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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.
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.
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 AI Sob Stories Flooding X Are a Business. Here Is Who Is Getting Paid.
Fake first-person melodramas, written by AI and posted for clicks, are earning their creators hundreds of dollars a fortnight through X's own payment programme. The platform is struggling to stop it.
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.
Teens Are Over the AI Hype, and They're Not Shy About It
A growing share of young people use AI tools but genuinely dislike the technology. New polling and reporting suggest kids are far more skeptical of artificial intelligence than the industry expected.
AI Chatbots Are Giving Voters Wrong Answers About Which Party to Support
A new study tested AI tools during Hungary's 2025 parliamentary elections and found they recommended parties that weren't even on the ballot. What that means if you ever ask a chatbot for voting advice.