X’s new feature reveals foreign origins of some popular U.S. political accounts

X’s new feature reveals foreign origins of some popular U.S. political accounts

They go by names like @TRUMP_ARMYβ€” or @MAGANationX, and their verified accounts proudly display portraits of President Donald Trump, voter rallies and American flags. And they’re constantly posting about U.S. politics to their followers, sounding like diehard fans of the president. But after a weekend update to the social media platform X, it’s now clear…

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Grok chatbot allowed users to create digitally altered photos of minors in “minimal clothing”

Grok chatbot allowed users to create digitally altered photos of minors in “minimal clothing”

Elon Musk’s Grok, the chatbot developed by his company xAI, acknowledged “lapses in safeguards” on the AI platform that allowed users to generate digitally altered, sexualized photos of minors. The admission comes after multiple users alleged on social media that people are using Grok to generate suggestive images of minors, in some cases stripping them…

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Israel kills Iran’s spy chief; government seen as ‘largely degraded’

Israel kills Iran’s spy chief; government seen as ‘largely degraded’

WASHINGTONΒ β€”Β The Iranian government remains β€œintact but largely degraded,” National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard told Congress on Wednesday, as Israel continued to hunt down the Islamic Republic’s leadership with an overnight airstrike that killed the nation’s spy chief. The death of Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, announced Wednesday by Israel, was the third high-level assassination in roughly…

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