US man charged with sex-related crimes, used Instagram to lure teens
A Boston man is being held pending a dangerousness hearing following an arraignment Thursday on several sex-related charges, according to…
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‘Brain rot’: When memes affect our intellectual capacities
If your vocabulary and conversational topics are dominated by Internet references, you may be suffering from “brain rot”. This unglamorous…
ChatGPT faces Austria complaint for ‘uncorrectable errors’
A Vienna-based privacy campaign group said April 29 it would file a complaint against ChatGPT in Austria, claiming the “hallucinating” flagship…
‘Harvesting data’: Latin American AI startups transform farming
For centuries, farmers used almanacs to try to understand and predict weather patterns. Now, a new crop of Latin American…
Microsoft CEO to meet Indonesian president during regional tour
Microsoft Corp chief executive officer Satya Nadella is scheduled to meet Indonesian President Joko Widodo on April 30, becoming the…
Online retailer Shein is latest to face strict European Union digital regulations
Online fast-fashion retailer Shein must face the European Union’s strictest level of digital regulations, the bloc said on April 26…
Tech giants agree to child safety principles around generative AI
Some of the world’s biggest tech and AI firms have agreed to follow new online safety principles designed to combat…
What next for TikTok as US ban moves a step closer?
TikTok is facing unprecedented pressure over its ownership and business model after the US moved ever closer to passing legislation…
Translation platform DeepL launches AI assistant for crafting texts
Online translation platform DeepL says it launching an AI assistant that, unlike ChatGPT and other rival AI chatbots, is designed…