Social media sites block 4.7 million underage accounts in Australia
Tech giants have blocked 4.7 million accounts under Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s, the country's online safety watchdog said Jan 16.
Social media harms teens, watchdog warns, as France weighs ban
Social media harms the mental health of adolescents, particularly girls, France's health watchdog said Jan 13 as the country debates banning children under 15 from accessing the immensely popular platforms.
How AI 'deepfakes' became Elon Musk's latest scandal
Elon Musk's company xAI has faced global backlash in recent days over sexualised "deepfake" images of women and children created by its Grok chatbot.
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.
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.
US woman's story of US$1mil loss held up as warning of romance scams
Health care worker Jackie Crenshaw is holding herself up as an example of how not to find true love.
As a shooting unfolded at Brown University, students turned to anonymous app for answers before official alerts
When a gunman began firing inside an academic building on the Brown University campus, students didn't wait for official alerts warning of trouble. They got information almost instantly, in bits and bursts – through phones vibrating in pockets, messages from strangers, rumors that felt urgent because they might keep someone alive.
Musk's AI chatbot faces global backlash over sexualised images of women and children
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is facing a backlash from governments around the world after a recent surge in sexualised images of women and children generated without consent by the artificial intelligence-powered tool.
'Never expected this': Creator of viral AI Maduro image comes forward
Prominent accounts misrepresented the image, and further manipulated versions soon spread online.
It’s HAL out there: Tencent AI chatbot tells user to ‘get lost’ in rare angry outburst
In a moment echoing the classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey, Tencent's Yuanbao chatbot has been accused of losing its temper with a user.
