AI

After an outcry, OpenAI swiftly rereleased 4o to paid users. But experts say it should not have removed the model so suddenly.

OpenAI’s decision to replace 4o with the more straightforward GPT-5 follows a steady drumbeat of news about the potentially harmful effects of extensive chatbot use. Reports of incidents in which ChatGPT sparked psychosis in users have been everywhere for the past few months, and in a blog post last week, OpenAI acknowledged 4o’s failure to…

AI

‘Cheapfake’ AI Celeb Videos Are Rage-Baiting People on YouTube

“They’re tweaking my voice or whatever they’re doing, tweaking their own voice to make it sound like me, and people are commenting on it like it is me and it ain’t me,” Washington recently told WIRED, when asked about AI. “I don’t have an Instagram account. I don’t have TikTok. I don’t have any of…

AI

GPT-5 Doesn’t Dislike You—It Might Just Need a Benchmark for Emotional Intelligence

Since the all-new ChatGPT launched on Thursday, some users have mourned the disappearance of a peppy and encouraging personality in favor of a colder, more businesslike one (a move seemingly designed to reduce unhealthy user behavior.) The backlash shows the challenge of building artificial intelligence systems that exhibit anything like real emotional intelligence. Researchers at…

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OpenAI Designed GPT-5 to Be Safer. It Still Outputs Gay Slurs

OpenAI is trying to make its chatbot less annoying with the release of GPT-5. And I’m not talking about adjustments to its synthetic personality that many users have complained about. Before GPT-5, if the AI tool determined it couldn’t answer your prompt because the request violated OpenAI’s content guidelines, it would hit you with a…

Software

Congrats to the latest KendoReact Free Components Challenge Winners!

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Today’s the day! We are excited to announce the winners of the KendoReact Free Components Challenge.

From mine safety monitoring to DEV Challenge trackers (how meta!) to interactive puzzle games, we were impressed by the creativity and variety of use cases submitted by participants. Each project showcased KendoReact’s modern UI components, and many demonstrated how AI tools can accelerate workflows.

We hope you enjoyed working on your submission and are proud of what you accomplished, regardless of whether or not you take home the prize.

Without further ado, our winners.

Congratulations To…

Overall Prompt Winner

@aryprogrammer created an intelligent student hub that addresses a universal pain point: the chaos of managing academic life across multiple disconnected tools.

EduBox brings together file management with semantic search, an AI-powered planner, campus life integration, and an AI assistant that can answer questions about your own materials.

Code Smarter, Not Harder Winner

@kaoutar_benhadine_9c91300 built an engaging game that challenges players to distinguish AI-generated images from real photos.

Bot or Not features a Daily Challenge mode with 3 rounds and a Streak Mode with progressive difficulty, plus a complete admin panel for content management.

RAGs to Riches Winner

@iamceejay tackled a critical healthcare challenge: language barriers that cost lives across Africa, where 1,500 to 3,000 languages create obstacles between patients and providers.

Consultify revolutionizes telemedicine through context-aware RAG and multilingual communication.

Our three winners will each receive $1,000 USD, an exclusive DEV Badge, and a DEV++ Membership. All participants will receive a completion badge for rising to the challenge!

A Special Thanks to Our Sponsor

Huge thanks to the team at Progress for sponsoring this challenge! Progress continues to lead the way in React development with KendoReact and their newer Nuclia RAG platform. As always, @kathryngrayson and team were wonderful to work with and we’re grateful they chose to do another challenge with us!