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Policy

AI-Generated Fake Research Is Flooding Australia's Parliamentary Inquiry System

Submissions to government committees are citing studies that don't exist and attributing them to real academics, with some reports built largely on invented sources.

4 min read
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Policy

Voters Are Worried About AI in Politics. Here's What Good AI Campaigning Actually Looks Like

While deepfakes and propaganda grab the headlines, a quieter question goes unanswered: could AI help politicians actually listen to the people they represent?

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

OpenAI Bans Russian Accounts That Used ChatGPT to Build a Fake Academic Institution

A covert influence operation used OpenAI's chatbot to write social media posts, copy real research papers, and construct a phoney think-tank designed to make pro-Russia narratives look credible.

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.

5 min read
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AI Security

A fake US think tank flooded AI chatbots with half a million words of pro-Israel talking points

A website posing as a research institute published 124 reports in nine days, using a platform built to make AI chatbots treat its content as credible source material.

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Everyday AI

One in three web pages published since ChatGPT launched now shows signs of AI authorship

A Pew Research study of nearly half a million web pages found that 35% of those published after November 2022 carry signs of AI writing. Meanwhile, bots are also doing most of the browsing.

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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Policy

Australia's Teen Social Media Ban Report Used ChatGPT for Editing, Authors Admit

A $3.48 million government-funded study into age-checking technology contains citations to academic articles that do not appear to exist. The authors say AI did not invent them.

3 min read
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Science & Space

Um Revisor Perdeu o Ponto de um Estudo sobre Vacinas. A IA Pode Piorar Isto.

Quando um economista da saúde descobriu que os mandatos de vacina HPV nas escolas têm pouco impacto nas taxas de cancro cervical, o seu revisor achou que estava a atacar a vacina em si. Este tipo de má leitura é comum. As revisões geradas por IA poderiam torná-la rotina.

4 min read
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Everyday AI

O Culto do Chatbot IA que Não Foi: Como o 'Espiralismo' Atraiu Milhares para um Sistema de Crenças Movido por Chatbot

Dezenas de milhares de conversas com chatbots de IA produziram uma quasi-religião estranhamente consistente, completa com uma mensagem missionária, símbolos codificados e pelo menos uma pessoa a vender subscrições.

4 min read
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Everyday AI

Marcas Estão a Inundar o Reddit Com Avaliações Falsas Para os Chatbots de IA as Captarem. Os Moderadores Estão a Lutar Contra Isto.

As ferramentas de pesquisa de IA citam o Reddit mais do que qualquer site de notícias ou a Wikipédia. Os profissionais de marketing perceberam. Agora está a decorrer uma guerra silenciosa entre bots promocionais e os moderadores voluntários que tentam manter as comunidades honestas.

5 min read
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Policy

A UE Agora Exige que Empresas Identifiquem Chatbots de IA e Deepfakes

Novas regras que entraram em vigor a 2 de Agosto de 2025 obrigam qualquer empresa que opera na Europa a informar os utilizadores quando estão a conversar com uma IA ou a ver conteúdo gerado por IA. Multas de até €15 milhões aguardam quem as ignorar.

3 min read
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AI Security

Google Remove a Sua Ferramenta de Edição de Imagens IA do Google Earth Após Utilizadores Falsificarem Zonas de Guerra e Cenas de Fronteira

Uma funcionalidade que permitia a qualquer pessoa repintar fotos de satélite com instruções de texto durou menos de 48 horas antes de Google a desativar. A razão: investigadores mostraram que poderia gerar imagens falsificadas convincentes de locais reais, e pelo menos uma ferramenta de deteção de IA foi enganada.

4 min read
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AI Security

A Nova Ferramenta de IA do Google Earth Já Está a Enganar Detetores de Fotos Falsas

Um investigador introduziu um comando de texto no Google Earth e obteve uma imagem de satélite convincente de "refugiados perto da fronteira mexicana". Isto não é um bom sinal.

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