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Parents whose teenagers killed themselves after interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots testified to Congress on Tuesday about the dangers of the technology.This post was originally published on this site

New York’s attorney general on Monday proposed regulations for its crackdown on addictive social media feeds for children, including rules for verifying a user’s age.This post was originally published on this site

French lawmakers urged a social media ban for under-15s and “digital curfew” for older minors Thursday, with massively popular short video platform TikTok the focus of renewed harsh government scrutiny.This post was originally published on […]

Alphabet Inc.’s Google was sued by advertising exchange PubMatic Inc., which is seeking billions of dollars over its claim that the search giant has illegally monopolized the ad technology market.This post was originally published on […]

In one new corner of the internet, users are invited to “paint the world.” And paint they have. Welcome to wplace—an ever-evolving, gamified global map overflowing with drawings made on a more than 4-trillion-pixel canvas.This […]

On September 2nd, a federal judge ruled against the U.S. government’s proposal that Google should sell its Chrome web browser to restore competition in online search.This post was originally published on this site

Artificial intelligence chatbot makers OpenAI and Meta say they are adjusting how their chatbots respond to teenagers asking questions about suicide or showing signs of mental and emotional distress.This post was originally published on this […]

Australia said Tuesday it will oblige tech giants to prevent online tools being used to create AI-generated nude images or stalk people without detection.This post was originally published on this site

An international research team from the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Informatics in Saarbrücken, Germany, and the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has developed a method to detect compromised hosts at an internet […]

Australia’s government trial has found age-assurance for its under-16 social media ban can be done effectively and protect privacy, but there is not a one-size-fits-all model.This post was originally published on this site