Her daughter died after falling in with online extremists who idolize school shooters. Now, she’s warning other parents.

Her daughter died after falling in with online extremists who idolize school shooters. Now, she’s warning other parents.

Thirteen-year-old Audree loved to play Nirvana on guitar, draw anime characters and read the series “Spy School,” her mother, Jaimee Seitz said. “She had her own personality, her own hobbies, her own everything,” said Seitz, who lives in Kentucky. “Audree was one of a kind.” A week after her 13th birthday, Audree died by suicide….

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Meta names Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump adviser, as president and vice chairman

Meta names Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump adviser, as president and vice chairman

Facebook owner Meta has named Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump administration adviser and longtime finance executive, as president and vice chairman of the tech giant. Powell McCormick previously served on Meta’s board of directors β€” where, the company notes, she was “deeply engaged” in accelerating its artificial intelligence push across platforms. In her new…

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U.K. says ban on Elon Musk’s X platform “on the table” over Grok AI sexualized images

U.K. says ban on Elon Musk’s X platform “on the table” over Grok AI sexualized images

London β€” U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Thursday that he wants “all options to be on the table,” including a potential ban on Elon Musk’s X platform in Britain, over the use of its artificial intelligence tool Grok to generate sexualized images of people without their consent.Β  Starmer’s remarks come as Musk’s platform faces…

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Gmail now uses AI to help you write messages and keep track of your inbox

Gmail now uses AI to help you write messages and keep track of your inbox

Google on Thursday unveiled new artificial intelligence features in Gmail, an effort by the technology giant to refresh its 22-year-old messaging app amid growing use of AI. The advancements include helping users write messages, finding information buried in email inboxes and delivering daily to-do lists. Gmail’s new AI features initially will only be available in…

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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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