Altered and misleading images proliferate on social media after Maduro’s capture

Altered and misleading images proliferate on social media after Maduro’s capture

AI-generated images, old videos and altered photos proliferated on social media in the hours following former Venezuelan President NicolΓ‘s Maduro’s capture. Several of these images quickly went viral, fueling false information online.Β  CBS News analyzed circulating images by comparing dubious images to verified content and using publicly available tools such as reverse image search. In…

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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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Roblox announces measures to strengthen protections for minors

Roblox announces measures to strengthen protections for minors

Roblox, the popular online gaming platform that hosts millions of user-created games, said Tuesday it is strengthening protections for minors.Β  Roblox said it will soon require players to use AI-powered facial age-estimation technology to help verify their age. The system, combined with ID-based age verification and confirmed parental consent, is intended to “provide a more…

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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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AI can already do the work of 12% of America’s workforce, MIT researchers find

AI can already do the work of 12% of America’s workforce, MIT researchers find

Artificial intelligence can do the work currently performed by nearly 12% of America’s workforce, according to a recentΒ study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Β  The researchers, relying on a metric called the “Iceberg Index” that measures a job’s potential to be automated, conclude that AI already has the cognitive and technical capacity to handle a…

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