastering their craft—are rapidly approaching retirement. As they leave the workforce, they take with...