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UK Defends Online Safety Law Amid X's Free Speech Criticisms
The UK government on Saturday defended a new online safety law following harsh criticism from social network X.
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MiniMax Video-01 Platform With AI Video Generation Capabilities Launched
MiniMax, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) unicorn startup backed by Alibaba and Tencent, released a text-to-video generation model on Monday. Dubbed Video-01, the platform is available to the public even outside of China. It can generate six-second-long videos in a wide range of styles. Video-01 joins the company’s existing AI offerings suc...
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US Senate May Set Up Court Showdown Over TikTok's Free Speech Protections
The U.S. Senate set up a likely court showdown over the scope of TikTok's free speech protections under the U.S. Constitution when it approved a bill on Tuesday to ban the social media platform from app stores unless its Chinese owner sells it.
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Norwegian Lawmaker Nominates Elon Musk For Nobel Peace Prize For Enabling "Free Speech"
The lawmaker said that Mr Musk's tech companies had helped "make the world a more connected and safer place."
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Meta Releases SeamlessM4T AI Model to Translate Languages in Real-Time
Facebook parent company Meta Platforms on Tuesday released an AI model capable of translating and transcribing speech in dozens of languages, a potential building-block for tools enabling real-time communication across language divides. The company said in a blog post that its SeamlessM4T model could support translations between text and speech in ...
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Australian Watchdog Says Twitter Top Platform for Online Hate, Demands Explanation as Company Faces Fine
An Australian cyber regulator on Thursday said it has demanded Twitter explain its handling of online hate as the microblog has become the country's most complained-about platform since new owner Elon Musk lifted bans on a reported 62,000 accounts.
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Big Tech CEOs Subpoenaed Over Free Speech By US House Judiciary Committee
US House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Wednesday subpoenaed the chief executives of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms, and Microsoft for documents and communications relating to free-speech issues.
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New AI Voice-Cloning Tools Have Potential to Spread Misinformation on Social Media
A doctored version of the US President Joe Biden’s video has amassed hundred of thousands of views this week on social media, making it appear he gave a speech that attacks transgender people. Digital forensics experts say the video was created using a new generation of artificial intelligence tools, which allow anyone to quickly generate audio s...
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UK Will Not Ban "Legal But Harmful" Content In Favour Of Free Speech
Britain will not force tech giants to remove content that is "legal but harmful" from their platforms after campaigners and lawmakers raised concerns that the move could curtail free speech, the government said on Monday.
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Elon Musk Should Testify to EU Parliament After Twitter Takeover, Lawmaker Says
Elon Musk should come to the European Parliament to reassure lawmakers that Twitter won't become a platform that threatens democracy, a lawmaker said on Thursday. Meanwhile, the EU’s internal market commissioner has warned Musk that he will have to follow the EU’s rules, most notably the Digital Services Act that requires companies to take down...
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Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea to Implead Twitter's Elon Musk in Petition Challenging Account Suspension
The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking to implead Twitter's new owner Elon Musk in a petition that challenging the suspension of a user's account for allegedly violating the platform's rules. The court dismissed the plea with Rs. 25,000 costs, and Justice Yashwant Varma termed the application to be "thoroughly misconceived".
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Over 50,000 Slurs On Twitter To Test Safety Rules Under Elon Musk
An organized trolling campaign tweeting slurs tens of thousands of times tested Twitter's moderation policies after the platform was taken over by billionaire Elon Musk, its safety chief said Saturday, adding that the rules "haven't changed."
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After Elon Musk Takeover, Twitter Users Test Free Speech Limits
Twitter users wasted no time Friday testing the limits of free speech on the platform under new owner Elon Musk, with posts questioning transgender identity and masks.
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Elon Musk Receives Pleas to Remove Bans on Accounts Soon After Twitter Takeover
Mere hours after Elon Musk kicked off a new era at Twitter, the billionaire owner was deluged with pleas and demands from banned account holders and world leaders. The flood of requests underscore the challenge the CEO of electric car maker Tesla faces, balancing a promise to restore free speech while preventing the platform from descending into ...
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Musk Offers Billion-User Vision but Few Details to Twitter Staff
Elon Musk pitched a vision Thursday to Twitter staff of a one-billion-user platform, but was hazy on potential layoffs, free speech limits and what's next in his chaotic buyout bid.
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UK Defends Online Safety Law Amid X's Free Speech Criticisms
The UK government on Saturday defended a new online safety law following harsh criticism from social network X.
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MiniMax Video-01 Platform With AI Video Generation Capabilities Launched
MiniMax, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) unicorn startup backed by Alibaba and Tencent, released a text-to-video generation model on Monday. Dubbed Video-01, the platform is available to the public even outside of China. It can generate six-second-long videos in a wide range of styles. Video-01 joins the company’s existing AI offerings suc...
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US Senate May Set Up Court Showdown Over TikTok's Free Speech Protections
The U.S. Senate set up a likely court showdown over the scope of TikTok's free speech protections under the U.S. Constitution when it approved a bill on Tuesday to ban the social media platform from app stores unless its Chinese owner sells it.
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Norwegian Lawmaker Nominates Elon Musk For Nobel Peace Prize For Enabling "Free Speech"
The lawmaker said that Mr Musk's tech companies had helped "make the world a more connected and safer place."
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Meta Releases SeamlessM4T AI Model to Translate Languages in Real-Time
Facebook parent company Meta Platforms on Tuesday released an AI model capable of translating and transcribing speech in dozens of languages, a potential building-block for tools enabling real-time communication across language divides. The company said in a blog post that its SeamlessM4T model could support translations between text and speech in ...
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Australian Watchdog Says Twitter Top Platform for Online Hate, Demands Explanation as Company Faces Fine
An Australian cyber regulator on Thursday said it has demanded Twitter explain its handling of online hate as the microblog has become the country's most complained-about platform since new owner Elon Musk lifted bans on a reported 62,000 accounts.
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Big Tech CEOs Subpoenaed Over Free Speech By US House Judiciary Committee
US House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Wednesday subpoenaed the chief executives of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms, and Microsoft for documents and communications relating to free-speech issues.
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New AI Voice-Cloning Tools Have Potential to Spread Misinformation on Social Media
A doctored version of the US President Joe Biden’s video has amassed hundred of thousands of views this week on social media, making it appear he gave a speech that attacks transgender people. Digital forensics experts say the video was created using a new generation of artificial intelligence tools, which allow anyone to quickly generate audio s...
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UK Will Not Ban "Legal But Harmful" Content In Favour Of Free Speech
Britain will not force tech giants to remove content that is "legal but harmful" from their platforms after campaigners and lawmakers raised concerns that the move could curtail free speech, the government said on Monday.
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Elon Musk Should Testify to EU Parliament After Twitter Takeover, Lawmaker Says
Elon Musk should come to the European Parliament to reassure lawmakers that Twitter won't become a platform that threatens democracy, a lawmaker said on Thursday. Meanwhile, the EU’s internal market commissioner has warned Musk that he will have to follow the EU’s rules, most notably the Digital Services Act that requires companies to take down...
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Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea to Implead Twitter's Elon Musk in Petition Challenging Account Suspension
The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking to implead Twitter's new owner Elon Musk in a petition that challenging the suspension of a user's account for allegedly violating the platform's rules. The court dismissed the plea with Rs. 25,000 costs, and Justice Yashwant Varma termed the application to be "thoroughly misconceived".
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Over 50,000 Slurs On Twitter To Test Safety Rules Under Elon Musk
An organized trolling campaign tweeting slurs tens of thousands of times tested Twitter's moderation policies after the platform was taken over by billionaire Elon Musk, its safety chief said Saturday, adding that the rules "haven't changed."
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After Elon Musk Takeover, Twitter Users Test Free Speech Limits
Twitter users wasted no time Friday testing the limits of free speech on the platform under new owner Elon Musk, with posts questioning transgender identity and masks.
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Elon Musk Receives Pleas to Remove Bans on Accounts Soon After Twitter Takeover
Mere hours after Elon Musk kicked off a new era at Twitter, the billionaire owner was deluged with pleas and demands from banned account holders and world leaders. The flood of requests underscore the challenge the CEO of electric car maker Tesla faces, balancing a promise to restore free speech while preventing the platform from descending into ...
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Musk Offers Billion-User Vision but Few Details to Twitter Staff
Elon Musk pitched a vision Thursday to Twitter staff of a one-billion-user platform, but was hazy on potential layoffs, free speech limits and what's next in his chaotic buyout bid.
