Amazon AI tool blindsides merchants by offering products without their knowledge
Sometime around Christmas, Sarah Burzio noticed that the holiday sales bump for her stationery business included some mysterious new customers: a flurry of orders from anonymous email addresses associated with Amazon.com Inc.
MCMC to take legal action against X over explicit AI photos involving women and minors
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) says it is pursuing legal action against X (formerly Twitter) over the social media platform's failure to address user safety concerns regarding the Grok Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot.
UK regulator opens probe into X over sexualised AI imagery
UK media regulator Ofcom on Jan 12 launched a formal investigation into Elon Musk's X over its AI chatbot Grok's image-creation feature that has been used to produce sexualised deepfakes.
AI helps fuel new era of medical self-testing
Beyond smartwatches and rings, artificial intelligence is being used to make self-testing for major diseases more readily available – from headsets that detect early signs of Alzheimer's to an iris-scanning app that helps spot cancer.
Apple chooses Google's Gemini AI to power Siri
Tech giants Apple and Google announced on Jan 12 a multi-year partnership that will see Apple's next-generation artificial intelligence features, including its Siri assistant, be powered by Google's Gemini technology.
Hong Kong strengthens environmental impact reviews with AI, laser-armed robot dogs
Environmental Protection Department employs two systems – one for detecting bird species and another for monitoring trees – at Hong Kong Wetland Park.
Can you optimise love?
A group of tech executives, app developers and Silicon Valley philosophers is seeking to streamline the messy matters of the heart.
Amazon has big hopes for wearable AI – starting with this US$50 gadget
Several months after Amazon.com Inc bought artificial intelligence hardware startup Bee, the company said it's working to make its US$50 always-listening wearable more proactive, and indicated a larger revamp is in store.
Brew, smell, and serve: AI steals the show at CES 2026
AI took over CES 2026, powering coffee machines to brew the perfect espresso, a device to create your perfect scent, and ball-hitting tennis robots that make you forget it's human against machine.
Musk’s Grok AI blocked in Indonesia, Malaysia over sexual images
Indonesia and Malaysia restricted access to Elon Musk's Grok AI over the weekend, becoming the first countries to ban the artificial intelligence system over its generation of sexual content.
