Google faces claims student used AI chat on US school laptop to plan suicide attempt

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• Google launches Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash with longer clips and lower cost

  The technology giant is expanding its artificial intelligence portfolio by introducing a new iteration aimed at handling extended media formats more economically. While this release targets improved operational efficiency, developers and enterprise clients must await further documentation to evaluate the full performance changes. Comprehensive technical benchmarks remain pending following the initial product rollout.

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• Google faces claims student used AI chat on US school laptop to plan suicide attempt

  The legal action accuses the tech giant of aggressively pushing artificial intelligence into educational settings without disclosing the severe risks to young users. Filed by parents in California and relocated to federal court, the suit seeks monetary damages following an incident involving school-issued technology. The case intensifies scrutiny over Big Tech's deployment of generative algorithms in classrooms without adequate safeguards for vulnerable children.

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• Launch HN: Rivet (YC F25) – Scale and Orchestrate Agents on S3

  Rivet, a startup in the Y Combinator Fall 2025 batch, has launched an open-source orchestrator designed for scaling and managing agentic workloads. Built on the actor model, the system assigns each agent a lightweight "Rivet Actor" backed by S3 rather than provisioning a heavyweight sandbox. The self-hostable technology runs on plain Node.js, Bun, or Rust, allowing developers to deploy the control plane locally, on Docker, on Kubernetes, or on virtual machines within their own cloud infrastructure.

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