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Grandma slop is tearing families apart

Some grandparents think AI images of their grandkids are adorable. Millennial parents worry about privacy, consent, and where the photos may end up.

  • AI-generated images of loved ones causing family disputes.
  • 32-year-old mother alarmed by AI chatbot Grok's images of her toddlers.
  • European regulations consider limiting AI access to those under 15.

The AI model your business runs on is being retired: the 2026 shutdown calendar

OpenAI already shut down the Assistants API on 26 August 2026. The next cutoffs are 24 September, when it retires the Videos API and sora-2 ; 28 September, for the last legacy completion snapshots…

  • Assistants API, Responses API, and Conversations API retired on 26 August 2026
  • Older completion-style snapshots retired on 28 September 2026, replaced by gpt-5.6-terra
  • gpt-3.5-turbo-0125, gpt-4-0613, and gpt-4-turbo retired on 23 October 2026, replaced by gpt-5.6-sol

Agents in the database, not in the repo: a tour of apowerb

The usual way to define an agent is to write it: a Python file that declares a model, attaches tools, carries the instruction. You commit it, you deploy it.

  • Agents are stored as database rows, not in the repository
  • Python code for agents is generated and disposable
  • Repair function ensures agent modules are up-to-date

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