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The shock of seeing your body used in deepfake porn
Adult content creators are having their performances used without consent. This is just one way that AI now threatens their rights and livelihoods. When Jennifer got a job doing research for a nonprofit in 2023, she ran her new professional headshot through a facial recognition program. She wanted to see if the tech would pull up the porn videos she'd made more than 10 years before, when she was in her early 20s. It did in fact return some of that content, and also something alarming that she'd never seen before: one of her old videos, but with someone else's face on her body. "At first, I thought it was just a different person," says Jennifer, who is being identified by a pseudonym to protect her privacy. But then she recognized a distinctly garish background from a video she'd shot around 2013, and she realized: "Somebody used me in a deepfake."
A new dinosaur dubbed the 'Last Titan of Thailand' weighed more than 9 elephants
Science Dinosaurs A new dinosaur dubbed the'Last Titan of Thailand' weighed more than 9 elephants Say hello to the'Nagatitan.' More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. This sauropod lived in present-day Thailand during the Early Cretaceous period. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Not long before an asteroid crashed into Earth and wiped out most of the dinosaurs, a long-necked dinosaur the size of nine adult Asian elephants may have been near a windy river peacefully eating plants.
Nepal in a bind as US-China drone war reaches Everest
Located at an altitude of 5,364 metres (17,600 feet), the base camp is where Everest climbers acclimatise to the thin air before heading towards the 8,849-metre (29,032ft) summit in Nepal, home to eight of the world's 10 highest peaks. It is a task the Chinese-made DJI FlyCart 30 drones have already been performing since 2024. For its test, the US team hired Seven Summit Treks, an expedition agency, and local drone pilots were called to the base camp. But as Gor and his team reached the base camp, the US plan hit a snag. Nepal's Ministry of Home Affairs refused to issue a drone flight permit to the US officials.
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Why are World Cup tickets so expensive?
Why are World Cup tickets so expensive? Game Theory Why are World Cup tickets so expensive? The 2026 World Cup is not only the biggest World Cup in history. With dynamic pricing and rising travel costs, the game may be global, but access isn't to your average football fan. So who gets to be in the stands?
Massive Russian strikes across Ukraine leave one dead, officials say
One person has been killed and dozens wounded after Russia launched a massive wave of strikes against Ukraine overnight, officials have said. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said it was an especially difficult night for Kyiv, where rescuers are searching through the rubble of a residential building after a combined missile and drone attack on the Ukrainian capital. The overnight barrage followed a major attack on Wednesday - one of the largest Russia has mounted since the start of its full-scale invasion in 2022, with 892 drones launched in 24 hours. It marks the third day in a row Ukraine has reported deaths, as Moscow ramps up its assault after a three-day ceasefire expired on Monday. In the capital, a search and rescue operation began early Thursday to look for people under the rubble of a nine-storey apartment block which had been hit overnight.
Apple backs Google after EU orders Android be opened up to AI rivals
Apple is on Google's side when it comes the latter's criticisms against the European Union's proposals which would give third-party AI services the same level of access to Android that Gemini has. The European Commission has been taking steps to ensure that Google complies with the rules of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). In January, it told the company that it has to give external AI assistants the same access to Android its own technology has and to hand over anonymized ranking, query, click and view data held by Google Search to rival search engines. The aim, the commission said, was to give third-party providers an an equal opportunity to innovate and compete in the rapidly evolving AI landscape on smart mobile devices. It explained that opening up Android would keep the AI market open and promote innovation in the field.
OpenAI floats idea of global AI governance body with U.S. and China
OpenAI floats idea of global AI governance body with U.S. and China The U.S. has an opportunity to use its lead in artificial intelligence technology to create a global governance mechanism to ensure safer, more resilient systems, OpenAI's vice president of global affairs, Chris Lehane, said. OpenAI would support the creation of a global governance body for artificial intelligence led by the U.S. and including China as a member, a top company executive said, hours before the start of U.S. President Donald Trump's high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. When asked about the China summit, OpenAI's vice president of global affairs, Chris Lehane, said Wednesday that the U.S. has an opportunity to use its lead in AI technology to create a global governance mechanism resulting in safer, more resilient systems. "AI, in some level, transcends a lot of the prevailing or traditional trade type of issues," Lehane told reporters during a briefing at the company's offices in Washington. "There is an opportunity to really start to build something up globally, and have countries around the world, including China, potentially participate." In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.
Amazon puts Alexa inside the shopping search bar in AI push
Amazon is hoping that AI-powered answers will help keep shoppers from defecting to other sites or chatbots. Artificial intelligence algorithms are coming to some of the most valuable real estate in retail: the Amazon.com Queries typed into Amazon's website and mobile app will soon reply, depending on the context, with product comparisons or suggestions generated by AI large language models, the online retailer said Wednesday. The new tool -- called Alexa for Shopping -- supplants Rufus, the shopping assistant bot that summarized product reviews and suggested purchases. To invoke Rufus, users had to click a blue and orange icon. The new search experience will appear by default, beginning this week for users in the U.S. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.