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Siri AI Might Tell You to Take Breaks, Remind You It’s Not a Real Person

Siri AI Might Tell You to Take Breaks, Remind You It’s Not a Real Person

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Code strings discovered in iOS 27 suggest that Apple may be planning to show users a break reminder after especially long Siri AI conversations. Strings of code in the first developer beta of ‌iOS 27‌ refer to a “Take a Break Message” that would remind users they have been in a conversation for an extended period and that ‌Siri‌ is not a real person. Based on the shared code, the reminder appears to read: “You’ve been in this conversation for [n] hours – consider taking a break. ‌Siri‌ is not a person, but will be here when you’re ready to continue.” Where screen time tools typically focus on usage duration, Apple appears to be specifically addressing the risk of parasocial attachment to AI, building in a prompt that explicitly reframes ‌Siri‌ as a tool rather than a companion. The concern is part of a broader conversation across the AI industry about unhealthy usage patterns. Both OpenAI and Google have moved to add guardrails to their chatbot products, and Anthropic has been spotted nudging Claude users …

A pair of unlikely films remind us why painful memories matter

A pair of unlikely films remind us why painful memories matter

Published by Sam Flores

Across the first six months of 2026, an unusually high number of theatrically released films have seemed like paired companion pieces, feature-length notes on a theme that can or should be watched back-to-back. This isn’t all that uncommon: Trends crop up in filmmaking all the time, as potential narratives emerge from real-life events and cultural obsessions. Sometimes this happens because the studios are trying to capitalize on a moment, like when “The Minecraft Movie” coasted in on the fumes of “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.” Other cinematic companions are inadvertent and more thoughtful, woven together like the harmonies of a duet. This year, “Exit 8” and the upcoming “Backrooms” toyed with a less-is-more approach to claustrophobic, liminal horror. “Ready or Not 2” and “They Will Kill You” took one last swing at the well-worn eat-the-rich occult subgenre. “Mother Mary” and “The Moment” explored the natural endpoint of pop-star fixation in the age of the internet. One could even make an argument for a double feature of “Animal Farm” and “Wuthering Heights” as two wildly different …

Relentless airstrikes on Beirut’s residential areas ‘remind Lebanese that Israel is enemy as well’

Relentless airstrikes on Beirut’s residential areas ‘remind Lebanese that Israel is enemy as well’

Published by Sam Flores

Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Dr. Randa Slim, Director of the Conflict Resolution and Track II Dialogues Program at the Middle East Institute and Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). According to Dr. Slim, Israeli strikes on Lebanon cannot be credibly framed as targeted operations against Hezbollah, but rather indiscriminate violence causing widespread civilian casualties and intensifying regional tensions. She argues that the events represent a critical inflection point within Lebanese public opinion. Keywords for this article Source link

Paris Hilton Would Like to Remind You that She “Invented Y2K”

Paris Hilton Would Like to Remind You that She “Invented Y2K”

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Does she feel a certain way about seeing so many things she wore then revisited on Demna’s Gucci runway, or by other designers and on everyday people? “It just makes me feel really proud and happy, because I invented Y2K fashion,” Hilton says. “I’m happy anytime I see people inspired by my look or seeing things on the runway that remind me of the way I used to dress, and I still do.” On January 30, Infinite Icon: A Visual Memoir was released in theaters. The film is a documentary that traces Hilton’s musical and personal evolution, contextulized around her second studio album, Infinite Icon, released in 2024. “It was incredible being back in the studio and having Sia as my executive producer and writing with her,” Hilton says, “and with my film, just seeing everyone packing the theaters all dressed in pink and velour, I’m just really proud,” she says. Hilton arriving at the show. Photo: Marc Duron / Kevin Sikorski Another Gucci look to round up Hilton’s time in Milan. Photo: Marc Duron …

Sam Altman would like remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too

Sam Altman would like remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed concerns about AI’s environmental impact this week while speaking at an event hosted by The Indian Express. For one thing, Altman — who was in India for a major AI summit — said concerns about AI’s water usage are “totally fake,” though he acknowledged it was a real issue when “we used to do evaporative cooling in data centers.” “Now that we don’t do that, you see these things on the internet where, ‘Don’t use ChatGPT, it’s 17 gallons of water for each query’ or whatever,” Altman said. “This is completely untrue, totally insane, no connection to reality.” He added that it’s “fair” to be concerned about “the energy consumption — not per query, but in total, because the world is now using so much AI.” In his view, this means the world needs to “move towards nuclear or wind and solar very quickly.” There’s no legal requirement for tech companies to disclose how much energy and water they use, so scientists have been trying to study it independently. Data …