Sexting is common practice among young people. But the practice may be illegal — at least according to some experts. Others disagree
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EU wants to know how Meta tackles child sex abuse
Investigation is first step launched under the EU’s Digital Services Act. It aims to understand what Meta has done about child sexual abuse
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Montreal research hub spearheads global AI ethics debate
AI godfather Yoshua Bengio warned AI developments risked “creating a new species capable of making decisions that harm or even endanger humans”
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Amazon releases AI chatbot called ‘Q’ for businesses
Amazon Q will cost $20 monthly, and perform tasks like summarizing uploaded documents and answer questions about data in the company’s server
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Fake AI porn leads to real harassment in US high schools
As AI has boomed, so has deepfake pornography, with hyperrealistic images and videos created with minimal effort and money
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Microsoft to hire OpenAI’s Sam Altman after sacking
Internal memo by OpenAI board says Altman’s behavior and lack of transparency undermined the board’s ability to supervise the company
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How big tech generated billions in fines — then didn’t pay them
Critics say fining tech companies does not stop their bad behaviour and it is time for more drastic action
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AI images of white faces are now ‘hyper-real’: study
Most participants also wrongly identified AI images as real faces because they were misinterpreting the details or missing them entirely
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Alberta backs tech sector over regulator with software engineer law
In a gift to the tech sector, Alberta has proposed enabling software engineers to call themselves engineers, even if they’re not licensed as such
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EU readies TikTok, YouTube probes over videos seen by children
Brussels is poised to launch probes into TikTok and YouTube to see what steps they are taking to ensure protection of minors on their platforms