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An AI Music App's Own Detector Is Now Flagging Two Rappers' Songs as AI-Generated
Fenix Flexin and Tyga both denied using AI to make their retro-synth tracks. Then the app they allegedly used built a detector and ran the songs through it.
The EU Now Requires Companies to Label AI Chatbots and Deepfakes
New rules that took effect on 2 August 2026 force any company operating in Europe to tell users when they are talking to an AI, or viewing AI-generated content. Fines of up to €15 million are on the table for those that ignore them.
Every AI Ad, Chatbot and Playlist in Europe Now Needs a Label
The EU's AI Act transparency rules kick in on 2 August. From Spotify recommendations to complaint hotlines, businesses must tell people when AI is involved or face fines of up to €15 million.
Google Pulls Its AI Image-Editing Tool from Google Earth After Users Faked War Zones and Border Scenes
A feature that let anyone repaint satellite photos with text prompts lasted less than 48 hours before Google yanked it. Researcher Henk van Ess found no prompts were blocked, generated convincing fake humanitarian crisis scenes over real coordinates, and showed a commercial AI-detection service missed them entirely.
Pennsylvania Private School Asks Court to Drop AI Nude Lawsuit, Says It Did Report the Harm
Lancaster Country Day School told a judge this week that victims' claims are false on two key points. The school says it did alert law enforcement, and that the tip it received never named any specific girls.
Google Earth's New AI Image Tool Is Already Fooling Fake-Photo Detectors
A researcher typed a text prompt into Google Earth and got a convincing satellite image of 'refugees near the Mexican border'. That is not a good sign.
The EU Now Requires Labels on AI-Generated Images, Audio and Text
A new European Union rule that took effect this week means realistic-looking content made by artificial intelligence must be clearly marked as such, affecting everything from political attack videos to AI-written news articles.
Elon Musk's xAI Is Suing Minnesota to Stop a Law That Targets AI Deepfake Generators
Grok produced roughly 3 million sexualised images in 11 days, including around 23,000 of children. Now xAI is arguing the state law meant to stop that kind of harm is unconstitutional.
Pangram raises $9 million to catch AI-written text and images before they fool you
A New York startup says its detector is over 99% accurate at spotting AI-generated writing. Substack already uses it. Here's what that means for everyday readers.
Google says its tools helped create 100 billion AI images. A watermark can label them, but can it stop the harm?
Google's tools have produced more than 100 billion AI images and videos in roughly two years. Its SynthID watermark can tag them at creation, but a label and a lock are different things.
Robots That Can Cook, Glasses That Creep, and the Emissions Bill Nobody Wants to Talk About
A roundup of the AI stories that made headlines for the wrong reasons, plus the one group that genuinely came out ahead.
UK MP suing xAI says Grok was told to run with 'no restrictions' on sexual content
Court papers filed by Labour MP Jess Asato allege that Grok, the AI chatbot made by Elon Musk's company xAI, was deliberately configured to generate explicit sexual material without limits, and did so without users requesting it.
Hugging Face Is Hosting Tools Used to Make Nonconsensual Intimate Images, Report Finds
A European research nonprofit tested the platform's most popular image-editing tools and found most would strip clothing from photos of women with a single, plain-language request.
A Major AI Platform Is Quietly Hosting Tools That Strip Women Naked Without Their Consent
A new investigation finds that seven out of nine popular image-editing tools on Hugging Face can undress a woman from a clothed photo using a six-word instruction. Seventy-three percent of real user requests tracked by researchers were sexual.
Fake AI doctors are racking up millions of TikTok views with bogus health advice
Computer-generated medics look convincing enough to fool viewers. Doctors are alarmed.