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OpenAI says it is working with mental health professionals to improve ChatGPT.The company disclosed estimates Monday for how many users are showing signs of concern.It estimates roughly 560,000 users a week show “possible signs of mental health emergencies.”OpenAI estimates that over half a million ChatGPT users are showing possible signs of mental health concerns during a given week.On Monday, OpenAI said it is working with mental health professionals to improve how ChatGPT responds to users who show signs of psychosis or mania, self-harm or suicide, or emotional attachment to the chatbot.As part of its findings, OpenAI estimated that roughly 0.07%…

Extending the length of your daily walks can benefit your heart, new research suggests.In a study conducted among healthy adults, people who accumulated most of their daily steps in bouts of 15 minutes or longer had significantly lower risks of heart disease and death nearly a decade later than those who got in several shorter walks throughout the day. The study was published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine.What’s more, adults who had been less active in the past and went on longer walks showed the greatest health gains.An international team of scientists looked at the daily movements of…

About 42 million Americans are poised to lose their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits when federal funding comes to a halt on Nov. 1 amid the government shutdown.The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it would not use emergency funds to help cover benefits and posted a message on its website over the weekend that “the well has run dry.”SNAP, sometimes called the food stamp program, is a federal safety net program with eligibility based on income, household size and household expenses. About 260,000 retailers, including supermarket chains, discount grocery stores and farmers’ markets, are authorized to accept SNAP…

By Jonathan Stempel(Reuters) -PepsiCo has resolved a lawsuit accusing it of falsely marketing its Gatorade protein bars as good for you, though they contain more sugar than protein and more sugar than Snickers bars and chocolate-frosted Dunkin’ donuts.U.S. District Judge Casey Pitts in San Jose, California, on Monday dismissed the proposed class action with prejudice, meaning the case cannot be brought again, at the request of PepsiCo and three self-described fitness enthusiasts who sued.It was unclear whether the parties settled following court-ordered mediation. PepsiCo and its lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Maia Kats, a lawyer for…

The Trump administration must release millions of dollars in grants meant to address the shortage of mental health workers in schools, a federal judge ruled Monday.Congress funded the mental health program after the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The grants were intended to help schools hire more counselors, psychologists and social workers, with a focus on rural and underserved areas of the country. But President Donald Trump’s administration opposed diversity considerations used to award the grants and told recipients they wouldn’t receive funding past December 2025.The preliminary ruling by Kymberly K. Evanson, a U.S. District Court judge in Seattle,…

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OpenAI released new data on Monday illustrating how many of ChatGPT’s users are struggling with mental health issues, and talking to the AI chatbot about it. The company says that 0.15% of ChatGPT’s active users in a given week have “conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent.” Given that ChatGPT has more than 800 million weekly active users, that translates to more than a million people a week. The company says a similar percentage of users show “heightened levels of emotional attachment to ChatGPT,” and that hundreds of thousands of people show signs of psychosis or…

Meta is reorganizing its metaverse unit and shifting an executive who led the efforts to its AI division.Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth told employees on Monday in an internal memo, which was seen by Business Insider, that Gabriel Aul, who led products for its virtual worlds, Meta Horizon, and Ryan Cairns, who is in charge of Meta’s virtual reality hardware, will now lead the company’s metaverse bets.”The priority of the metaverse work remains unchanged, and it continues to be a companywide priority,” Bosworth wrote in the memo. “We’ve proved our thesis to the industry, and we continue to see competitors enter…

Fitbit’s new Gemini-powered health coach, announced back in August, is becoming available as a public preview to Premium subscribers in the U.S. on Android starting tomorrow. It expands to iOS later this year.  As the AI race heats up, Google is counting on the Gemini AI assistant to help Fitbit stand out from the crowd. Called “Coach,” this feature is designed to be your all-in-one fitness trainer, sleep coach, and health and wellness advisor. Image Credits:Google At the recent Made by Google event, Google showcased Coach’s various capabilities, like how it can create a custom routine based on your goals,…

The annual pattern of winter depression and melancholy – better known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD – suggests a strong link between your mood and the amount of light you get during the day.To put it simply: The less light exposure one has, the more one’s mood may decline.Wintertime blues are common, but about 10 million Americans are affected every year by a longer lasting depression called seasonal affective disorder. Along with low mood, symptoms include anxious feelings, low self-esteem, longer sleep duration, constant craving for carbohydrates and low physical activity levels.I am a nutritional neuroscientist, and my research…