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South Korea Passes Bill Banning Mobile Phones In School Classrooms
South Korea has passed a bill banning the use of mobile phones in school classrooms nationwide, officials said Thursday, joining other countries in efforts to curb social media use among minors.
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US Officials Using AI To Target Pro-Palestinian Protestors: Rights Group
Amnesty International on Wednesday accused US authorities of using artificial intelligence tools from Palantir and Babel Street to monitor immigrants and target non-citizens at demonstrations supporting Palestinians.
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Elon Musk's X Plans to Display Ads on Grok Answers; Grok Imagine Temporarily Goes Free for US Users
Grok answers and suggestions, in a supposed attempt to increase X’s (formerly Twitter) ad revenue, might show ads in the future. The company’s plans for the same were revealed by Elon Musk during a Spaces discussion with advertisers on the platform. Musk said that till now, the company has been focusing on making Grok better. However, the compa...
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Meta Announces New Safety Features for Instagram Teen Accounts, Adult-Managed Profiles for Children
Meta announced a couple of new safety features for teen accounts on Instagram on Wednesday. The Menlo Park-based social media giant said it is expanding its Teen Account protection and safety features to offer more tools to teenagers while they exchange messages with other users via the platform’s direct messaging (DM) feature.
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"Ditch Instagram, Learn AI Or Get Left Behind," Says Perplexity AI CEO
Cut down the time you spend on social media and prioritise learning Artificial Intelligence (AI). This is the Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas' message to the youngsters.
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Meta Apologises After Facebook's Auto-Translation Declared Siddaramaiah Dead
Social media giant Meta has apologised after its automatic translation tool erroneously declared Chief Minister Siddaramaiah dead while translating a condolence message posted by the Karnataka CMO in Kannada on Facebook.
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Delhi Man Arrested For Morphing Woman's Photos, Uploading Them Online
A 21-year-old man was arrested for allegedly using AI tools to morph a college student's photos into explicit images and uploading them using fake social media accounts created in her name, police said on Wednesday.
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Snapchat Launches Apple Watch App With Scribble, Dictation Support; Lens Studio Now on iOS
Snapchat on Thursday expanded its availability by launching a dedicated app for the Apple Watch. This new app allows users to preview an incoming message and reply to it using multiple options such as Dictation and Scribble. Alongside, the social media platform has also introduced its Lens Studio app on iOS and as a web tool which allows developers...
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Elon Musk Says New XChat on X Comes With Bitcoin-Style Encryption, New Features
Elon Musk revealed on Sunday that XChat, the social media platform’s new direct messaging (DM) feature, will offer Bitcoin-style encryption. Currently available in beta on X (formerly known as Twitter), XChat is a new offering for the paid subscribers. Apart from encryption, the messaging tool will also come with vanishing messages, audio and vid...
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TikTok Introduces New AI Alive Tool to Create Videos From Photos in Stories
TikTok is introducing a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will allow users to turn an image into an animated video. On Tuesday, the vertical video-based social media platform announced a new AI feature dubbed AI Alive that uses generative AI technology to create videos from photos. Currently, the tool can only be used to generate videos...
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Instagram to Use AI-Powered Age Detection Tools to Find Teen Accounts Posing as Adults
Instagram is expanding its Teen Accounts setting, which was first rolled out in 2024, with a new proactive technology and parents' reach-out campaigns. Announced on Monday, the Meta-owned social media platform is testing the use of AI-powered age detection tools to identify teenagers on the platform who have added an adult birthday.
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Snapchat Introduces Sponsored AI Lenses to Let Brands Create Immersive AI-Generated Experiences
Snapchat introduced a new ad format on Tuesday to let brands engage users on the platform. Dubbed Sponsored AI Lenses, it is a new tool for brands to create artificial intelligence (AI) Lenses that users on the social media app can use to click selfies and post them. The Santa Monica-based social media company has been building out its augmented re...
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Woman's Ghibli-Style Makeover Goes Wrong. She Gets A Third Hand
The internet has found its latest obsession: the Ghibli trend. Thanks to OpenAI's newest image-generation tool, social media users, including celebrities and politicians, are transforming their pictures into dreamy, Studio Ghibli-style animations.
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Big Tech Opposes YouTube Exemption from Australia's Ban on Social Media for Children
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms, Snapchat and TikTok believe Australia should not exempt YouTube from its decision to ban social media for minors. YouTube stands to be exempted from the ban as it is considered a key educational tool and is the only service allowed for children as part of a family account with parental supervision rights...
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ChatGPT Faces Global Outage, Users Flood Social Media With Complaints
ChatGPT, one of OpenAI's most popular Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools on Thursday faced a global outage as millions of users were unable to access the service.
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South Korea Passes Bill Banning Mobile Phones In School Classrooms
South Korea has passed a bill banning the use of mobile phones in school classrooms nationwide, officials said Thursday, joining other countries in efforts to curb social media use among minors.
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US Officials Using AI To Target Pro-Palestinian Protestors: Rights Group
Amnesty International on Wednesday accused US authorities of using artificial intelligence tools from Palantir and Babel Street to monitor immigrants and target non-citizens at demonstrations supporting Palestinians.
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Elon Musk's X Plans to Display Ads on Grok Answers; Grok Imagine Temporarily Goes Free for US Users
Grok answers and suggestions, in a supposed attempt to increase X’s (formerly Twitter) ad revenue, might show ads in the future. The company’s plans for the same were revealed by Elon Musk during a Spaces discussion with advertisers on the platform. Musk said that till now, the company has been focusing on making Grok better. However, the compa...
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Meta Announces New Safety Features for Instagram Teen Accounts, Adult-Managed Profiles for Children
Meta announced a couple of new safety features for teen accounts on Instagram on Wednesday. The Menlo Park-based social media giant said it is expanding its Teen Account protection and safety features to offer more tools to teenagers while they exchange messages with other users via the platform’s direct messaging (DM) feature.
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"Ditch Instagram, Learn AI Or Get Left Behind," Says Perplexity AI CEO
Cut down the time you spend on social media and prioritise learning Artificial Intelligence (AI). This is the Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas' message to the youngsters.
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Meta Apologises After Facebook's Auto-Translation Declared Siddaramaiah Dead
Social media giant Meta has apologised after its automatic translation tool erroneously declared Chief Minister Siddaramaiah dead while translating a condolence message posted by the Karnataka CMO in Kannada on Facebook.
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Delhi Man Arrested For Morphing Woman's Photos, Uploading Them Online
A 21-year-old man was arrested for allegedly using AI tools to morph a college student's photos into explicit images and uploading them using fake social media accounts created in her name, police said on Wednesday.
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Snapchat Launches Apple Watch App With Scribble, Dictation Support; Lens Studio Now on iOS
Snapchat on Thursday expanded its availability by launching a dedicated app for the Apple Watch. This new app allows users to preview an incoming message and reply to it using multiple options such as Dictation and Scribble. Alongside, the social media platform has also introduced its Lens Studio app on iOS and as a web tool which allows developers...
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Elon Musk Says New XChat on X Comes With Bitcoin-Style Encryption, New Features
Elon Musk revealed on Sunday that XChat, the social media platform’s new direct messaging (DM) feature, will offer Bitcoin-style encryption. Currently available in beta on X (formerly known as Twitter), XChat is a new offering for the paid subscribers. Apart from encryption, the messaging tool will also come with vanishing messages, audio and vid...
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TikTok Introduces New AI Alive Tool to Create Videos From Photos in Stories
TikTok is introducing a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will allow users to turn an image into an animated video. On Tuesday, the vertical video-based social media platform announced a new AI feature dubbed AI Alive that uses generative AI technology to create videos from photos. Currently, the tool can only be used to generate videos...
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Instagram to Use AI-Powered Age Detection Tools to Find Teen Accounts Posing as Adults
Instagram is expanding its Teen Accounts setting, which was first rolled out in 2024, with a new proactive technology and parents' reach-out campaigns. Announced on Monday, the Meta-owned social media platform is testing the use of AI-powered age detection tools to identify teenagers on the platform who have added an adult birthday.
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Snapchat Introduces Sponsored AI Lenses to Let Brands Create Immersive AI-Generated Experiences
Snapchat introduced a new ad format on Tuesday to let brands engage users on the platform. Dubbed Sponsored AI Lenses, it is a new tool for brands to create artificial intelligence (AI) Lenses that users on the social media app can use to click selfies and post them. The Santa Monica-based social media company has been building out its augmented re...
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Woman's Ghibli-Style Makeover Goes Wrong. She Gets A Third Hand
The internet has found its latest obsession: the Ghibli trend. Thanks to OpenAI's newest image-generation tool, social media users, including celebrities and politicians, are transforming their pictures into dreamy, Studio Ghibli-style animations.
-
Big Tech Opposes YouTube Exemption from Australia's Ban on Social Media for Children
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms, Snapchat and TikTok believe Australia should not exempt YouTube from its decision to ban social media for minors. YouTube stands to be exempted from the ban as it is considered a key educational tool and is the only service allowed for children as part of a family account with parental supervision rights...
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ChatGPT Faces Global Outage, Users Flood Social Media With Complaints
ChatGPT, one of OpenAI's most popular Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools on Thursday faced a global outage as millions of users were unable to access the service.
