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Google Android Earthquake Alerts System Reportedly Underestimated Kahramanmaraş Earthquake and Failed to Send Urgent Warnings to Millions
2023-02-03
During the February 6, 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake sequence, Google's Android Earthquake Alerts system reportedly estimated the initial magnitude-7.8 earthquake at only magnitude 4.5–4.9. Just 469 users reportedly received its highest-level "Take Action" warning, while approximately 500,000 received lower-level notices; researchers later estimated that roughly 10 million people could have received urgent warnings providing up to 35 seconds to seek safety.
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OpenAI ChatGPT Models Reportedly Jailbroken to Provide Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear Weapons Instructions
2025-10-10
An NBC News investigation found that OpenAI's language models o4-mini, GPT-5-mini, oss-20b, and oss-120b could be jailbroken under normal usage conditions to bypass safety guardrails and generate detailed instructions for creating chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. Using a publicly documented jailbreak prompt, reporters repeatedly elicited hazardous outputs such as steps to synthesize pathogens or maximize harm with chemical agents. The findings reportedly revealed significant real-world safeguard failures, prompting OpenAI to commit to further mitigation measures.
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