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Everyone’s flipping out over a crazy new AI image generator called Soul

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We’ve had AI image generators for years now, but they’ve gotten significantly better in recent months. ChatGPT, Gemini, Firefly, Midjourney, and other services now offer high-quality images that are nearly indistinguishable from real photos. Since most AI-generated images lack visible watermarks, the untrained eye might not be able to tell the difference between real photography…

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Should we trust Humphrey to boost public sector efficiency?

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In a twist of bureaucratic brilliance that Yes, Minister fans will appreciate, the civil service is rolling out a suite of artificial intelligence (AI) tools named – yes – Humphrey. Named after Sir Humphrey Appleby, the oh-so-helpful civil servant who was actually a master of obstruction through cooperation, this AI initiative is designed to streamline…

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Israel-Iran conflict sees massive surge in fake, AI-generated content

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My first reaction to seeing some of those clips of Iran’s missiles falling on Israel was disbelief. It wasn’t the fact that the Iron Dome could be breached that surprised me — drop enough projectiles on it, and some will reach their targets. I thought I was looking at AI-generated content shared on social media…

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Apple encryption row: Does law enforcement need to use Technical Capability Notices?

5 minutes of reading / Apple, compliance, e-commerce, Facebook, Intel, open source, social media, Tech / By

How far are criminal investigations inhibited by the wide availability of end-to-end encryption (E2E)? The Home Office and UK law enforcement agencies think the problem is urgent, hence the politically tricky decision to use a little-known feature of the Investigatory Powers legislation – the Technical Capability Notice – to seek to impose back-door conditions on…

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The Meta AI app is currently going viral for all the wrong reasons

5 minutes of reading / AI, chatbot, ChatGPT, Facebook, Meta, social media, Tech / By

Meta launched the Meta AI app in late April to take on ChatGPT and other chatbots. Unlike rival apps, Meta AI comes with social features that nobody asked for. But Meta’s desire for Meta AI users to share their chats with others via a social feed isn’t surprising. Social media is how Meta makes its…

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SXSW London: Risk of AI removing choice

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Among the interesting talking points discussed during the South by Southwest (SXSW) London festival in Shoreditch was the importance of maintaining human creativity and ingenuity in the era of artificial intelligence (AI). AI models are being improved every day, and its risk to the creative industries was one of the topics explored at SXSW. The…

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Post Office slammed after deleting social media comments on IT scandal

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The Post Office has been slammed after it was revealed the organisation’s social media accounts have been deleting, suppressing and blocking comments about serious concerns around compensation for subpostmasters affected by the Horizon IT scandal. At least two users, including a former subpostmaster, have been blocked by the Post Office’s social media account after posting…

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AI products that sound too good to be true might be malware in disguise

4 minutes of reading / AI, ChatGPT, Facebook, Google, Meta, social media, Tech / By

AI continues to be the biggest thing in tech, so it’s no wonder hackers want to take advantage of it in their attacks on unsuspecting victims. A few days ago, we learned of a clever campaign on social media platforms like TikTok, where hackers uploaded clips narrated by AI that convinced users to install malware…

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Claude 4 AI will try to report you to authorities if it thinks you’re doing shady stuff

4 minutes of reading / AI, ChatGPT, Google, Microsoft, social media, Tech / By

It’s been a massive week for AI, as some of the main players made several big announcements. Google I/O 2025 might have been the expected highlight, but Microsoft also hosted its Build conference a day earlier.After the first I/O day, we got an unexpected AI shock on Wednesday when OpenAI confirmed it’s developing its own…

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