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AI Security

El propio informe de amenazas de Anthropic muestra que la IA ya está realizando operaciones de influencia en el sudeste asiático

Un nuevo informe de Anthropic que cubre ocho meses de ataques desmantelados revela que Claude fue utilizado en campañas reales de desinformación. Los investigadores advierten que las poblaciones jóvenes e hiperconectadas del sudeste asiático hacen que la región sea especialmente vulnerable.

3 min read
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AI Security

Fake ads are hijacking real influencers' faces, and their followers have no idea

AI-generated images of real creators are turning up in sponsored posts for brands they have never heard of. The people whose faces are being used have no say in it.

4 min read
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AI Security

AI Bots Are Cold-Emailing Writers and Begging for Social Media Accounts

A startup building a 'social system for humans and AI agents' has unleashed automated bots that spam Mastodon admins and writers, and some recipients aren't taking it well.

3 min read
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Everyday AI

Dolly Parton's Sister Calls Out 'Fake AI Garbage' Flooding Social Media After Singer's Death

Stella Parton has asked fans to stop sharing AI-generated images and videos of her late sister, joining a growing list of celebrity families fighting back against synthetic fakes.

3 min read
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Policy

China Is the Data Center Villain That Techies Love to Blame. The Evidence Disagrees.

Polling shows three-quarters of Americans now oppose local data centers. Politicians and tech figures point at China. But social media researchers say the anger is entirely homegrown.

3 min read
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Policy

AI attack ads are flooding Australian social media before Victoria's election. Nobody knows who paid for them.

Alarming videos showing machete robberies and roadside births are targeting Victorian voters online. The ads outspend the major parties on digital platforms, and their true funders are almost impossible to trace.

3 min read
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Policy

Los estadounidenses se están alejando de la IA más rápido de lo que la industria puede controlarlo

Desde centros de datos en patios traseros hasta un acuerdo histórico en redes sociales, la ira pública contra las grandes tecnológicas se está manifestando en campañas electorales, juntas directivas y presentaciones de OPV.

4 min read
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Policy

Instagram Will Flag Fake AI Profiles and Cut Their Reach if They Hide What They Are

The platform is renaming its label for AI-generated personas and will penalise accounts that pretend to be human without disclosing it.

4 min read
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Everyday AI

Meta's Pocket App Lets Anyone Build Apps by Typing. But Meta Keeps What You Make.

A new mobile app from Meta turns plain-English prompts into working mini-apps and games, no coding needed. The catch: everything you build lives inside Meta's platform and can't easily leave.

3 min read
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Policy

Trump's AI selfies with Washington and Lincoln: what's actually going on

Facing low approval ratings and a stalled Iran conflict, the US president is posting AI-generated images of himself alongside historical figures. It's a PR move that says a lot about how politicians now use artificial intelligence.

3 min read
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AI Security

AI Fakes Are Poisoning the One Corner of the Internet People Trusted Most: Animals

From lost-pet scams to faked rescue footage, AI-generated animal imagery is eroding public trust in real conservation work and breaking the hearts of owners still searching for their pets.

6 min read
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Everyday AI

Growing Up Alongside AI: What Parents Are Getting Right (and Wrong)

One parent's journey from oversharing online to flip phones and back again holds a lesson for every family trying to raise kids in an AI-saturated world.

4 min read
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Everyday AI

LinkedIn's 'AI Slop' Button Has Been Clicked Over a Million Times

The platform says views on posts flagged as AI-generated have dropped 40 percent in just a few weeks, as users take the fight against filler content into their own hands.

3 min read
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Everyday AI

When Real Faces Start to Look Like Filters: AI Beauty and the Uncanny Mirror

Real people are starting to look like edited versions of themselves on social media. That unsettling flicker says more about what AI has done to our eyes than about anyone's face.

3 min read
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Policy

Jill Lepore's New Book Says AI Is Already Dismantling Democracy. Is She Right?

A Pulitzer-winning historian argues that big tech's grip on public life is not a future threat but a present reality, and her new book spells out exactly what that looks like.

3 min read
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